Nov 8, 2017
Today at http://psychodrivein.com The Xeno File: VIOLENT COP (1989) The key to Violent Cop is not in the violent moments, but the moments where Detective Azuma (Takeshi Kitano, a/k/a Beat Takeshi) just stands there. Late in the movie, after he has been thrown off the police force and his only friend has been killed, he stands in the office of his commander, unflinching, unblinking, unmoving. This is a man whose reaction to all of life has been distilled down to exactly two stances: indifference or violence. There is nothing else there. --- Read more of Serdar's article at the link in our profile! #violentcop #beattakashi #takeshikitano
