Taglines: The most corrupt cop you’ve ever seen on screen.
Dave Brown is a Los Angeles police officer who works out of the Rampart Division. Dave is misogynistic, racist, brutally violent, egotistical and a womanizer, although he defends himself against many of these accusations as he says that his hate is equal opportunity. However unlawful, he uses intimidation and brutal force to defend his ideals.
The most notorious of his actions is purportedly murdering a suspected serial date rapist, which is why he has been given the nickname “Date Rape Dave”. He lives with two of his ex-wives – sisters Barbara and Catherine – in an effort to keep family together, namely his two daughters, Helen and Margaret, who each have a different sister as their mother. Dave still maintains a sexual relationship with both sisters – whenever the mood suits any of them – while he openly has other sexual relationships. His life is put under a microscope after he is caught on video brutally beating a person with who he got into an automobile crash.
This situation is made all the more difficult for the police department because of the Rampart scandal. This microscope shows a further potentially scandalous incident involving Dave and a grocery store hold-up. Although he secretly has his defenders within the police department highers-up, Dave, who is unrepentant regarding his actions, has to figure out who he can and cannot trust among his colleagues and new associates as he goes about his business and tries to protect his ideals from being taken away by these scandals.
Rampart is a 2011 American drama film. Directed by Oren Moverman and co-written by Moverman and James Ellroy, the film stars Woody Harrelson, Ice Cube, Ned Beatty, Anne Heche, Steve Buscemi, and Sigourney Weaver. It is set in the midst of the fallout from the Rampart scandal of the late 1990s, when corrupt Los Angeles Police Department Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) is forced to face the consequences of his wayward career. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2011. and was released in theaters in the U.S. on February 10, 2012.
Rampart (2012)
Directed by: Oren Moverman
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Stella Schnabel, Brie Larson, Jon Bernthal, Ruben Garfias, Dominic Flores, Audra McDonald, Anne Heche, Matt McTighe, Cynthia Nixon
Screenplay by: James Ellroy, Oren Moverman
Production Design by: David Wasco
Cinematography by: Bobby Bukowski
Film Editing by: Jay Rabinowitz
Costume Design by: Catherine George
Set Decoration by: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
Art Direction by: Austin Gorg
Music by: Dickon Hinchliffe
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language, sexual content and some violence.
Distributed by: Millennium Entertainment
Release Date: February 10, 2012
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