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'Crown Vic ' is a 2019 American crime thriller film written and directed by Joel Souza, with Alec Baldwin having served as one of the producers, and stars Thomas Jane, Luke Kleintank, Gregg Bello, David Krumholtz, Bridget Moynahan, Scottie Thompson, and Josh Hopkins. The film focuses on the events during a night shift for veteran LAPD officer Ray Mandel and his trainee Nick Holland. The film's title derives from the Ford Crown Victoria, a car widely used by police, which the main characters also use. It premiered on April 26, 2019, in the Tribeca Film Festival, and was released to theatres and on-demand on November 8, 2019 in the United States. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who noted similarities with the 2001 film 'Training Day'.

Premise



Nick Holland is a newly minted officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. In his first night shift, he is assigned to patrol the city with experienced policeman Ray Mandel. Ray and Nick are completely different personalities; while Nick is a down-to-earth, self-proclaimed world improver, Ray is a divorced pessimist with a penchant for breaking the rules and resorting to violence. In their shift, they are responsible for all kinds of incidents, from robberies to domestic unrest to car fires. They also try to find a girl who has been kidnapped by a group of drug traffickers, and at the same time, they chase two terroristic bank robbers wanted for murdering policemen.

Cast



* Thomas Jane as Ray Mandel

* Luke Kleintank as Nick Holland

* Gregg Bello

* David Krumholtz as Stroke Adams

* Bridget Moynahan as Tracy Peters

* Scottie Thompson as Claire

* Josh Hopkins as Jack VanZandt

* Devon Werkheiser as Floyd Stiles

* Emma Ishta as Ally

Production



Despite being set in Los Angeles, the movie was filmed in Buffalo, New York.

Release



The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2019. It was released in theaters on November 8, 2019, and on VOD by Screen Media on January 7, 2020.

Reception



Box office

'Crown Vic' grossed $3,868 in one opening theatre in North America against a production budget of $3.6 million.

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critics consensus reads, "Led by a solid turn from the well-cast Thomas Jane, 'Crown Vic' gets an impressive amount of mileage out of its familiar cop thriller framework." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film 1.5 stars out of four, commenting, "Aside from a rock-solid performance by Thomas Jane as the grizzled cop, 'Crown Vic', which is named after the Ford model car that is the default of the LAPD black-and-white, has very little to offer the discriminating moviegoer." 'Movie Nation's Roger Moore gave the film two stars out of four, stating "'Crown Vic' is a grounded and gritty cops-on-the-night-shift melodrama built around a tightly coiled turn by Thomas Jane... 'Crown Vic' isnt a bad picture. Its just too unexceptional to stand out." Rex Reed of 'Observer Media' gave the film two stars out of four and said, "I never cease to wonder how some films manage to borrow, imitate, copy, or steal from older films without acknowledging or crediting the originals. A predictable, ho-hum police procedural called 'Crown Vic', about one night of violence and death with a veteran Los Angeles cop assigned to escort a rookie cop through the criminal underground while teaching him the ropes, is so close to the 2001 'Training Day' that its practically a remake."

Dennis Harvey of 'Variety' noted, "Thats a lot of narrative content, and 'Crown Vic' varies in involvement and credibility as it juggles the more melodramatic aspects with the quasi-'vrit' ones. Still, it all works more often than not, thanks to the able lead performances and Souzas generally smooth handling." Frank Scheck of 'The Hollywood Reporter' stated, "The filmmaker displays a genuine flair for staging exciting action sequences, and the ever-reliable Jane delivers a solid lead performance, here tempering his natural machismo with a sympathetic, mournful quality. But there's just too much about 'Crown Vic' that we haven't seen a thousand times before, to more impactful effect."

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