POLICE STATE is a super-campy but amusing short-film that chronicles what must be Nick Zedd's obvious disdain for the police.
A cop comes up and begins harassing Zedd for no reason. The two have an extremely cheezy back-and-forth banter before the cop hauls Zedd off to the station and then beats him up. Then the police-chief beats him some more while Zedd continues playing the "tough-guy", rebellious role. Then some other guy comes in and beats him up some more, and then the chief beats him up some more, etc...Then the one cop cuts his balls or dick or something off (it's never really made clear), then Zedd blasts the cop with the cop's gun. Nick escapes from the police-station and the film ends on a shot of Zedd on a "wanted" poster...
Problem with this short-film, is that although it deals with serious subject-matter, it's all handled in what comes off as such a tongue-and-cheek fashion, that it's hard to take any of it seriously at all. The cops seems like cartoon-caricatures of the characters they are portraying, and Zedd is not the least bit convincing as the smart-mouthed and ever-defiant, but innocent "victim". Problem with POLICE STATE is, that I couldn't tell if this was supposed to be a scathing social-commentary, or a darkly humorous and over-the-top look into a day in the life of a guy with some seriously bad luck. Either way, it's relatively entertaining for it's 18 minute run-time...6.5/10
A cop comes up and begins harassing Zedd for no reason. The two have an extremely cheezy back-and-forth banter before the cop hauls Zedd off to the station and then beats him up. Then the police-chief beats him some more while Zedd continues playing the "tough-guy", rebellious role. Then some other guy comes in and beats him up some more, and then the chief beats him up some more, etc...Then the one cop cuts his balls or dick or something off (it's never really made clear), then Zedd blasts the cop with the cop's gun. Nick escapes from the police-station and the film ends on a shot of Zedd on a "wanted" poster...
Problem with this short-film, is that although it deals with serious subject-matter, it's all handled in what comes off as such a tongue-and-cheek fashion, that it's hard to take any of it seriously at all. The cops seems like cartoon-caricatures of the characters they are portraying, and Zedd is not the least bit convincing as the smart-mouthed and ever-defiant, but innocent "victim". Problem with POLICE STATE is, that I couldn't tell if this was supposed to be a scathing social-commentary, or a darkly humorous and over-the-top look into a day in the life of a guy with some seriously bad luck. Either way, it's relatively entertaining for it's 18 minute run-time...6.5/10
