If you are looking for a gangsta movie this ain't it

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2017)

I rarely give 10 out of 10's on movies. I'm not even sure if the godfather got a 10 out of 10 on my review and that to me is the greatest movie. But there are a lot of gangsta movies out there and to be honest I love the godfather 1 and 2 but I also love casino and goodfellas (yeah im a mafia fan).
With that said let me explain why I gave this a ten. This plot is so old. It doesn't get older than detective who a little crazy and out spoken going to arrest career criminals. But this added so much to the movie. It almost was like you were rooting for the bad guy and the cop. Which is rare. Usually its one or the other.
Ill explain in more detail what makes this movie great. The characters also seem like real criminals. The actor seem like they had some training. From the way val kilmer reloads his weapon to how all them hold their weapon when shootings. Ashley Judd had a great performance. I mean great.
I guess i could have taken a point off for robert deniro's girlfriend but seriously it didn't matter. Every male in the movie had some kind of relationship and ties to them. Just made you feel like these robbers had families. It made them so much more personal. As well as they playing into the cops life about his step daughter is 3rd marriage. I mean who hasn't got into an argument about "being your girlfriend/wife after thought". Or the "i had dinner ready and was waiting on you but I'm going to bed" Talk about realistic. Plus they added the daughter cutting herself. Didn't see that coming.
Some people may have a problem with a lot of things in this movie. Cops aren't going to shoot it out while that many civilians are around. I mean the 1997 robbery in cali didn't have that many civilians around. But with that said this movie was great and yes the coffee seen was great as well. 3 hours is a tad bit long. But if you were thinking this is some gangsta movie you are terribly wrong. Its just a movie based on some real life criminals. My favorite part is they actually went to go talk to real criminals to get an idea.