Edison (DVD)

...in the fictitious city of Edison the film opens with Officer Rafe Deed (LL Cool J) and his colleague Sgt. Frances Lazerov (Dylan McDermott), from F.R.A.T. (First Response Assault & Tactical) on their way to a raid. They find money from drugs and then force two men on their knees. Lazerov is clearly enjoying waving his gun around and then tells Deed to shoot one of them. Not being able to go through with it Lazerov takes charge and shoots one of them ...
...him on screen it's clear that Lazerov is a psycho and Deed is the one with a conscience. Later on Deed is testifying at the trial. They've made the other man say he shot the other one in the head as he came at him with a knife. Fearing for his life the accused takes responsibility for shooting him and is sentenced to 18 months in prison. Josh Pollack (Justin Timberlake) is a reporter who is present at the trial and he senses that something isn't ...

salem_witch 20.11.2007 (29.11.2007) · Read full review
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Showed all the signs of being a good film with some big names such as Morgain Freeman and Kevin Spacey, also features a good performance from Justin Timberlake and LL Cool J Basically the story is about a corrupt US drug Squad called FRET who are doing massive drug busts ceasing the money and the drugs, killing all the suspects and claiming and laundering the money to set up a foundation for them to control the city. Story starts when one such bust ...
...is reviewing the case for a loca free paper and picks up on the fact that the accused "thanks" a member of FRET for testifing, and decides to pursue the case further. Despite a beating and several attempts on his life some senior investigators eventually decided to investigate FRET causing the key witnesses to the case to be systemactially killed off until exposed by the persistant timberlake A good film which is easy to watch and follow but never ...

stehughes9 02.04.2007 (23.04.2007) · Read full review
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I recently bought this film because of the big names and the action adventure and I really enjoyed it! its a real boys film with guns, money, fighting, but with the reality of family and a corrupt force. However you have to be prepared for the overuse of the guns - if your squimish i'd probably stay away. The film uses 4 great big named characters and although I was warey of Justin Timberlakes performance in it at first I thought that he was a good ...

Jkeenan 10.08.2007 · Read full review
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