Crown Vic

Crown Vic is a 2019 American crime thriller film written and directed by Joel Souza, with Alec Baldwin having served as one of the producers, and stars Thomas Jane, Luke Kleintank, Gregg Bello, David Krumholtz, Bridget Moynahan, Scottie Thompson, and Josh Hopkins. The film focuses on the events during a night shift for veteran LAPD officer Ray Mandel and his trainee Nick Holland. The film's title derives from the Ford Crown Victoria, a car widely used by US police, which the main characters also use. It premiered on April 26, 2019, in the Tribeca Film Festival, and was released to theatres and on-demand on November 8, 2019 in the United States. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who noted similarities with the 2001 film Training Day. Plot Nick Holland is a newly minted officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. In his first night shift, he is assigned to patrol the city with experienced policeman Ray Mandel. Ray and Nick are completely different personalities; while Nick is a down-to-earth, self-proclaimed world improver, Ray is a divorced pessimist with a penchant for breaking the rules and resorting to violence. In their shift, they are responsible for all kinds of incidents, from robberies to domestic unrest to car fires. They also rescue a suspect who is nearly killed by a reckless plainclothes officer. Ray has the drug-addicted widow of his former partner picked up so he can talk to her and try to help her, and he has her abusive boyfriend taken in by another officer. Later, he goes off-duty and goes outside his territory to rescue his former partner's daughter who was abandoned by her mother who could not handle her. Ray admits to being the girl's biological father. The cops also find the abandoned car which was driven by masked robbers who killed several people and were shown in the opening scene and several more times. In a traffic stop, Nick is taken hostage and almost killed. Cast Thomas Jane as Ray Mandel Luke Kleintank as Nick Holland Gregg Bello as Don Koski David Krumholtz as Stroke Adams Bridget Moynahan as Tracy Peters Scottie Thompson as Claire Josh Hopkins as Jack VanZandt Devon Werkheiser as Floyd Stiles Emma Ishta as Ally Production Alec Baldwin and Scott Eastwood were originally slated for the lead roles. Those roles were subsequently taken over by Thomas Jane and Luke Kleintank. Despite being set in Los Angeles, the movie was filmed in Buffalo, New York.