SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

mcoles-927-996211 If you liked shows like The Wire, Oz, Sopranos, The Killing, Breaking Bad, or any of the best shows in television history then you will like or love Southland. If you are a fan of NCIS, CSI, and the like, then continue your soap opera world. This is not the show for you.

thebricks Ben Sherman starts out the show as a child of privilege who joins the force because of issues he had as a kid. We see several scenes that are meant to show that Ben is growing more and more distanced from his old rich friends and family. However, I think that by season 3, Ben starts going full-Entourage and living the high life, buying a party house, driving a Range Rover and sleeping with different women every night. Women are dropped from his life at the drop of a hat and he ends up in different women's bedrooms with no explanation whatsoever. It just seems like such a dramatic shift in behavior in his personality from the first season.John Cooper is another odd character. He's shown getting drugs from different women, one of whom was his wife, apparently, his dad raped and killed his girlfriend, yet, if you missed some subtle hints, you wouldn't find out he was gay until the episode with the suicidal gay kid. Were they just confused about where they wanted to go with this character?Southland is a great show. Those two characters I discussed were quite possibly, some of the most inconsistently written characters I'd ever seen. The only characters who stay consistent are Lydia and Dewey. I didn't think Dewey was realistic though, considering how he kept his job after all the drinking on duty and flipping the car in the LA ravine/river, whatever you call it, but he's a fun character, so whatever, I rolled with it.The show is a little like The Shield, but it stays a bit more consistent with its storytelling throughout its run, whereas The Shield cratered after the Armenian Money Heist nonsense and got lazy. It was just a dead horse that was beaten too long. Some say it's realistic, but I have my doubts. You only see cops call for back-up when suspects start shooting guns, but I've had a couple incidents at my house in the past and they will call for everyone over absolutely trivial stuff, especially if you start arguing with them. They're also not reasonable guys either who let things slide like you see on the show, had one other incident that was absolutely silly that they wanted to turn into a major felony. I couldn't stop laughing because I thought these guys had better things to do but they apparently do not. One more thing I will add, people who aren't cops don't tend to make friends with them. They know all your business and love to gossip. Couple that with hypocritical, entitled, self-righteous attitudes that many of them have, which even their non- police family members have, and it tends to make them pariahs in their own community.Aside from that, the show kept me watching and I had a great time with it.

iandmcd35 Every time i hear the opening score i get a little bit excited. Duuuuna Duuunna Duuuna Duna Duna. This is the way a cop drama should be made. I think it's about people, who happen to be cops. They get angry, sad , scared, , stressed, excited and bored. They don't see a gun battle and run in guns blazing to shoot the baddie and make a pun over his dead body about crime not paying. They get scared. They react like a human should. Some of them die, some of them are good, some of them are bad. Just people who we have asked to put there lives on the line for us. So i think the greatest compliment i can give this show is i appreciate the job cops do more. This show has had an impact on my real life views. The amount of shows or movies that this applies to can be counted on 1 hand.

slevi777 ATTENTION ALL SOUTHLAND LOVERS: Rumor has it that it might NOT be a 6th season. We all need to band together and go to TNT.com and email them messages asking them NOT to cancel the show. Please take a few minutes to do this, we can't lose SouthLAnd..!!! This show is simply amazing. There is no other show like SouthLAnd on television. This is the only show on TV that I must watch " NO ACCEPTIONS". So please go to TNT.com and submit your request to continue the show. Let them know that you truly love the show and do not want to see it go. TNT has not confirmed nor denied if the rumors are true. Hopefully this will prompt them to let us SouthLAnd fans know what is going on!!