Police, Adjective

Romanian writer and director Corneliu Porumboiu turned to drama for his second feature. An undercover police officer investigating a teenager accused of drug dealing finds himself conflicted with his conscience and his duties. Porumboiu takes the cop genre in a new direction by showing a new side without any action sequences or shootings. He shows the tedious side of the job along with the bureaucracy involved which is closer to reality than what you see in Hollywood movies. Dragos Bucur gives a compelling performance in the lead while Vlad Ivanov shines in another scene stealing cameo. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.