Picking Nits
Six-month Pookie rescue; Ice-T undercover; belt camera; withdrawal stunt double; Selina's attraction to Nino; wedding-hit survival; the cop's apartment
In the discussion (8)
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- Would a cop really spend six months, day after day, saving Pookie?
- Defense: Scotty is like a cop version of Batman, driven by trauma to obsess over crime and help the kid he shot; consistent with the character if not realistic.
- Ice T going undercover is implausible because he is too recognizable, and meeting cops in broad daylight near the Carter before a deal with Nino is a stretch.
- Pookie's belt camera produces impossibly good video for 1991; countered that James Bond and Q gadgets get a pass.
- Pookie appears to have a stunt double in the withdrawal scene.
- Why Selina likes a man who treats her terribly is questioned, answered by Nino's charisma.
- Nino survives the wedding hit despite machine guns 15 feet away, while the motorbike drive-by goes 10 for 10; great aim throughout, and a tough movie for Italians.
- How does Ice T's character afford a Gordon Gecko-style high-ceiling apartment on a cop salary, around $10,000 a month?