Dirty Cop No Donut

Rating:
Summary: an underground hit !
Review: For all the hype lavished on this little dirty piece that passes itself off as "satire", I thought there must at least be an element of provocation here. Nope. And forget about any semblance of cinematic awareness, story, acting, editing. I've seen works by 12-year-olds that surpass this one in technical expertise and writing. You could do better shooting on your old Video-8 camera.

It astounds me how proudly director/writer Tim Ritter puts his name (and his editor's) up on the screen at the end credits. They're even so bizarrely proud of this piece of garbage that they put: "The preceding video is a work of fiction. Gotcha!" at the end. Baloney. Not only was it clear from the start that Dirty Cop: No Donut was fake through and through, it's also apparent from the get-go that it was awfully shot, awfully directed, awfully conceived. Scenes drag on and on with no real impact, the lead character is a seething mass of annoyance and gloating arrogance, the cameraman is hyperactive with no real sense in following the action, and even the camp value is torn to shreds because of how long everything takes to unravel, and how one-dimensional the concept is ("I'm the law" gags for 80 minutes). In terms of guerilla filmmaking, The Blair Witch Project succeeded on the strength of skilled actors and novel concept. Dirty Cop: No Donut doesn't even have the novelty factor to it: Everything here has been done infinitely better nearly a decade ago by the Belgium film Man Bites Dog, in which a detached camera crew follows a sadistic killer around and implicates itself as part of the violence. That was satire. Dirty Cop: No Donut is some kid toting a camera around fancying himself a filmmaker, with people in front of the lens fancying themselves actors. Both sides fail on all counts.

Needless to say, I felt like I had been masochistic in subjecting my brain to this snot. Skip it. This one commits all the ultimate crimes -- it's badly made, morally void and, most grievously, boring. For once, I wish Amazon had a "No star" rating.

Rating:
Summary: Pass on this one and save your $$ for your own donuts
Review: I had a great time with this movie. It has one of the most realistic COPS type format I have ever seen. Joel does an awesome job as Gus and he does it realistically...tends to make you wonder. Mr.Ritter does a great job directing this gem of a movie and the ending took me completely off guard. It's harsh and brutal at points, which is to be expected and makes the movie more realistic in my opinion. Kudos to Mr.Ritter and everyone involved. I can't wait for the sequel!