A by-the-book police procedural drama that doesn’t stand out much, but the talented cast elevates the material.

A by-the-book police procedural drama that doesn’t stand out much, but the talented cast elevates the material.
Between the moralizing life lessons that are spouted at full volume intensity, director Antoine Fuqua doesn’t shy away from graphic violence: bones crunch during hand-to-hand combat, blood spurts from knife wounds, and heads are blown apart with guns.
“Roman J. Israel Esq.” certainly is an ambitious mess.
LOUISA: MATT: LOUISA SAYS: I was more than a little excited to see Antoine Fuqua‘s remake of “The Magnificent Seven,” a remake (of a remake)