One of the very great films.

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2013)

Real life does not divide all humans into good guys and bad guys and neither does this movie. The cops are a fellowship of dedicated men led by a loser who is so determined to perfect his craft that he has destroyed his three marriages. He has no friends and the only person he does not shout at is the head of the robbers. The gang of robbers are all individuals. They are honest with each other but do not hesitate to murder a guard who saw too much. So who are the good guys and the bad guys? There is a set of characters who are REALLY bad. The women are all individuals with their own hopes and lives. None are cops. One wonders if the fellowship of the homicide squad would have deteriorated if one of their numbers had been a woman. Do not miss this film. I recommend you see it twice, the second time you can appreciate the characters and the events without worrying about what happens next.