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Fort Apache, The Bronx

1981, Movie, R, 125 mins

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Review

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The title of this film comes from an actual police station in the most dilapidated area of the present-day disaster area known as the Bronx. Murphy (Paul Newman), a good cop trying to do his duty in this rough environment, is shown making the rounds on his beat in episodic fashion--talking a drag queen out of committing suicide, protecting a killer prostitute from her murderous pimp, delivering a baby, and disarming a psychopath by making grotesque faces and acting equally crazy. Besides these unenviable chores, he argues with his superiors for more tolerant procedures with civilians. When he learns that one of his number (Danny Aiello) has killed a street kid, he becomes a pariah on the force by demanding that the murderous cop be exposed. Edward Asner is good as the tough cop who takes over the besieged precinct, Aiello is appropriately sleazy, but Newman is still left to carry this rather predictable film wholly on his shoulders. The script is sharp and witty, but there's no central theme to hold it all together. leave a comment
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