The Force (2017)
A Film About The Oakland Police Department
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 20分
演出 : Peter Nicks
シノプシス
The Force presents a cinema vérité look deep inside the long-troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson, MO, and an explosive scandal.
ロンドンの首都警察に勤めるニコラス・エンジェルは、大学を首席で卒業し、警察学校でもトップの成績を残し、検挙率もトップで幾度もの表彰を受けた頭脳明晰でスポーツ万能なエリート警察官。ところが彼はその余りの有能さゆえ、上司や同僚から迷惑がられ、田舎町サンドフォードに左遷させられてしまう。 ほとんど犯罪など起こらないサンドフォードでニコラスを待っていたのは、呑気でいい加減な仲間たちと共に退屈な仕事に従事するばかりの日々。首都警察の頃と同じ調子で真面目に働く彼は周囲と馴染めず、ここでも浮いた存在になっていく。しかし、この一見平穏な村には、ある恐ろしい秘密があった。
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