Rampart

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Rampart

R,

2012,

1h 43m,

Crime/

Drama

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74%

143 Reviews

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35%

10,000+ Ratings

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35%

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In 1999, Officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson), a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, tends to follow his own code of rough justice. A number of years earlier, he was implicated in the death of a serial rapist. Brown's violent tendencies once again land him in hot water when a video of him beating up a suspect plays all over local TV. An assistant DA (Sigourney Weaver) pressures him to retire, but Brown edges closer and closer to a meltdown.

Critics Consensus

Rampart sends viewers plummeting into a nihilistic hell of its protagonist's creation, yet Woody Harrelson's performance in the central role is too magnetic to dismiss.

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Mar 9, 2012

C

Where's it all go? Nowhere, really, just down a dirty, disappointing hole. Harrelson deserved better.

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Mar 1, 2012

3.5/4

It's a remarkably compelling film.

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

Mar 1, 2012

4/5

Brown is a sick man, but Harrelson makes him so interesting, so charismatic, so ... watchable, that you can't look away, even if his actions make you want to (and they will).

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D.M. Palmer

Vague Visages

Nov 9, 2023

What really distinguishes Rampart from the standard police corruption film, and prevents it from sliding into outright misanthropy, is its focus on the emotional stakes.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Jun 27, 2023

3/4

Rampart is more of a character study than any sort of crime procedural, and it’s all the better for it.

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

Aug 4, 2020

C+

Officer Brown is such a terrible person that he becomes almost a caricature ... by the end of the movie, nothing about him left any kind of resonance.

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Kylo R

Nov 6, 2018

Sensless. The people who produce this product are insane, addicted and highly jaded. They assume we want to see the crap that turns them on.

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Anakin S

Aug 23, 2018

Thought this was pretty much abysmal from beginning to end, I'm sure I remember this being highly praised on release? Harrelson's character is everything we've ever seen before, the plot is just a darker version of the TV programme 'The Shield' and the poorest section of the lot is the women queueing up to drop at his feet because he killed a date rapist and what? They hero worship him because of it? What offensive tosh, get in the bin.

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George M

May 9, 2018

Woody Harrelson delivers a fantastic performance but the film itself falls short.

Kylo W

Feb 25, 2018

A drama that leaves a lot to be desired. Woody does great in the lead role, playing a dirty cop to perfection. But the movie moves along too slowly at times and doesn't have a great ending. Too many storylines are left open to interpretation.

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Hagrid W

Aug 21, 2017

Really enjoying the performance of Woody, but the disjointed-ness of it wasn't appealing plus the end was.....sudden

Albus M

Aug 19, 2017

Confusing indiscretions.

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Synopsis

In 1999, Officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson), a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, tends to follow his own code of rough justice. A number of years earlier, he was implicated in the death of a serial rapist. Brown's violent tendencies once again land him in hot water when a video of him beating up a suspect plays all over local TV. An assistant DA (Sigourney Weaver) pressures him to retire, but Brown edges closer and closer to a meltdown.

Director: Oren Moverman
Producer: Ben Foster, Lawrence Inglee, Ken Kao, Clark Peterson
Screenwriter: Oren Moverman, James Ellroy
Distributor: Millennium Films
Production Co: Waypoint Entertainment, Lightstream Entertainment, Amalgam Features, Third Mind Pictures
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Pervasive Language|Some Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 10, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 8, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $969.2K
Runtime: 1h 43m

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