He was back in Competition this year with Straw Shield, in which cops transporting a remorseless serial killer of children must contend with fellow cops, yakuza, and regular citizens all vying for a million - yen bounty placed on their prisoner's head by one victim's billionaire grandfather. (filmcomment.com)
Hanson engages with an interesting and motley group of nominal heroes and villains with whom he shares the daily stage: 11 - year - old Weegee, who has the street smarts of someone twice his age; drug lord Felix Maxwell, the sort of folk hero about which narcocorridos are written; and a plethora of fellow cops who take umbrage at Hanson's refusal to comply with police norms. (bookpage.com)
As for the ceremonial walkout, in which fellow cops applaud a departing member as they leave their post for the last time, Krumpter said he's declining. (newsday.com)