Report To The Commissioner Reviews

After the monumental success of The French Connection, gritty, hard-hitting police crime dramas became all the rage. Some became as successful and iconic in their own right as William Friedkin’s Oscar-winning film (Serpico is one such example); others for one reason or another fell by the wayside. Milton Katselas’ Report to the Commissioner is an example of one of the unlucky ones. It has major flaws in its construction to be sure, but it also has a couple of set pieces that rank right alongside The French Connection’s great chase scene as major cinematic experiences. Too bad that it just didn’t click with audiences of the time and even today proves that a memorable film has to be more than just a sum of its parts.

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