police procedural
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Several times throughout Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s new Netflix police procedural thriller, “The Rip,” Damon’s character — the disheartened and disillusioned Lieutenant Dane Dumars, who heads up a Miami-based tactical narcotics team — glances at his phone.
From Salon
Claudia seeks the truth in a story that combines forensic puzzle, legal thriller and police procedural.
Their styles prove surprisingly complementary in this thoughtful and character-rich police procedural.
“That family dinner is representative of what the show is at its core — a family drama dressed up as a police procedural,” says Sonnier.
From Los Angeles Times
At the same time, once you know the basic premise of the show — it’s an elite military police procedural — it’s not hard to figure out where you are, wherever you drop in.
From Los Angeles Times
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