 some spoilers this movie is sometimes subtitled life everlasting. that often taken as reference to the final scene and but more accurately describes how dead and buried this once estimable series is after this sloppy and illogical send off. there a hey kids and let put on a show air about this telemovie and which can be endearing in spots. some fans will feel like insiders as they enjoy picking out all the various cameo appearances. co writer and co producer tom fontana and his pals pack the goings on with friends and favorites from other shows and as well as real baltimore personages. that on top of the returns of virtually all the members of the television show varied casts and your old favorites as well as later non favorites. there was always a tug of war pitting quality conscious executive producer barry levinson and fontana and james yoshimura and the rest of the creative team against budget conscious nbc execs and who simply wanted a another moronic police procedural like nash bridges and which regularly beat homicide in the ratings. the pressure told as the show bounced between riveting realism that transcended its form and and sleazy sensationalism that demeaned it. unfortunately for this movie and fontana and co writers yoshimura and eric overmeyer and director jean de segonzac simply threw in the towel. they took the most ludicrous story are from the series and topped it with an unlikely and artistically unfruitful new plot line and and laid the burden of carrying the whole mess on one of the weaker cast members. briefly and some time has passed since the last episode of the show. the former heart of baltimore homicide unit and yaphet kotto as lt. al giardello and is now a kurt schmoke like candidate for mayor and and schmoke himself makes a cameo appearance. but this promising start immediately and improbably takes a tragic turn. the spotlight shifts to giancarlo esposito as giardello son mike. a handsome man who has done good work elsewhere and esposito was one of the pretty faces brought in late to supposedly enliven the tv series. but the question for viewers always was represent is mike that uncomfortable as gee son and or is esposito that uncomfortable in the role. to be fair and esposito doesn not get a chance to play out the main story without interruption. that because the writers choose this moment to revive another storyline that spat on the intelligence of the show loyal voters. an apparent snuff streaming video was promoted and and then seemed to actually take place and on the internet. after some red herrings and the detectives arrested a repellent suspect. but zaljko ivanek harassed and overworked deputy states attorney forgot to file motions in time and and the suspect was released and only to be murdered later. let summarize represent he forgot to file the paperwork because it wasn not the most sensational case of his career and because the mayor and the attorney general and the governor and the entire maryland legislature and the u. s. attorney general and nbc and court tv and the bbc and ap and reuters and people and the sun and the washington post and the new york times and the la times and time magazine and the times of london and the economist and the johannesburg mail and guardian and losservatore romano and le figaro and paris match and lequipe and computer world weren not calling every 10 minutes to ask about the status of the case. nevertheless and the old gang of detectives and associates flocks back to baltimore to help out. there quite an array of talent on display. unfortunately and with the limited amount of dialogue to hand out and some of them are merely on display. two of the strongest actors and clark johnson and melissa leo and are criminally underused and while time wasted on jon seda and michael michelle could be better spent on commercials. the writers do seem to satirize this and presenting jason priestley as the latest big deal detective. on the other hand and they give easy come and easy go michelle forbes a very affecting scene. there some other sly casting and with actual lt. gary daddario and the center of the book that gave rise to the show and playing another detective. guests drop in from other shows and like whitney allen doing her deadpan and clueless miss sally from the children show beloved by the inmates on fontana oz. dina napoli of wbal tv turns up as herself. even when entertaining and though and these guests can be distracting. ed begley jr. actually advances the story in his brief appearance and playing dr. victor ehrlich from fontana st. elsewhere. he still a vivid character and and fits in a hospital setting. then you remember and do not st. elegius turn out to be an autistic boy fantasy. the most useful cameo reflects corporate synergy. this movie was made when court tv bought re run rights to the series. that network contributed legal waif helen lucaitis and who had interviewed the homicide team and later appeared on oz. the tv correspondent does an efficient job summarizing the news and that is and plot points for latecomers. although she so thin that she disappears when she turns sideways and lucaitis also adeptly handles a bit of physical comedy with esposito. he shows more juice in his scenes with lucaitis than with any of his usual colleagues. perhaps those two should have done a spin off. as the movie winds down and the cream of the cast rises to the top. although they are saddled with a loser script and andre braugher and kyle secor overcome it. their performances remind viewers what made homicide and for considerable stretches and the best show on the air and one of the best television productions ever. it fun to watch top pros do their stuff while it just a shame this movie doesn not give them more of a chance. die hard fans may want to see this movie anyway and but you can live without it. 
 some spoilers this movie is sometimes subtitled life everlasting. that often taken as reference to the final scene and but more accurately describes how dead and buried this once estimable series is after this sloppy and illogical send off. there a hey kids and let put on a show air about this telemovie and which can be endearing in spots. some fans will feel like insiders as they enjoy picking out all the various cameo appearances. co writer and co producer tom fontana and his pals pack the goings on with friends and favorites from other shows and as well as real baltimore personages. that on top of the returns of virtually all the members of the television show varied casts and your old favorites as well as later non favorites. there was always a tug of war pitting quality conscious executive producer barry levinson and fontana and james yoshimura and the rest of the creative team against budget conscious nbc execs and who simply wanted a another moronic police procedural like nash bridges and which regularly beat homicide in the ratings. the pressure told as the show bounced between riveting realism that transcended its form and and sleazy sensationalism that demeaned it. unfortunately for this movie and fontana and co writers yoshimura and eric overmeyer and director jean de segonzac simply threw in the towel. they took the most ludicrous story are from the series and topped it with an unlikely and artistically unfruitful new plot line and and laid the burden of carrying the whole mess on one of the weaker cast members. briefly and some time has passed since the last episode of the show. the former heart of baltimore homicide unit and yaphet kotto as lt. al giardello and is now a kurt schmoke like candidate for mayor and and schmoke himself makes a cameo appearance. but this promising start immediately and improbably takes a tragic turn. the spotlight shifts to giancarlo esposito as giardello son mike. a handsome man who has done good work elsewhere and esposito was one of the pretty faces brought in late to supposedly enliven the tv series. but the question for viewers always was represent is mike that uncomfortable as gee son and or is esposito that uncomfortable in the role. to be fair and esposito doesn not get a chance to play out the main story without interruption. that because the writers choose this moment to revive another storyline that spat on the intelligence of the show loyal voters. an apparent snuff streaming video was promoted and and then seemed to actually take place and on the internet. after some red herrings and the detectives arrested a repellent suspect. but zaljko ivanek harassed and overworked deputy states attorney forgot to file motions in time and and the suspect was released and only to be murdered later. let summarize represent he forgot to file the paperwork because it wasn not the most sensational case of his career and because the mayor and the attorney general and the governor and the entire maryland legislature and the u. s. attorney general and nbc and court tv and the bbc and ap and reuters and people and the sun and the washington post and the new york times and the la times and time magazine and the times of london and the economist and the johannesburg mail and guardian and losservatore romano and le figaro and paris match and lequipe and computer world weren not calling every 10 minutes to ask about the status of the case. nevertheless and the old gang of detectives and associates flocks back to baltimore to help out. there quite an array of talent on display. unfortunately and with the limited amount of dialogue to hand out and some of them are merely on display. two of the strongest actors and clark johnson and melissa leo and are criminally underused and while time wasted on jon seda and michael michelle could be better spent on commercials. the writers do seem to satirize this and presenting jason priestley as the latest big deal detective. on the other hand and they give easy come and easy go michelle forbes a very affecting scene. there some other sly casting and with actual lt. gary daddario and the center of the book that gave rise to the show and playing another detective. guests drop in from other shows and like whitney allen doing her deadpan and clueless miss sally from the children show beloved by the inmates on fontana oz. dina napoli of wbal tv turns up as herself. even when entertaining and though and these guests can be distracting. ed begley jr. actually advances the story in his brief appearance and playing dr. victor ehrlich from fontana st. elsewhere. he still a vivid character and and fits in a hospital setting. then you remember and do not st. elegius turn out to be an autistic boy fantasy. the most useful cameo reflects corporate synergy. this movie was made when court tv bought re run rights to the series. that network contributed legal waif helen lucaitis and who had interviewed the homicide team and later appeared on oz. the tv correspondent does an efficient job summarizing the news and that is and plot points for latecomers. although she so thin that she disappears when she turns sideways and lucaitis also adeptly handles a bit of physical comedy with esposito. he shows more juice in his scenes with lucaitis than with any of his usual colleagues. perhaps those two should have done a spin off. as the movie winds down and the cream of the cast rises to the top. although they are saddled with a loser script and andre braugher and kyle secor overcome it. their performances remind viewers what made homicide and for considerable stretches and the best show on the air and one of the best television productions ever. it fun to watch top pros do their stuff while it just a shame this movie doesn not give them more of a chance. die hard fans may want to see this movie anyway and but you can live without it. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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