


In Dead Bang, Don Johnson plays this classic brand of cop, to a tee. And the first thing everybody tells him is that he looks terrible. The company he keeps does nothing for his lexicon. Generally, he eats three meals of pizza or Chinese and drinks like a fish. Or debasing brutality has taken too big a chunk out of his consciousness for him to frequent the society of women and children. Typically, he's alienated from his family because he's too dedicated to his job and consumes too much of his time doing it and not enough with them. There's a specific brand of cop in film and on TV that apparently appeals to audiences. Reviewed by jzappa 7 / 10 Stale Clichés Sprinkled with Crumbs of Peculiarity
