The slogan for “Rampart,” though not on the poster I’ve embedded in this review, is “the most corrupt cop you’ve ever seen on screen.” To that, I merely laugh.
So I guess they assume we haven’t seen “Training Day.” Or “Crash.” Or “The Departed.” Heck, I’d even say “Pineapple Express” and “Date Night” had more crooked cops than “Rampart.”
Sure, Woody Harrelson’s Dave Brown is working outside the law. He’s a foul racist who uses excessive force on the regular. By no means am I saying that I didn’t deplore his actions and conduct. But for whatever reason, I just didn’t feel hatred welling up inside me for him.
Harrelson brought nothing new to the character that he hasn’t shown us in everything from “The People vs. Larry Flynt” to “The Messenger” to Haymitch in “The Hunger Games.” He’s great at playing total jerks, and Brown is in a league of his own. But there’s nothing special about this character, nothing that stands out in his repertoire.
Add that to direction from Oren Moverman that lacks any compelling action or camerawork and you’ve got one heck of a bore. As much as I wanted to feel repulsion or loathing, all I could feel was apathy. C / 
Marshall and the Movies 
Everybody in this cast is good, but the focus does seem to lose itself at times. Through it all though, Harrelson stays compelling. Good review Marshall.