(CONFLICT OF INTEREST) If you gave Flannery O'Connor a Cinemascope camera, a moratorium on God, and free rein of Seattle, the resulting movie would be not unlike
Police Beat. The city in
Police Beat is
wetter, riper, and brighter than the Seattle you know. There's a moment when the hero, a bike cop, smiles, and the music quickens, and
everyone in the audience is lifted out of their seats. I defy you not to love this movie, and I'm not just saying that because
Charles Mudede is sitting next to me. (
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