Tough, Painfull, True.

Rating: Null/10 (21 October 2002)

This movie is a must-see for anyone interested in the rim of society. The actual story is rather simple : a young police officer is transferred to the Narcotics department and recieves his "street training" from a hardened, experienced colleage.
For an American movie it is quite uncensored. Many, many unwanted aspects of society are part of this movie, putting it in another way : they ARE the movie. It gives an extremely dark, pitch-black image of the edges of modern society and the people trying to control it.
The tough, experienced officer forces his colleage through nice words and brute violence to break numerous laws, in order to "adapt to the streets". Towards the end the newbie starts to mentally degenerate, to harden like his mentor, and become a man of the streets himself.