THE FORCE goes inside an embattled urban police department struggling to rebuild trust in one of America's most violent yet promising cities. The Force is a 2017 American English-language Documentary Drama motion picture featuring Sean Whent, Libby Schaaf and Juan Carlos Zapata. Fox Searchlight Pictures in association with Film4 Productions, Blueprint Pictures and Cutting Edge Group. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Peter Nicks, Linda Davis, Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin and Martin Mcdonagh. The Force is written by Peter Nicks, Linda Davis and Lawrence Lerew and it is directed by Peter Nicks. Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Force was released on 1st December 2020 and takes a screen time of 80 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The motion picture made a box office gross of $0 million. The music was composed by Justin Melland along with Carter Burwell. At the 2017 Sundance Film Festival It won an award for Documentary.
The Force Reviews and Ratings
Average Review Rating : 4.5/5
Positive Review Rating : 83%
Av Club
From this point forward, The Force mostly just regurgitates headlines; the day in the life approach, compelling though it had been, no longer makes sense, and its absence leaves a purely expository... ( Read More )
Collider
Its interesting to see cops at the academy debate the use of force and undergo training like inhaling tear gas so that theyll know what its like if they ever have to deploy it. ( Read More )
Village Voice
His performance grounds the film, and keeps it going through its less confident patches. ( Read More )
Pop Matters
The Force, which details the Oakland Police Departments recent reform efforts, is best viewed as a complementary work to prior Black Lives Matter documentaries, such 2017s Whose Streets and The Blo... ( Read More )
Lw Lies
Despite its premise and promise of unparalleled access the film feels constrained by what it can or cant show (presumably so as not to incriminate certain officers). ( Read More )