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Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
It's not as fine as it appears
This is a useless attempt at being as good as The Departed, only instead of taking place in Boston, it takes place in New York.
Many will try to convince you this film is good because its gritty, and up-close and personal with the violence, well really it doesn't make it good, it's just an excuse to make it look better than it actually is.
The film is basically intertwining three cop stories just to intertwine them. There is never a kicker, there is never a reason why these three men are the most significant. They don't meet until they end up in the same place at the same time coincidentally at the end of the movie.
With a good cast, you'd think that the film wouldn't have been so horrendous, but it is. Ethan Hawke's accent doesn't work out, Richard Gere seems to be highly bored until he gets to raise his voice, the only one who seems to do what he can with the material is Don Cheadle, but he is constantly dishing out lines such as: "these streets have an expiration date on 'em." And the worst part of the film is... it is so cliché! Everything! You got your retiring cop who wants to go through with one more rescue mission, you got your corrupt cop who wants to steal money to help his family, and you got your undercover cop who is trying to be convincing as a gangster.
Please, just don't waste your time.
O Canada (1997)
I thought I was the only one who knew this show existed!
O Canada is a smart animation that is geared towards adults more than children. The show came on around 3 in the morning, when most normal people are fast asleep. Usually, there was some twisted life lesson to be learned by the end. An episode I remember clearly featured a couple sitting at a dinner table teaching their audience about table manners. It was an amazingly unique show, the likes of which don't exist anymore.
Even though it's very difficult to find any episodes of this show. It aired on Cartoon Network during the 90's. I strongly recommend it if it can be located.