Rampart (2011)

Directed by

Oren Moverman

Genre

drama film, crime film, hood film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

R

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 408 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A corrupt LAPD officer confronts the fallout from his violent actions during the Rampart scandal. His career and personal life unravel as he struggles with the consequences.

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What happens

Rampart is a 2012 American crime drama film. Directed by Oren Moverman and co-written by Moverman and James Ellroy, the film stars Woody Harrelson, Ned Beatty, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Brie Larson, Ice Cube, Cynthia Nixon, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, and Steve Buscemi. It is set in the midst of the fallout from the Rampart scandal of the late 1990s, when corrupt Los Angeles Police Department Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) is forced to face the consequences of his wayward career. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2011. and was released in theaters in the U.S. on February 10, 2012. The film received positive reviews, but was a box-office bomb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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