I am a massive fan of films, all eras and all genres so I decided to start writing about each and every film I see. I try to fit in at least 3 a day....only joking, I am going to fit in 1 a day and then write my thoughts about it on here!

First up is.....Rampart....Woody Harrelson's excellent portrayal of a late 90s renegade cop.

I still can't help but picture Woody Harrelson as the hapless goon opposite cooler than school Wesley Snipes in films like 'White Men can't jump' and 'Money Train'.  He usually plays characters that are a bit stupid (he did let his wife sleep with Robert Redford in Indecent Proposal) and the butt of the jokes. Anyone old enough to remember the sitcom 'Cheers' will also know what I am talking about. But even though for the last 15 years he has played a range of diverse and interesting characters in films like 'The Walker' and 'No Country For Old Men' I still can't help but picture him as old woody with his flop of blonde hair and crooked smile. But in Rampart, where he takes center stage as a corrupt cop I see for the first time just what a talented actor he really is.
Woody plays Dave Brown, a bent cop who lives with both his ex wives, who happen to be sisters and his 2 daughters, the eldest which hates him and the younger one who is not really sure what to think of him. After being caught on camera violently beating someone in the street, he goes on a mission to prove what he did wasn't wrong and manages to go further down a downward spiral. The camerawork is very realistic and in your face. Woody is utterly believable as a man struggling against the system, in what he believes is right while trying to hold together an unconventional family who see him for what he really is. Rampart is an engaging and thought provoking film but as with many contemporary films these days, there doesn't seem to be a proper ending. I don't want a complete resolution or that all was forgiven or he went was incarcerated,  but some sort of indication of what is to come would be good.

Anyway, take a look for yourselves!