....UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO SAY OH NO BECAUSE,I GUESS NOT BEING SECURE ENOUGH IN HIS WORK,THE DIRECTORHAD TO ADD EXPLICIT SEX SCENES AND TOO MUCH NUDITY THAT DEFINITELY WERE NOT NEEDED. NOW I CAN'T RECOMMEND THIS TO PEOPLE WHO ENJOY A MOVIE THAT HAD WRITING TALENT AND REAL MOVIE MAKING,RATHER THAN JUST "STUNNING VISUALS" TO MAKE IT A MOVIE.WHAT A SHAME.IT IS AN AWESOME MOVIE OTHERWISE

If you want to preserve any form of decency left in you stop supporting this filth. When did police corruption, drug dealing, alcoholism, revenge, greed, murder, kidnapping, prostitution, gang violence, divorce, theft, and police brutality become Friday night entertainment? Take this scene for example: "We see various instances of gun violence, including a man gunning down two men in a hallway: one of them, a bullet wound pouring blood from his chest, spits up blood as he lays dying; the other man, blood pouring from a wound in his abdomen, stumbles down a stairwell, leaving a massive trail of blood behind him, falls to his knees and begs for his life, but he's shot about seven times (his blood-covered body shakes with each bullet)." [BLOCKED WEBSITE] Whatever scant hint of a message is left after being subjected to 218 F-words and non-stop blood, gore, and sex is not worth it. Someone has to stand up and say it

If I wanted to watch explicit sex scenes I would rent a porn and I would certainly not bring my teenage kids along to watch!!! The sex scenes are where they put all the "fine detail" in to........the rest of the movie was sooooo disappointing!!! I couldn't wait to see this show because of the cast that was in it and it has potential but man was the ball dropped on this one =( Don't bother!!

Pretend that director had a sense of decency and did not include graphic and unneeded pornography,and you have a dynamic,disturbing and realistic trio of good cop/bad cop stories that portray the gray areas and the fact that law,order,loyalty and justice aren't always so cut and dried. I do realize that my review grade is bad,but for a good reason. I don't get the bad reviews in the main. The pieces in the lives of these cops have been very well thought out,complete with nuances,as well as facts. They are hard,gritty,and acted out with heart and fervor. Sometimes I wonder if the average movie goers tastes have been dummed down to awesome special effects,raunchy jokes and trite,spoonfed material. I was not happy or excited when I left,but empathetic,moved and impressed with the hard work. If only Mr.Fuqua (sp?) had enough cojones to realize this was good material without multiple pairs of breasts,a strip club and a prostitute in action. None of these added one bit,but hurt sales

Let me start by saying that my review might not be entirely fair, seeing as I walked out before the movie finished - but I suppose that speaks for itself as well. I would say I stayed for about 1 hr and 45 mins, and if it wasn't for my brother I would have left much sooner. I usually Love a good cop/crime movie...but this was not what I was expecting. It seemed like every second word was F#@$ or Mother F%$#@. There was A lot of violence and all scenes were either very angry, depressing or disturbing - and by disturbing I mean Richard Gere sex scenes with a girl/prostitute half his age talking dirty and perverted...it was just wrong. The story follows 3 different cops, so you are essentially following 3 different stories, and up to the point I left, there was seemingly no connection (yet) between the 3, and nothing of any consequence had really happened - just a lot of cussing, fighting, and street life portrayals.