Rampart

Los Angeles, 1999 - Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing "the people's dirty work" and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as the consequences of his past sins and his refusal to change his ways in light of a department-wide corruption scandal seal his fate. Brown internalizes his fear, anguish and paranoia as his world, complete with two ex-wives who are sisters, two daughters, an aging mentor dispensing bad advice, investigators galore, and a series of seemingly random women, starts making less and less sense. In the end, what is left is a human being stripped of all his pretense, machismo, chauvinism, arrogance, sexism, homophobia, racism, aggression, misanthropy; but is it enough to redeem him as a man?

Second part of Woody Harrelson's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote Rampart.

Seventh reel of eight showing the press conference for Rampart at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Featurette for Rampart, courtesy of IAmRogue, discusses both the film and Woody Harrelson with director Oren Moverman, actresses Anne Heche, and Brie Larson, and actor/producer Ben Foster.

First part of Woody Harrelson's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote Rampart.

Sixth reel of eight showing the press conference for Rampart at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Fifth reel of eight showing the press conference for Rampart at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Fourth reel of eight showing the press conference for Rampart at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Third reel of eight showing the press conference for Rampart at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Third part of Woody Harrelson's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote Rampart.

Second reel of eight showing the press conference for Rampart at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Trailer for Rampart. Los Angeles, 1999. Officer Dave Brown (two-time Academy Award(R) nominee Woody Harrelson) is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing 'the people's dirty work' and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as the consequences of his past sins and his refusal to change his ways in light of a department-wide corruption scandal seal his fate. Brown internalizes his fear, anguish and paranoia as his world, complete with two ex-wives who are sisters, two daughters, an aging mentor dispensing bad advice, investigators galore, and a series of seemingly random women, starts making less and less sense. In the end, what is left is a human being stripped of all his pretense, machismo, chauvinism, arrogance, sexism, homophobia, racism, aggression, misanthropy; but is it enough to redeem him as a man?