How should I put it. This is a buddy cop movie about a guy who has to work as a police officer, and doesn't really know how being a police officer works, filmed by people who don't really know how the buddy cop movies work.
Still, there are some funny moments, and the fighting scenes look rather cool. I think there should've been more fighting scenes in this film, it could've been really nice.
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There were some good moments..
vsmentvs18 August 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I am writing a review in 2023 when many people finally understood that Ukraine is not Russia, is not a part of it, and we are not brothers. The film was shot in 2021 when for some reason it was not so obvious even for Ukrainians.
The film tells us about a guy named Vasya, the son of a Ukrainian general/minister. Vasya lives in the USA and enjoys the life that his father pays for (money from his millionaire grandfather). One day, the president of Ukraine says that officials cannot work for the good of the country if their children do not live in this country. The general, in order to show the president that he "cares about the welfare of the country", calls his son home with the words, "You will live here for a few months, show your face, and when the president calms down, you will go back." The film then tells about injustice, corruption (a good policeman is getting fired because he crossed the path of someone with connections), and negligence in the police (an employee plays GTA instead of working and shouts "die cop"). They also talk about the stupidity of the policemen (they mistook the European ambassador for an old person looking for a female escort, almost beat him, and when they found out that the ambassador had an accident - they laughed). They show the slums in which the policeman lives (he sleeps on the floor, there is no furniture, he lives in a building materials warehouse). Towards the end of the film, they tell about a policeman who covers a local gang of criminals.
All this is very similar to Russian films and TV series of the 90s-2000s. All these films taught the audience that officials steal, the police will not help, and if you have connections - you can get away with anything. And all changes for the better, which even slightly worsen the life of officials, or they don't like them, will not be taken seriously. Instead, people in power from the very first minutes come up with schemes to circumvent these changes.
The film had several funny and positive jokes or situations (this time the general is not a briber, but an ordinary son of a millionaire).
Unfortunately, the general impression of the film is negative. Instead of supporting and improving public opinion about the police, power structures, and the fair future of the country, they showed modernized narratives of the past and remnants of the Soviet regime.
The film tells us about a guy named Vasya, the son of a Ukrainian general/minister. Vasya lives in the USA and enjoys the life that his father pays for (money from his millionaire grandfather). One day, the president of Ukraine says that officials cannot work for the good of the country if their children do not live in this country. The general, in order to show the president that he "cares about the welfare of the country", calls his son home with the words, "You will live here for a few months, show your face, and when the president calms down, you will go back." The film then tells about injustice, corruption (a good policeman is getting fired because he crossed the path of someone with connections), and negligence in the police (an employee plays GTA instead of working and shouts "die cop"). They also talk about the stupidity of the policemen (they mistook the European ambassador for an old person looking for a female escort, almost beat him, and when they found out that the ambassador had an accident - they laughed). They show the slums in which the policeman lives (he sleeps on the floor, there is no furniture, he lives in a building materials warehouse). Towards the end of the film, they tell about a policeman who covers a local gang of criminals.
All this is very similar to Russian films and TV series of the 90s-2000s. All these films taught the audience that officials steal, the police will not help, and if you have connections - you can get away with anything. And all changes for the better, which even slightly worsen the life of officials, or they don't like them, will not be taken seriously. Instead, people in power from the very first minutes come up with schemes to circumvent these changes.
The film had several funny and positive jokes or situations (this time the general is not a briber, but an ordinary son of a millionaire).
Unfortunately, the general impression of the film is negative. Instead of supporting and improving public opinion about the police, power structures, and the fair future of the country, they showed modernized narratives of the past and remnants of the Soviet regime.
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