“I vow to use my super-powers to uphold the principles of democracy and the enforcement of the law… never for selfish or evil ends!” That’s either the oath that every police officer takes when they join the force or something that Superman says. Filth gets the edge because, while it does seem to be a more romping redux of Bad Lieutenant, it at least had the courtesy of changing its character’s accent. There aren’t many hints as to the actual plot of Filth, but whatever it is, it looks like a hell of a ride. The movie follows Robertson ( James McAvoy) as he screws, drinks, fights, and toasts his way through what can charitably be described as a checkered career as a police officer. “Bruce Robertson Pervert Alcoholic Psycho Rude & Cop” are the title cards in the trailer for Filth.
Everything goes relatively smoothly, until someone opens a door from the dead world to our own. They bring the restless souls back from the realm of the living to where they belong. They also have avatars that range from a supermodel (Pulsipher appears to the living as Marissa Miller) to an older Asian-American man (Walker appears as James Hong). Our heroes are recently-deceased Nick Walker ( Ryan Reynolds) and long-dead, Wyatt-Earp-lookalike Roy Pulsipher (a silly-acting Jeff Bridges).
What if Men in Black was about people policing the dead instead of aliens? That’s the question the upcoming R.I.P.D.-also based on a comic book-asks. , two movies about unusual police officers. Welcome to Thursday Trailer Face-Off, a feature in which we cast a critical eye on two similar upcoming film releases, pitting them against each other across a variety of categories to determine which is most deserving of your two hours.
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