Edison

2005 "In this city, only the cops are above the law."
Edison
5.3| 1h39m| R| en| More Info
Released: 29 July 2005 Released
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Official Website: http://millennium-media.net/mf-films/edison
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In the troubled city of Edison, a young journalist, his jaded editor, and an honest investigator from the district attorney's office join forces to gather evidence against corrupt members of an elite police unit.

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SnoopyStyle Pollack (Justin Timberlake) is a young ambitious reporter on the trails of corrupted cops, but he finds a more pervasive rot in the city. Morgan Freeman plays his editor who first fires him then mentors him. LL Cool J plays the conflicted cop, and Dylan McDermott plays the corrupted crazy cop. The cast also includes Kevin Spacey and John Heard. That's a great list of actors.This is Justin Timberlake's first big acting gig. He's basically playing himself, a young buck over his head against some of the biggest players around. So he fits the role perfectly. Morgan Freeman is the wise old man although I didn't need to see him do old man dancing. Dylan McDermott brings great intensity although he starts to overact around midpoint of the movie. And that's when it slowly unraveled. The ending is a mess.
bala08 I got to give it to one super scene in this movie. This is where LLcoolJ walks into the bar/restaurant to have a chat with the reporter. He goes about staring down everyone on his way, wow, he is FRAT and it should scare everyone out of their pants, phew. They must think he is the invincible Terminator back from nowhere.As soon as he sits down by a table and gives a stare at the people nearby they all scram, wow, how intimidating.I'm so scared of this guy that I want to laugh till I die.Of course there are several other pathetic scenes and plot holes which tops what I have mentioned above but I just could not resist writing about that one scene, so scary to even think of it. Did they ever preview this movie before releasing or what ? Probably they did and no one survived the preview and the print was already into circulation.
Comeuppance Reviews "Edison Force" is the biggest direct-to-video release of the year. It definitely had some competition which includes "End Game" (With Cuba Gooding Jr. and James Woods), "The Big White" (With Robin Williams and Holly Hunter) and "Grilled". (With Ray Romano, Burt Reynolds, and Juilette Lewis) "Edison Force" is about Joshua (Timberlake) who is a journalist. He uncovers corruption in the police force. One of the most evil cops is Lazerov (McDermott). He tells his boss Moses (Freeman) and they team up with Wallace (Spacey) and Reigert, the D.A. (Cary Elwes) to blow the whistle. But Lazerov doesn't want the secret to come out and he tries to kill Joshua.What saves this movie is the acting. Timberlake is OK. Some of his line readings are terrible though. Freeman and Spacey put in their usual professional performances. Dylan McDermott is the standout. You wish he had more screen time. John Heard drops by and gives a boring role as the chief of police some energy. The action scenes are fun and exciting also. I almost forgot that LL Cool J was in it. He's so wooden and aloof, you forget he's in the movie.If you don't take it seriously, you'll have a good time with it.For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com
kiran747-1 Could forgive Justine timberlake for acting in this piece of nonsense, since he just want to fix his itch to be in movie may be, what the hell happened to Kevin spacey and Morgan freeman? are they so broke to pick such a stupid movie.I haven't seen a more disgusting movie lately with such big names.I like to know does any one with comm sense would make a movie like this let alone acting in it?What a torture..JT's acting is sick,no emotions, no feelings, can be again forgiven for there is nothing in the story to be performed.Man people got to watch out for this director,can't imagine that some one could make a disgusting movie like this these days.