RAMPART IS ABOUT A COP-TURNED-VIGILANTE, NOT THE RAMPART SCANDAL
For those expecting a drama about the Rampart scandal that affected Los Angeles in the late 1990s, Rampart is not that. Instead, the film is about what happened to Dave Brown (played by Woody Harrel-son), one of those corrupt cops, as his career ends in 1999. Directed by Oren Overman, Rampart asks us to feel sorry for law enforcement officers who bend the rules to serve as vigilantes in uniform. The cast is full of stars, but the perhaps unintended message is that police departments should end the careers of their errant officers at the first sign of trouble. MH