1882. Chapter 1882 1882 Los Angeles Confidential
Jazz music full of retro flavor and Californian images full of retro style opened the opening of "L.A. Confidential", which was full of temptation. The bewildering narration takes the audience back to the fifties step by step.
"Come to Los Angeles! The sun shines here, the beaches are wide, the orange groves stretch as far as the eye can see, the jobs are plentiful, and the land is cheap. Everyone can have their own house, every house is inhabited by a happy family, and you can enjoy it all! Who knows? Maybe you'll be scouted and become a superstar – or at least meet one. Everything is good in Los Angeles, it's like paradise on earth!
The above statement is purely a sales advertisement, through film and television media, to strengthen this good impression, just like the popular series "Police Network Heroes", the Los Angeles police detectives are all brave and extraordinary, and all the gangsters are terrified. Yes, you'd think it's the Garden of Eden, but even heaven is in trouble, and that trouble is called Mel Harris Cohan, and his admirers call him: Mickey C, a figure who disgraced L.A., and his number one bodyguard, John Stanbarado.
Mickey is the top of the Los Angeles underworld, and his subordinates are promiscuous. Poison. Stealing and scamming are all available, killing more than a dozen people every year, and the methods are never conventional. Every time his photo appeared on the front page, the image of Los Angeles was greatly damaged. How can this kind of **** shopping for knowing the law and breaking the law happen in Los Angeles, where the police are strong? It's time for someone to make a move, but there is nothing new in the method, because this is Hollywood, which specializes in fried cold rice! Mitch Cohan ended up like the other godfathers, arrested on charges of 'evading comprehensive income tax'. But the situation did not improve, and Mickey was sent to prison, but the position of the godfather was given up, and sooner or later there will always be someone who is not afraid of death and wants to accept all the territory!
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Nicholas McLaren really didn't expect that the movie would actually kick off with a magazine feature, and it was also a gossip magazine, which really complemented Los Angeles and was undoubtedly the part he was most familiar with. What's even more interesting is that the content of the report is quite interesting. Just by the beginning, Nicholas began to look forward to what kind of content Hugo would mock this time around - and it was clear that the journalists and the Hollywood industry were certainly part of it.
The film's characters then make a quick appearance, starting with police officer Bud White, who is clearly jealous and hateful, especially with an unusual aversion to men's violence against women, even on Christmas Eve, when he and his partner Stance are on their way to buy alcohol, and he doesn't forget to stop and arrest a parolee who is abusing his wife - and after giving him a hard lesson.
Bud went to the store to buy alcohol and met a mysterious woman, this mysterious woman wore a black cloak, tightly covering every corner of her body, but Bud couldn't help but be curious, following Bud's slow steps and slowly advancing camera, Charlize Theron's side face appeared on the big screen, the flaming red lips shone in the long golden hair, making many people at the scene let out a cry of amazement - just like Charlize appeared at tonight's premiere, Heartily show the unprecedented charm.
As he left the store, Bud noticed a woman sitting in the back seat of a car on the side of the road, but her nose was covered with gauze, as if she had been beaten and injured. Bud tries to inquire about the situation, but is confronted by a former police officer named Buzz. Obstruction by officials. The mystery girl then walks out and explains to Bud that it wasn't the violence he had imagined.
Stance also got out of the car to ask about the situation, Stance saw Buzz and showed a stunned smile, Bud asked if they knew each other, Stance nodded and admitted, "We've met a few times, he used to be a police officer." Examine. ”
Next up is police officer Jack Moonson, a copywriter for the TV series "Police Network Heroes", who is elegant, easy-witted, intelligent and cunning, who uses his police resources to collude with gossip reporters to expose the peachy news of Hollywood's biggest stars in order to earn extra money - and make a name for himself and gain fame and fortune. On Christmas Eve, Jack teamed up with Sid, the editor-in-chief of "Boo" magazine, to arrest Big Smoker before the film's premiere. Hemp star Matt Reynolds.
After securing the headlines for tomorrow, Jack began to collect evidence in the room, only to stumble upon a business card with "French Dynasty" written on the front and the slogan "The choice is yours" underneath. After putting it in his pocket, he returned to the police. Bureau.
When Ed Easley appeared on the stage, many people in the audience whistled and laughed - Hugo, the focus of everyone's attention, belatedly appeared at this time, but after only a short two-minute scene, people began to hate Ed.
Hypocritical, polite, ambitious, and scheming, he looks like Sven scum, disgusting, inheriting his father's legacy and entering the Los Angeles Police Department with honors, considering his polite character, his father's old colleague and current police officer Dudley suggested that he go to the back office, but Ed insisted on going to the criminal department, and the arrogance hidden behind the gold wire glasses was hard to like.
Nicholas was a little surprised that Hugo would choose the character of Ed, and it is not easy for a superstar like Hugo to be disgusting at the moment of his appearance. But Hugo did it, and after the initial whistle, one gradually felt the disgusting nature of the character, and even Nicholas himself did not notice, and he began to frown slightly. This time, Nicholas is really starting to look forward to the follow-up story.
Jack escorted Matt back to the police station, and tonight's duty officer was Ed, and Jack gave Ed ten dollars in the hundred-dollar dividends he received from "Shhhhhhhhhhh Just as Jack tried to persuade him further, he was interrupted by a burst of confusion.
There are two police officers tonight. Cha was beaten on duty, Harunsky was bleeding profusely and nearly lost an eye, and Brown was unconscious - while Ed said in an interview that they had only suffered minor injuries, saying it was an inevitable consequence of the job. Now that the six Mexicans had been caught, Bud and Stance, who had returned from buying alcohol, learned of this and rushed downstairs to teach the Mexicans a lesson.
Despite Ed's repeated warnings, to no avail, Stance completely lost control, and Bud, who had hoped to dissuade his partner, was carried away by the rage and beat the six Mexicans to pieces, and Jack was accidentally stained with blood and involved in the beating. Eddard, who had always wanted to stop him, not only had no way to control the situation, but was instead locked in a separate cell by his colleagues who hated the same enemy, and did nothing at all.
The scuffle was recorded by reporters, and the next day, they went through the headline with the headline "Bloody Christmas".
In order to save the situation, the director talked to the people present alone and asked them to testify who was involved in the beating.
Prosecutor Raute tried to convince Bard, but Bard refused to testify and was dismissed by the chief on the spot because he said he would never betray his partner and other colleagues. Ed, on the other hand, did not hesitate to say that he was willing to testify in court and suggested that the police officer who was eligible for retirement be charged. Cha, while thoroughly investigating Bard and Stans, also hinted at an effective way for Jack to testify.
Resentful of Eddard's attitude, Inspector Dudley tries to dissuade Eddard, who refuses Dudley's kind dissuasion, even though his actions can lead to promotion, but they will lead him to the rejection and contempt of all his colleagues. However, the Commissioner appreciated his straightforwardness and announced on the spot that he had been promoted to Criminal Sergeant.
The smart and sleek Jack, under the threat of the director to reduce his exposure, even left the "Police Network Heroes" crew to join the weathering team, and he reluctantly agreed to testify against the soon-to-be-retired Stanz, and Jack did not offend his superiors or colleagues.
The whole story progressed very quickly, and there was silence in the theater, and then, after the director had solved the problem, he said to Ed behind the surveillance glass, "Then the deal is settled, Sheriff!" ...... "And, Ed, take your glasses off." Ed's triumphant smile stiffened in an instant.
Nicholas burst out laughing, not just him, but the entire audience laughed, this was the second person after Inspector Dudley to say that he couldn't get used to seeing Ed's gold wire glasses.
Although Eddard has behaved righteously so far, it makes it difficult to like him, or even just want to tear off his Sven mask and watch him fall from a great height - especially the hypocritical glasses. It's hard to imagine that less than half an hour into the movie, Hugo managed to make all the audience start hating him.
In this transaction, Ed was promoted, and his power tricks were even amazed by Dudley, but he was despised by his peers; Bard, who had just been dismissed, was quietly reinstated by Inspector Dudley that night and entrusted with important tasks. The Christmas Eve beating was reversed, and the four witnesses reversed their minds, leaving only Stance as the lamb to be convicted - even though he had only one year left to receive his pension, Bard gritted his teeth when he learned of the result.
At the same time, after Mitch Cohan entered the prison, Los Angeles fell into chaos, and the important people under Cohan were killed one after another, and the **** of the entire Los Angeles began a major reshuffle and fell into chaos. In order to clear the **** and restore peace in Los Angeles, Bud became Dudley's thug and began to lynch various **** characters; After Jack came to the weathering team, he accidentally found a folder of materials distributed in the police station, and a crime scene was always found colorful. The case of the love magazine actually had the symbol of the "French Dynasty", which made Jack wary, and he began to try to find information about the organization, and he even called Sid of the "Hush" magazine, but Sid said that he had never heard of it.
Clues began to emerge one by one, and the seemingly unconnected multi-line parallel made Nicholas have to devote all his attention, and then, the turning point came!