Who’s there to bust drug lords, gangsters, and terrorist: the law. There have been countless law enforcement characters in the film industry that we all know and love for their acts of bravery and rightfulness to serve justice to all wrongdoers. So in honour of these courageous characters, I give you my top 5 law enforcers in film:
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Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand), Fargo(1996)
In small-town Brainerd, Minnesota , kidnapping, murder, and other heinous crimes are running through the streets, only one person can stop them, police chief Marge Gunderson. In this black comedy where failing cars salesman Jerry Luudengard (William H. Macy) hires a couple of thugs to kidnap his own wife, and get a cut out of the ransom from her wealthy father, Marge seems to be only person in the town with the sense to solve these crimes, even while she’s pregnant.
Whats so great about her character is that she takes everything with such ease and patients, dead bodies don’t bother her at all, and she understands the situations perfectly as you she says ‘oh yeah‘ at end of every sentence. France McDormand also won the Academy Award for best leading role actress for the act, and she the most memorable character out of the whole film. Her woman’s intuition and her persistence earns her place in the top law enforcement officers in film.
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Roger Mutaugh (Danny Glover), Lethal Weapon series
He is never too old for this s**t. Being at his fifties, Roger just wishes for a peaceful life, get away from his job and spend time with his family. Unfortunately, Roger Mutaugh has not only have to deal with the crime in Los Angeles, but he has to tolerate with his crazy partner Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) insane behaviour. undergoing torture, jumping off buildings, and staying alive in shootouts are not on Roger’s ‘To-Do-List’, but he is determined to solve the case. He even goes as far to not retire and stay in the force after all he has been through, he’s the cop who always finds a way to get out of bad situations and live through it all.
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Judge Dredd (Karl Urban), Dredd(2012)
He is judge, jury, executioner, and the law.Based on the 2000 AD comic series Judge Dredd(1999), Dredd is the most hardcore of the judges in Mega-City One, he’s almost a legend in 22nd century. Known for his merciless judgement and brutal executions, Dredd is an enforcer not to mess with.
Mysterious, strong, deadly are just fragments of words of how to describe him, this man follows and obeys the law like a religion, and gives no second chance to any criminal. With all this dark attitude and tough exterior, you may think Dredd has no human compassion or empathy, but deep inside there’s soft spot, and that just makes fans love him more.
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Robocop (Peter Weller), Robocop series
Lets put it out there, Detroit is a bad city to live in. So, Detroit in the future is probably a hell hole as it is filled with terrorist, corrupt politicians, and power hungery corporate bosses. Not even the law can handle all this crime, or a bipedal machine gun attached robot.
So who do the people of Detroit look for to help, Robocop. After his attack by a gang which left him terminally wounded, Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) was rebuilt by OmniCorp and returned to the streets of Detroit as the number one man to enforce justice to all criminal scum. Robocop is just amazing, his dedication in stopping criminals, his shooting skills amazes all viewers, and his programme directive to protecting the weak from danger.
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Officer John McClane (Bruce Willis), Die Hard series
No matter how hard you hit him, no matter how many times you shoot him, or how much explosives you set to detonate on him, he will never die. John McClane lighted the hearts of million of people as he was small time cop that dived right into a bank full gun wielding terrorist, crawled his through heated air vents, and having the most painful feeling of having glass shards stabbing the soles of his feet all to save his wife in and other hostages in Die Hard(1988).
But that wouldn’t be his only and last adventure, John Mclane also fights federal agents who gone rogue, German terrorist threatening to blow up half of New York, cyber terrorist who want all the power, and an underground Russian gang creating weapons of mass destruction. A cop who’s not afraid dying and takes on trouble head on. Yes, John McClane is a cop that has been through it all, and has no problem taking down the next thug that comes in his way or threatens his family.
By Jason John
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