There are good cops and bad cops, and good giveaways and bad giveaways. Let's call this a good giveaway/bad cop situation, cool? (You better be cool with it 'cause you got no choice.) Next Friday sees the opening of Brooklyn's Finest, the very dope Antoine Fuqua flick starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, and Wesley Snipes as cops and drug dealers caught in an intricate web of deception and double-dealing. No spoilers here, but it's good stuff folks, trust.
Now for the "good giveaway" part. In anticipation of the movie's release, Brooklyn's Finest and Complex are giving away a brand-spanking new 250 GB PS3. The catch? We're going to handcuff you to a chair and beat you with phone books. You've got to take our Cinematic Crooked Cops Trivia Challenge. The first reader to get all 10 questions right wins the PS3 (the winner will be announced next Thursday, March 4, the day before Brooklyn's Finest hits theaters). Some of the questions are straightforward, some a little harder, and some are really tough, but did we mention it's a PS3 we're giving away? Now, quit readin' and get to answerin', punk!
DENZEL WASHINGTON AS ALONZO, TRAINING DAY, 2001
• Question #1: What brand of cigarettes does Alonzo smoke?
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KEVIN SPACEY AS JACK VINCENNES, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, 1997
• Question #2: What is the name Vincennes whispers to Captain Dudley Smith that ultimately unravels the corruption in the LAPD?
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HARVEY KEITEL AS RAY DONLAN, COP LAND, 1997
• Question #3: In the '70s, NYPD officers were required to live in NYC. How are Donlan and his fellow corrupt NYPD colleagues able to live in New Jersey?
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RICHARD GERE AS DENNIS PECK, INTERNAL AFFAIRS, 1990
• Question #4: How does Dennis Peck kill his partner, Van Stretch?
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JOSH BROLIN AS DETECTIVE TRUPO, AMERICAN GANGSTER, 1973
• Question #5: What model car does Detective Trupo drive before Frank Lucas blows it up?
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MATT DAMON AS COLIN SULLIVAN, THE DEPARTED, 2006
• Question #6: How many stories tall is the abandoned building where Sullivan and Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) have their final confrontation?
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KURT RUSSELL AS ELDON PERRY, DARK BLUE, 2002
• Question #7: Eldon Perry forces his rookie partner to kill an innocent patsy while, unbeknownst to them, a young girl witnesses the killing. The girl is shocked and drops something to the floor. What does she drop?
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JAMES BELUSHI AS FRANK DIVINCI, GANG RELATED, 1997
• Question #8: What does Detective Frank Divinci try to raise money for by selling drugs?
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NICOLAS CAGE AS TERENCE MCDONAGH, THE BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL - NEW ORLEANS, 2009
• Question #9: What animal does Terence McDonagh see sitting on his desk when he hallucinates?
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RAY LIOTTA AS HENRY OAK, NARC, 2002
• Question #10: In the first scene where Lt. Henry Oak is introduced, what does he beat a prisoner with?
PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM AND ENTER YOUR ANSWERS BELOW!
