Rampart Page #3

Synopsis: 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 m
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Oren Moverman
Production: Millenium Entertainment
  3 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
R
Year:
2011
108 min
$969,239
Website
380 Views


have something to eat?

He wouldn't be like

this if you guys

weren't so hard on him.

It's the truth.

No, it's not the truth.

He is too hard on you, but still...

Listen to the rhythm of

the gentle Bossa Nova

You'll be dancing with 'em too

before the night is over

How can you lose?

The lights are much

brighter there

You can forget all

your troubles

forget all your cares

And where you go? That's right.

Things'll be great

when you're...

Downtown...

Don't wait a minute more

Dave Brown's just too plain

a name for someone like me.

What, you don't have a moniker?

You don't have a moniker? Like

something your cop buddies call you?

You know the lingo.

Yeah, my brother was on the

San Berdoo Sheriff's.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

I got a little thing for cops.

You don't have it for your brother?

What, no! No!

Nice!

That was a very, very impressive...

No, thank you. I don't smoke.

- You don't smoke?

- No. I don't need it.

Then that wasn't as impressive

as it would have been.

No, it was still a very

impressive trick.

No smoking in here, sir.

Jesus Christ.

You used to let me smoke in here.

Poor little rose.

That's for you.

Wow. I didn't get you anything.

That's okay. You'll

think of something.

So come on, tell me.

What's your moniker?

What does it matter?

Could tell me all I need

to know about you.

You know, maybe a little bit more.

Come on. Don't be shy. What

is it? Let me guess.

Is it...

"Roughhouse" Dave?

Yeah? Or...

I like that.

Or "Bang Bang" Brown?

"Date Rape" Dave.

Why is that?

Rumor from when I worked

Hollywood Sex...

and I can't confirm it

and I won't deny it.

So tell me.

Maybe I killed a bad

guy, maybe I didn't.

Either way, he got what he paid for

and he'll never hurt another

woman ever again.

Is that your foot?

Yeah.

Oh, stop, stop, stop.

Okay, Do it again, do it

again, do it again.

Woo!

Oh, well.

Hey, what's your f***ing problem?

Ow!

[Newscaster [ Brown was videotaped

severely beating a motorist

named Shondell Parmallee in

what civil rights groups

are calling "old school

L.A.P.D. Brutality

"revisited, revived,

and regurgitated."

Local activists have launched

new attacks on the L.A.P.D.

For its "culture of

racial misconduct"

while Officer Brown remains

on limited duty

awaiting possible disciplinary

action

and pending civil lawsuits.

The Shondell-gate matter is in the

early stages of investigation,

as opposed to the Rampart Scandal,

which as you know is a longstanding

highly complex and

multifaceted issue

- of great social import.

- Son of a b*tch.

That's Bill B. For you. He got "highly

complex", "multifaceted"

and "great social import"

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Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987), The Big Nowhere (1988), L.A. Confidential (1990), White Jazz (1992), American Tabloid (1995), The Cold Six Thousand (2001), and Blood's a Rover (2009). more…

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