After a long waiting finally I found Newman's Law at Youtube whereof I had watched in far off 1989 aired on TV, it strangely disappears from program schedule for good, neither in VHS advent either, now my hope lies on DVD only, due I saw a restored print on Youtube therefore the next step is an upcoming release?
Newman's Law is a sort of forgotten cop flick, mixing countless black actors that reaches near of blaxploitation offering in mid-seventies where this genre was in the peak, however it essentially is a drug smuggling story operated by international boss Lo Falcone, that is the target for Newman (George Peppard) and his black partner Roger Robinson, actually Newman is off-pattern Cop due his tough behavior and not for sale whatsoever, it somehow upsets their fellows cops, nonetheless living alone in a tight house eating frozen foods, shinning his own shoes and didn't has enough money to afford the overdue bill of his sick father.
Worst when Newman catches a large amount of drugs of Falcone he becomes a ladder for the greedy district attorney Jack Eastman (Jack Pinsent) throwing him into spotlights to get later a chamber at senate, when Newman is criminally framed by the mobster Eastman forsakes him to its fate, due the his goal already consummated, now Newman out of equation perceives how dirty is system, then strikes back.
The outcome is Hollywoodian quite sure, nonetheless it doesn't erases the awesome premise carried out on first half of story, someone wrote here that it was Peppard's personal favorite picture, it isn't small feat, what great sequences Newman and Garry dealing damages to small dealer Jaycee (Teddy Wilson) at your fancy house, what a priceless acting.
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First watch: 1989 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 7.
