Crown Vic (film)

Crown Vic is a 2019 American action film directed by Joel Souza and starring Luke Kleintank, Thomas Jane, Bridget Moynahan, David Krumholtz, Scottie Thompson, Josh Hopkins.[2] The film premiered on April 26, 2019 in the Tribeca Film Festival[3][4] and was released to theatres on November 8, 2019 in the United States.[5] The film is the director Joel Souza's full-length film debut. The film focuses on the events happened during one night shift of veteran LAPD officer Ray Mandel and his trainee Nick Holland. The film got its title from the name of a legendary police cruiser, Ford Crown Victoria, in which Ray and Nick patrol night Los Angeles.

Crown Vic
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoel Souza
Produced by
Screenplay byJoel Souza
Starring
Music byJeffery Alan Jones
CinematographyThomas Scott Stanton
Edited byDavid Andalman
Production
companies
  • Brittany House Pictures
  • BondIt Media Capital
Distributed by
Release date
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4 thousand[1]

Plot

Nick Holland is a newly-minted officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. In his first night shift, he is assigned to patrol the city with experienced policeman Ray Mandel. Ray and Nick are completely different personalities: while Nick is a down-to-earth, self-proclaimed world improver, Ray is a divorced pessimist with a penchant for breaking the rules and resorting to violence. In their shift, they are responsible for all kinds of incidents, from robberies to domestic unrest to car fires. They also try to find a girl who has been kidnapped by a group of drug traffickers and, at the same time, they chase two terroristic bank robbers wanted for murdering policemen.

Cast

Development

The film was filmed in Buffalo, New York.

Reception

Crown Vic received mixed reviews from critics, with a 58% approval rating on critic site Rotten Tomatoes with a consensus of, "Led by a solid turn from the well-cast Thomas Jane, Crown Vic gets an impressive amount of mileage out of its familiar cop thriller framework."[6]

Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film 1.5 stars out of four, commenting "Aside from a rock-solid performance by Thomas Jane as the grizzled cop, “Crown Vic,” which is named after the Ford model car that is the default of the LAPD black-and-white, has very little to offer the discriminating moviegoer."[7] Movie Nation's Roger Moore gave the film two stars ot of four, stating "“Crown Vic” is a grounded and gritty cops-on-the-night-shift melodrama built around a tightly-coiled turn by Thomas Jane... “Crown Vic” isn’t a bad picture. It’s just too unexceptional to stand out."[8] Rex Reed of Observer Media gave the film two stars out of four and said, "I never cease to wonder how some films manage to borrow, imitate, copy or steal from older films without acknowledging or crediting the originals. A predictable, ho-hum police procedural called Crown Vic, about one night of violence and death with a veteran Los Angeles cop assigned to escort a rookie cop through the criminal underground while teaching him the ropes, is so close to the 2001 Training Day that it’s practically a remake."[9]

Dennis Harvey of Variety noted, "That’s a lot of narrative content, and “Crown Vic” varies in involvement and credibility as it juggles the more melodramatic aspects with the quasi-vérité ones. Still, it all works more often than not, thanks to the able lead performances and Souza’s generally smooth handling."[10] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter stated, "The filmmaker displays a genuine flair for staging exciting action sequences, and the ever-reliable Jane delivers a solid lead performance, here tempering his natural machismo with a sympathetic, mournful quality. But there's just too much about Crown Vic that we haven't seen a thousand times before, to more impactful effect."[2] Devika Girish in her review for The New York Times wrote, "“Crown Vic” sidesteps any genuine ethical consideration of his choices, deploying a melodramatic twist and some grandiose speechifying that seems to respond defensively — and simplistically — to current debates about police brutality."[11]

References
  1. "Crown Vic". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. Scheck, Frank. "'Crown Vic': Film Review | Tribeca 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. "Crown Vic". Screen Media Films. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. "Crown Vic | 2019 Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca Film Festival. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. "'It's a Very Controversial Film': David Krumholtz On 'Crown Vic,' Heath Ledger, Seth Rogan". CBS Los Angeles. November 7, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  6. "Crown Vic". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. Kenny, Glenn (November 8, 2019). "Crown Vic movie review & film summary (2019) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  8. Moore, Roger (6 November 2019). "Movie Review: Thomas Jane wears a badge behind the wheel of his "Crown Vic"". Movie Nation. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  9. Reed, Rex (11 November 2019). "Police Procedural 'Crown Vic' Will Keep You Glued to Your Watch More Than the Screen". Observer Media. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  10. Harvey, Dennis (16 November 2019). "Film Review: 'Crown Vic'". Variety. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  11. Girish, Devika (7 November 2019). "'Crown Vic' Review: A Cop Thriller Abounding in Cliché". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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