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The Mod Squad (1999) -- Big screen version of the trend-setting 1960s television series, contemporizing the premise for the '90s. A trio of juvenile delinquents become undercover cops to infiltrate a drug ring in the ultra-hip L.A. club scene.

Overview

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Director:
Scott Silver
Writers (WGA):
Buddy Ruskin (characters)
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Release Date:
26 March 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Thriller more
Tagline:
They did the crime, They paid the time, Now they're...undercover? more
Plot:
Three minor delinquints (Danes, Ribisi, and Epps) are recruited by a cop (Farina) working undercover to bust a cop/drug ring... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations more
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(14 articles)
TV Review: 'Dark Blue'
 (From Hitfix. 14 July 2009, 10:16 PM, PDT)

Reminder & Guest Update: Free Grace screening Tomorrow!
 (From Fangoria. 10 June 2009, 11:25 PM, PDT)

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The lowest expectations are still too high ... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Claire Danes ... Julie Barnes

Giovanni Ribisi ... Peter Cochran
Omar Epps ... Lincoln Hayes

Dennis Farina ... Captain Adam Greer

Josh Brolin ... Billy Waites

Steve Harris ... Det. Briggs

Richard Jenkins ... Det. Bob Mothershed

Larry Brandenburg ... Det. Tom Eckford
Lionel Mark Smith ... Det. Earnie Lanier
Sam McMurray ... Det. Tricky
Michael O'Neill ... Det. Carl Greene
Stephen T. Kay ... Bald Dude (Gilbert's Pal)

Bodhi Elfman ... Gilbert 'Skinny Freak' O'Reiley (as Bodhi Pine Elfman)
Holmes Osborne ... Mr. Cochrane

Dey Young ... Mrs. Cochrane
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, violence and some sexuality.
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS

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Trivia:
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Milla Jovovich were among the actresses who were considered for the role of Julie Barnes. more
Goofs:
Continuity: As Billy Waites drives to the party with his prostitutes, he is driving a Cadillac Seville (4-door). When Julie Barnes leaves and steals the car, they show a Cadillac Eldorado (2-door) driving away. When she lights it on fire, it is back to being a Seville again. more
Quotes:
Det. Briggs: So you kids are, what? Some kind of mod squad or something? more
Movie Connections:
References Lethal Weapon (1987) more

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14 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
The lowest expectations are still too high ..., 26 August 2001
Author: sychonic

If the writers of a movie don't care about the characters inhabiting the world they create, nor the actors portraying them, or the director ostensibly creating a dynamic, well it doesn't seem realistic the audience will care either.

To call this movie slapdash is an undeserved compliment--it's likely they figured it was a lost cause and that no amount of work would improve it. That's probably true.

Omar Epps isn't a very good actor to begin with, but here he's even worse than usual, mumbling his lines without a clue as to what is going on in the movie. Giovanni Rabisi seems to have fun with his role, but playing one imbecile after another, one gets the feeling he may not be so much acting as giving a glimmer as to his real personality. Claire Danes obviously can act, as she showed in "Little Women", but here she's dreadful. Dennis Farina is good in just about anything, but here he's given absolutely no help by the director or the other actors.

The movie quickly devolves into a series of music videos with bad seventies music intermixed with more modern stuff. And this squad is not very mod--the opening sequence notes that mod means fashionably dressed, and these guys look like they've been shopping by picking up things strewn on the side of an interstate. Go elsewhere for entertainment.

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