Directed by:
Daniel PetrieScreenplay:
Heywood GouldCinematography:
John AlcottComposer:
Jonathan TunickCast:
Paul Newman, Edward Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello, Rachel Ticotin, Pam Grier, Kathleen Beller, Jamie Tirelli, Paul Gleason, Donald Petrie, Dominic Chianese (more)Plots(1)
In a bombed-out wasteland stands a police station less a precinct house than a fort in hostile territory. Outside its walls are the murders, the riots, the drugs, and the everyday lives that texture the bleak urban landscape. Inside, amidst corruption and indifference, each officer does what he must to survive his tour of duty in "Fort Apache, The Bronx." (official distributor synopsis)
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The spirit of the God-forgotten 70s (however it was not created until the early 1980s) Bronx, whose very distinctive genius loci is plays the main role. It is depicted through the unadorned daily routine of true patrolmen who just want to do their job without being annoyed by they superiors or the street rabble. Even after several decades have already passed, this movie still inspires many films and series that work with the harsh and dirty poetics of work and depict personal life of ordinary police officers. And that is why (but not only because of it) it is a genre classic movie that fully deserves its status and which, with its qualities, fully lives up to the good name it has built.
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A good film with good performances and an interesting street view. Paul Newman is classically good, and Pam Grier is beautifully crazy, but the film is still a bit too slow; it's more like a documentary that isn't well-paced enough to truly captivate. It's a shame because it started out quite promising.
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