“Crown Vic” (2019) starring Thomas Jane / Z-View

Crown Vic (2019)

Director:  Joel Souza

Screenplay: Joel Souza

Stars: Thomas Jane, Luke Kleintank, Josh Hopkins, Bridget Moynahan andScottie Thompson

Tagline:  None.

The Plot…

Ray Mandel (Jane) is a veteran LA cop. Mandel’s seen it all.  Nick Holland (Kleintank) is a naive rookie.  Mandel and Holland are partnered for a night shift.  Over the course of their patrol they will deal with domestic abuse, a car fire, an out of control fellow officer, a kidnapped little girl and more.  As the night wears on, the rookie is shocked to learn how things really work for a police officer upholding the law.  Everything come to a head when Mandel and Holland make a traffic stop on two cop killers…

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

Thomas Jane has never been better!  He disappears into his role as a cynical divorced cop who knows there’s a difference between the law and justice.

Writer/director Joe Souza has created a film that captures the slow passing of a shift broken up by moments of tension and life-threatening terror.  While some films may have focused totally on the cop killers storyline or the kidnapped little girl, Crown Vic has the events play out as part of the shift.  Thomas Jane’s performance and the ending of Crown Vic took everything up a notch.

Crown Vic earns 4 of 5 stars.