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Ambushed (1998 film)

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Ambushed
File:Ambushed (1998 film).jpg
Written byAndrew Miles
Directed byErnest Dickerson
StarringCourtney B. Vance
Composer(s)Terry Plumeri
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
CinematographyPhil Oetiker
Running time109 minutes
DistributorHBO
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseJune 20, 1998 (1998-06-20)
External links
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Ambushed is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by Ernest Dickerson and starring Courtney B. Vance.[1]

Premise[edit]

The leader of a Ku Klux Klan lodge is shot dead and his son is taken into police custody for protection. The police car taking him to a safe house is ambushed and three police officers are shot dead. Officer Jerry Robinson is accused of the murders.[2]

Cast[edit]

Reception and analysis[edit]

Hal Peterson of chucksconnection.com gave the film a rating of 3/5 Chucks, writing, "Ambushed is a film with two levels of interest. On the surface level, it is a typical shoot-’em-up action film, with lots of gunfire and chase scenes like you would see in a Clint Eastwood movie. ... Just beneath the surface is a very unsettling look at race relationships in the south, pitting the attitudes of the white supremacist movement against some of the realities of today. The film is very up front with its depiction of racial bigotry and unlimited gunfire, easily winning its “R” rating for violence and language. Both Courtney D. Vance as the cool-headed black cop up against southern racism and Jeremy Lelliott as the Klansman’s son whose world of white power is suddenly turned upside down deliver quality performances. Despite the limitations and content of the story, Vance and Lelliott develop an interesting rapport as the ongoing violent elements of the story line force them to develop what initially seems to be an unthinkable friendship."[3]

The website theactioneelite.com ranked Ambushed as the ninth-best Robert Patrick action film, writing, "Patrick’s final fight with the heroes is startling and deserves to be seen by every fan do [sic] to how unrecognizable vile he is in his portrayal."[4]

A TV Guide review on tvguide.com states, "As an invective against white supremacists, this finger-pointing cop picture is boisterous but none too convincing. ... Short on logic and long on polemics, this pumped-up action pic dashes to a predictable, preordained conclusion."[5]

Winston Cook-Wilson of theringer.com wrote that Ernest Dickerson's "1998 crime flick Ambushed, in which a black police officer is framed for the death of a KKK leader ... evinces his interest in holding a lens up to American racism in the content of low-budget genre films".[6]

The website actionfreunde.de gave the film a rating of 6/10, finding that "the film would have done well with a more coherent plot, a few surprises, and more action."[7]

The Durant Daily Democrat gave the film a rating of 2 1/2 out of 4 stars.[8]

The Spokesman-Review gave the film a rating of 2 out of 4 stars.[9]

AllMovie gave the film a rating of 2/5 stars.[10]

In his book Historical Dictionary of Film Noir, author Andrew Spicer listed Ambushed as an example of African American noir.[11]

Ambushed was likewise listed as an example of African American noir in Robert Arnett's book Neo-Noir as Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema.[12]

Analyzing the film in his article "The genre don't know where it came from: African American neo-noir since the 1960s" for the Journal of Film and Video, author William Covey writes that Ambushed is an example of films that "locate crime and criminality within white culture, while the moral center of each film is marked by black male heroism."[13]

Ambushed holds an 86% audience score on rottentomatoes.com.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Ambushed (1998) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  2. ↑ Ambushed (1998), retrieved 2016-12-28
  3. ↑ "Ambushed | ChucksConnection Film Review". www.chucksconnection.com.
  4. ↑ "The 10 Best Robert Patrick Action Films". January 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ambushed". TVGuide.com.
  6. ↑ Cook-Wilson, Winston (March 11, 2020). "Before 'The Hunt,' There Was Ice-T in the Weirdo Classic 'Surviving the Game'". The Ringer.
  7. ↑ "Ambushed – Dunkle Rituale | Action mit Robert Patrick". July 1, 2020.
  8. ↑ "The Durant Daily Democrat". The Durant Daily Democrat – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "The Spokesman-Review". The Spokesman-Review – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "Ambushed (1998) - Ernest Dickerson, Ernest R. Dickerson | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  11. ↑ Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press. 19 March 2010. ISBN 9780810873780. Search this book on
  12. ↑ Neo-Noir as Post-Classical Hollywood Cinema. Springer. 31 August 2020. ISBN 9783030436681. Search this book on
  13. ↑ COVEY, WILLIAM (2003). "The Genre Don't Know Where It Came From: African American Neo-Noir Since the 1960s". Journal of Film and Video. 55 (2/3): 59–72. JSTOR 20688414 – via JSTOR.
  14. ↑ "Ambushed" – via www.rottentomatoes.com.

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