Sentences with phrase «as a cop trying»

Garner died after Pantaleo placed him in a chokehold as the cop tried to arrest him for selling untaxed loose cigarettes outside a convenience store last July.

As the cop trying to save the day, he gets lumped with dialogue that might seem like useless filler in the wrong hands, but somehow manages to make Bowden seem wonderfully incisive and commanding.

Director Jim Cummings also stars as a cop trying to hold his life together in the feature based on his astoundingly humorous and heartbreaking 2016 Sundance - winning short of the same name.

Not exact matches

So, by your reasoning, if «People put so much importance on words» (implying that they don't matter and we shouldn't take thought of how we use them) then I ought to be able to sing along with the lyrics from pac's «hit»em up» with my black friends, curse in a kindergarten class as well as a corporate meeting for my boss... what impression would a client have of my boss if I were cussing in a professional meeting or at a charity event... it doesn't add up, it's a cop - out rebuttal... trying to find loopholes or applying «human reasoning» like» ll take a swearing guy who's helpful» doesn't change Jesus or scripture it's just setting up a what - if scenario and trying to allow that to in some way justify your stance when again, that doesn't change The Holy Spirit or His heart in those who have been born again... the verses (inspired by His own Spirit) speak for themselves.

But as long as parents shirk their personal responsibilities, as long as there are children brutally abused, counselors and schools, courts and cops, will continue unsuccessfully trying to substitute for those who fail their primary responsibility.

The writers of Manhunt: Unabomber try to make us feel invested in the fight over forensic linguistics by tying it to the family and career struggles of James Fitzgerald (Sam Worthington), a depressive, monomaniacal FBI rookie with a previous career as a Philly beat cop.

As proven by Machida and Cro Cop, you're better off keeping your mouth shut and defending yourself if you test positive, than trying to be an honest athlete.

There is nothing shameful about describing your personality as Type A. I freely cop to it and don't try to hide my penchant for cleared countertops and made beds and carefully crafted plans.

Schneiderman copped to having tried marijuana and cocaine as a young man.

The NYPD has fired the rookie cop charged with killing an MIT student while driving drunk as investigators try to reconstruct the boozy night the officer spent with two colleagues...

Hillary Clinton tried to beef up her credibility as a crime fighter on Thursday, huddling with some of the country's top cops days after Donald Trump charged that she was...

The dramatic drop comes as Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio plan to hold an emergency summit on Tuesday with the heads of the five police unions to try to close the widening rift between cops and the administration.

The move — which ensures the high - ranking cops will get highly coveted, official references from the NYPD — came as Bratton is trying to oust all scandal - tainted brass by the end of the month, sources said Tuesday.

Many of them tried to see Corbyn to discuss their worries and either couldn't see him or weren't reassured when they did — such as when Owen Smith asked if he were prepared to split the party, and John McDonnell, Corbyn's bad cop, shrugged and said, «If that's what it takes.»

I mainly watched this movie because I'm a big fan of The Dukes Of Hazzard & it had John Schneider but Kurt Douglas stole the show.He was great as the beyond determined cop trying to capture Eddie Macon & prove to himself that he isn't over the hill.Eddie Macon's Run is an OK movie & if nothing else it's worth watching just to see Kurt Douglas's performance.Now if I can only get the theme song out of my head....

The story of a professional jewel thief (James Caan) trying to make good, it introduced audiences to Mann's stylish, atmospheric approach to filmmaking and earned a number of strong reviews.Mann next returned to television, acting as executive producer of the popular TV cop series Miami Vice (1984 - 90).

Cop score adds an interesting element to missions as you try and drive cleanly while achieving your goals, and makes you think twice about ramming that opposing vehicle straight into a crowded sidewalk.

Set to be directed by Gaghan as well, the story follows a deep cover agent who loses everything and starts over as a beat cop in Brooklyn only to discover the organized operation he was trying to bring down is alive and kicking right under his nose.

Stallone stars as Jimmy Bonomo, an unapologetically direct hitman who, when his partner gets killed after a recent job, is thrown together by circumstance with Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang), a by - the - book visiting cop from Washington, D.C.. Each targets themselves, Jimmy and Taylor form an uneasy alliance, to try to bring down a shady figure of the criminal underworld (Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje) and the psychotic enforcer, Keegan (Jason Momoa), doing his bidding.

There is a recurring gag that has Paul Rudd doing his finest Tony Montana impression (it gets old quick), a scene where the cops try to remove a beached whale from the shoreline, and a couple of run - ins with oft - appearing supporting performer on the TV show, Nick Swardson (The Benchwarmers), as the flamboyantly gay Terry.

Cannavale (Danny Collins) is wasted in a role that doubles both as the hapless husband to Lang's ex father to the daughter Lang is trying to reconnect more with, and the face of the cops who get involved in the mix of things (and, conveniently, seems to be the first cop on the scene no matter where the action takes place).

Conjured as a free - spirited vehicle for the charms of their leading man in his wisecracking heyday, the brothers Cullen reteam with Bruce Willis to try to right the wrong that was 2010's Cop Out, the Kevin Smith - directed travesty that put a handbrake on Tracy Morgan's film momentum.

At the same time the bumbling cop duo are desperately trying to track Bernsen down and are mistaking everything the four crooks are doing as Bernsen's actions.

The film might've been better if Matthew figured it out earlier and they had more of a cat - and - mouse effect, with Matthew trying to acquire evidence to get the cops to go after the real kidnapper instead of treating him as the one and only suspect.

This seemingly highlights and underscores every perceived failing or emptiness in Annie's life, and the passive - aggressive competitiveness of Helen (Rose Byrne), Lillian's wealthy and newer friend, does little to bring about the best in Annie, even as a local cop, Nathan (Chris O'Dowd), tries his best to get to know her.

After a rocky start involving an intentionally unrelated and surreal dream sequence (a painfully unfunny, extended bit involving the gang as a rock band, trying to elude some cops), the guys of Broken Lizard, led by the movie's director Jay Chandrasekhar, do find a good excuse for making a sequel over a decade and a half later.

Local security guard Dismukes (John Boyega) comes along to try and diffuse the situation as much as possible, but he discovers that the cops are unrelenting in their cruelty and racism.

All of that didn't leave much time left over, but I did get to see one other film, a debut feature by directors Alex and Benjamin Brewer called The Trust, starring Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood as crooked Las Vegas cops who try to pull off a daring heist.

The environment feels authentic, as do the inhabitants of the New York street where the phone booth resides, and there's some quality acting by Farrell (although his «New Yawk» accent isn't as authentic as it could be) and Whitaker in a supporting role as the cop who tries to keep the situation from escalating into another person dying.

Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara team up in this action / comedy as an earnest cop (REESE) trying to protect a sexy widow (SOFIA) from a drug dealer and his gun - toting henchmen as they are chased through the wilds of Texas!

The search for the diabetic boy becomes a race against time as his insulin pump runs out, and the cops must try to turn one suspect against the other before it's too late.

The film spends eighty percent of its running time telling you the mostly unnecessarily detailed history of the Green Lantern Corps, which I'll try to bullet point as best as I can here: Planet Oa is the home plant of the Corps, which are basically intergalactic space cops.

As Harrelson's pot - smoking, half - drunk super-cop offers advice and sniffs the air for the schemes of dirty cops, Ejoifor tries to get his Ex (a wasted Gal Gadot) to share custody of their son, and Paul continues to break bad, it is Casey Affleck who quietly steals the film as a rookie cop that is somehow both naive and world - weary (welcome to the 21st century folksAs Harrelson's pot - smoking, half - drunk super-cop offers advice and sniffs the air for the schemes of dirty cops, Ejoifor tries to get his Ex (a wasted Gal Gadot) to share custody of their son, and Paul continues to break bad, it is Casey Affleck who quietly steals the film as a rookie cop that is somehow both naive and world - weary (welcome to the 21st century folksas a rookie cop that is somehow both naive and world - weary (welcome to the 21st century folks.)

The game tries to sell you «Super Cop» upgrades as an in - app purchase, with IAP messages in the game over screen, upgrade notification screen, in the tips and on the main menu screen.

Of course, as anyone who has ever seen a cop movie already knows, lots of people will end up dying today, and Talley will spend the rest of the movie trying to rinse their blood off his hands.

Michael Mann's Heat - starring DeNiro and Pacino as a bank robber and the cop trying to get him - sounds like it is a written cliche.

Meanwhile, another local kid born into a troubled crime family, Billy Costigan (DiCaprio, Catch Me If You Can), also tries to put his past behind him by becoming a cop, but he is quickly tagged and sent to do undercover work as a mole for the police force, working his way up the criminal ladder until he finally arrives as part of Costello's inner sanctum.

Man of Steel Actor Michael Shannon co-stars as a crooked cop who is trying to prevent that message from being delivered.

That hunt is complicated by Hardy's cop being vilified for his wife's supposed activities as a spy, though trying to make heads or tails of the various plot strands running throughout Daniel Espinosa's film requires significant detective work, so muddied is this grim, grimy saga's storytelling.

David Alan Grier (Blankman, Boomerang) provides most of the comic relief as the cop who is overwhelmed at trying to keep the peace of the town (and his spiffy cop car pristine) as the jungle environs threaten to take over.

The drama will see Sean Penn play the notorious gangster, Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin as two cops trying to bring him down, and Emma Stone as the femme fatale no doubt coming between them.

Man vs. beast, with lots of watery excitement and cool macho stuff as our heroes (the brainy nerd, the weary cop, the insane fisherman) try to survive the shark and each other, and compare scars in one of the coolest «hey, we're men!»

Once more, Katz works with a kinetic and inspired cast, featuring Game of Thrones hunk Nikolaj Coster - Waldau as the ex-cop Joe Denton, veteran heavies Robert Forster and Jacki Weaver as a very bewildered Mr. and Mrs. Denton, House of Cards heroine Molly Parker as an all - too - forgivable nurse, an ever - reliable Blair as an all - too - gullible friend, a supremely terrifying Healy as a mob boss» dickhead son, and the one and only Gary Cole as a dirty cop trying to cover his dirty ass.

TRAINING DAY (Grade: C --RRB-: In this absurdly brutal and cynical buddy - cop drama, Denzel Washington gives a charismatic performance as a totally corrupt LAPD detective who tries to teach the ways of the street to naive, idealistic rookie Ethan Hawke.

As Rose tries desperately to track down her daughter, she stumbles across a cop (Laurie Holden) that at first suspects her of foul play, but relents when an air - raid siren gives way to hellish attack by undulating, fleshy masses.

But the second half is suspenseful and engrossing, as Petit and his surprisingly willing crew try to hatch their plan while dodging cops and security guards.

The story is set two years before the events of the Wii U game and follows Chase McCain as a rookie cop trying to prove himself in LEGO City.

While some may argue that Scorsese has done better crime films, I tried to find a movie where it evenly shows both sides working towards each other (the cops and the robbers, just like the PNP and JLP in Ghett» A Life just not as well executed).

But this «Cop - medy» differs as it tries to ground itself, to some extent, in reality.

The director also confirmed that the spin - off starring the What We Do in the Shadows cops as they investigate paranormal activity is also still in the works, and they're «trying to start shooting in New Zealand» soon.