646f9e108c The Special Investigation Squad, an elite secret police force, hunts down criminals in the streets of Los Angeles. When LAPD elite cop Billy Beckett is traumatized by his partner&#39;s death, Joseph Armstrong recruits him for his secret Special Investigation Squad, an elite quartet which gets a very free hand to hunt down and eliminate some of the worst criminals which would escape justice. Despite colleague Gabriel&#39;s suspicion and a reporter who hired a private detective to expose their &#39;police abuse&#39;, he proves his value in the fight against ruthless gangster Vic, who sacrifices even his weakling brother for a major diamond robbery. Hi, What do people want now days for goodness sake all CGI, well there is non of that in S.I.S l thought it was excellent, gritty, with a bit of character development, and what made it all the more real is that the cast was unknown (well in the UK anyway). I was a bit disappointed in the ending, but then l suppose that will happen in real lifewell (not telling you what l meanit would spoil it) The actor who played the bad guy was a real B*****d, and you really wanted to see him get his comeupance, l&#39;ve seen a lot of TV series that could be cancelled and I just can&#39;t understand why they did not continue with the TV series, but anyway if you get the DVD enjoy it it&#39;s well worth a good watch l give it 8/10 S. I. S. means Special Investigations Section, Los Angeles PD.<br/><br/>Joesph is the veteran boss, Melville the the hotheaded field leader; Donovan, Dorri, Garcia are other members of the team. SIS has a low profile.<br/><br/>In the early going, Garcia gets killed when a shootout with a jewel theft gang ends badly. Finishing the mutual vengeance is what the rest of the film is about. The thieves, led by Vic, want to kill everyone in SIS; SIS wants to kill all of them. Great stuff. Billy replaces Garcia.<br/><br/>Roz and her boss work with part of LAPD that is after SIS. Joseph is on touchy ground with the chief.<br/><br/>Will SIS get Vic in a reasonable manner? Will SIS keep its charter within LAPD?<br/><br/>––-Scores––-<br/><br/>Cinematography: 6/10 Shaky cam, fuzzy focus, VHS-level contrast problems. Some of the full-daylight footage is good.<br/><br/>Sound: 6/10 The dialog is audible, but incidental music is not really used to good effect.<br/><br/>Acting: 6/10 Almost up to the script. Keith David was fine. Most of the other actors were competent, plus or minus a little.<br/><br/>Screenplay: 7/10 Usual sort of police procedural.
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