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Verdigree

I think I only knew this because of an article, but there's actually a lot of subtext in this movie, the machine shop owner employing the cop is being coerced to aid the investigation with the threat of 3-5 years in prison for receiving stolen property, (the guy tortured with oil was a different dude) and we are meant to go, "ah, our gang of criminals aren't really morally worse than these guys, and may be better", contrasting them with the hypocrisy of what the cops have done, exercised their power of civil forfeiture, seizing property to legally steal a mansion and everything it contains, that's why such a point is made about that enjoying (in 2001), the personal use of very expensive and luxurious machines that can make iced cappuccino, the fake arrest was made to look unjust because that's realistic, and the entire investigation is disproportionate to the level of the crime, not driven by concern for public safety or caring about the goods, they're an expensive item, so political pressure was put on the FBI, who put pressure on the cops, who put pressure on our random officer, being promised favors and promotions and being threatened with the end of his career when he fails, and is the scapegoat for the raid he argued against, which antagonized the situation to the point several people died