Fort Apache, the Bronx

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Audience Member Saw in the theatre's and watching now in 2025. Meh. This wasn't all that great a movie even then. It's Shockingly Contrived. The story is haphazardly unrolled and it lacks cohesion. I love Newman and have other stuff of his in my collection but I'm gonna pass on this one. It was cool seeing it again but it'll be for the last time. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/27/25 Full Review thiago s Filme legal, o roteiro é legalzinho, o filme dois policiais caçando bandidos pelos arredores do broxn, as cenas de ação foram boas, o elenco é bacaninha e poucos ajudam a melhorar o filme, os personagens são bacaninhas, e a história é bacana, a única coisa fraca do filme foi não ter um vilão que é focado, tipo a prostituta que matava alguns de seus clientes e depois morrer para alguns bandidos e não pelos policiais protagonistas, e depois os próprios bandidos que mataram a prostituta assassina, não foram os vilões principais do filme, e nem o maluco que os policiais estavam perseguindo que no final pegaram esse maluco, com tudo isso, esse filme parece um pouco com o dirty harry de 1971, e eu recomendo esse filme. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/25 Full Review Biker B There's never been a better movie that captures the NYPD in the South Bronx and the culture at the time! Great movie! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/17/25 Full Review Audience Member Just how far is one police officer willing to go to do the right thing? In a certain part of New York City he's about to find out. The late Paul Newman plays officer Murphy. He still believes in the justice system working for everyone. His fellow officers prefer more ruthless methods. After a kid dies in the neighborhood he refuses to let it go and wants to bring a sense of moral decency. Although he might be on his own challenging their dismissal of the whole thing. He's also dating a nurse named Isabella who's willing to understand why he's been in the business for so long. Yet she's not all pristine as she makes it to be. She does her own thing living in this city since birth in order to escape. His precinct also gets a new police captain who wants to change a few things even i it means disrupting the natural order of the area. Murphy being in the business for so long now starts to see the dirty side. The movie shows a tougher part of a neighborhood when everything is turned upside down. Civil unrest and uprising from police action is expected. Plenty of real life parallels can be drawn from this; especially today with many wanting to reform the justice department and cut down on authoritative brutality/ abuse of power, public beatings, violent demonstrations, rioting etc. Goes to show there's still plenty of corruption in an established system despite the best of intentions to keep the peace. Even dirty cops being turned in barely makes a difference. Some think it's prolly better to stand aside than be a rat. The law is supposed to mean something. Newman is pitch perfect here as Murphy trying as hard as he can to stand by a dismantled precinct. But one can only put up with the backhandedness before things spiral. One of the late actor's best works. It's got that 1970s grittiness to match the grimy feel of the chaotic world too. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/24 Full Review derek c As a retired cop, this film gives a fantastic insight the day to day policing in the 80's 90's. Very realistic with great performances, of course Newman is the cream . Look up on YouTube as it gives locations for this film, really up there with the best cop films. Apparently influenced other shows. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/14/23 Full Review Steve D Often frustrating but for the right reasons. It is ahead of its time. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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