Police State

Police State is absolutely NOT to be confused with mainstream cine dreck like the pathetic Police Academy series. This is one mother of an anti cop film. The film is by Nick Zedd (sometimes known as Nick Zodiac),who in addition to writing,directing & editing this harrowing short, also stars as the film's central character. The story:a young punk is harassed by a New York cop,who has nothing better to do than harass citizens who look different than the accepted norm. The punk gets the cuffs tossed on & is brought to the police station,where he is beaten nearly non stop by not just the arresting officer,but no less than two plainclothes officers, trying to beat a confession out of him. The outcome is a outright corker. This is not a film to watch with any & all members of the police force. No rating,but contains nearly non stop vulgar language & rampant police brutality. Not for the little ones.

Police State was directed, starred, edited, and produced by Cinema of Transgression founder Nick Zedd. Now while Nick Zedd does not even remotely appeal to mainstream interests, he does enthral a minute portion of viewers with his aptitude for rebellion, never succumbing to that external sentiment he does not contend with. Police State is about 18 minutes, yet it does pack a powerful punch, a kind of punch that might knock your 80 year old grandma out for the count. I will not unveil all of the film's content, but I must say that this is low budget punk idealism at its best, and here Police are portrayed as the cowards and sanctimonious pigs that they are. The quality and resolution is probably not up to par with what your use to, but that shouldn't matter, because if you even have the gall to run a search on Nick Zedd, you probably don't care if the film has one dose of meaning, just to see ego-inflated cops belittled is enough for consistent entertainment.