Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Simply Perfect

Fresh and Exciting

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

I rate this movie with a seven because of the good acting and an easy-to-follow story. For the haters it's not a documentary but a fictional movie even though there are some scenes described from real facts, like the news stories on the television and radio, and the G8 in Genoa. The movie can't please anybody apparently, not from right wing or left wing sides. I'm a left wing and even if this movie has a lot of racism in it, and a lot of free aggression from the riot police, I still think it is an enjoyable movie to watch. There are some scenes that don't seem realistic like some football riots because there are way not enough extras available in those scenes. It's most definitely a budgetary problem but it would have been better with more hooligans and police. I've seen a lot of football violence in my life and in this movie it's just a bit simplistic. First of all the riot police are just thugs, way worse than the so-called hooligans. I've seen innocents being beaten up by those bastards plenty of times. So in that the movie is quite accurate, the excessive violence they use most of the times. There was also a lot of racism in ACAB and that's also quite accurate in modern society, where if you're an immigrant you're almost immediately being associated as a bad person, while the truth is far away from that. All honest immigrants pay the price of a minority of thugs among them. But those thugs as well as the racists are basically just the same, some selfish ignorant and greedy bastards. So all in all the movie is pleasant to watch, it's well done with the budget they have. The cast is also good. In an ideal world the police should protect and serve the population, but we're not living in an ideal world, and there are daily proofs of police brutality against the weak. Police brutality that never get punished. Police protecting civilians but who protects us from thug police? The time that being a police officer was about respect is long gone. Almost nobody has respect for the police anymore and in my eyes it's really justified. All Cops Are Bastards.

I have to admit, when I first grabbed this, it was on a recommendation from someone else, and I knew nothing about it at all, other than it was about the Police. What I got was a rather warts and all depiction of the lives of four Riot Squad Police Officers. The story begins with a new recruit joining the ranks who comes from the gutter himself, frequenting with the character types that the rest of the squad normally find themselves up against. The other topic that is explored heavily here is immigration and themes of patriotism and racism. Many layers of this are looked at and the film is especially clever at depicting the thin grey line between characters who are wanting Italy to turn to days of old and those who wish for the same but put the blame on the immigrants. Other subplots involve one character who is going through a messy divorce from an interracial relationship, another has his son joining the Italian equivalent of the National front while a third is on charges of brutality while the rookie seems to have an alternative motive for wanting the join the force. What the film lacks in a central plot thread it makes up for with its raw portrayal of these mens lives. The biggest problem might in fact be that you find it hard to sympathise with any of these characters as none of them are especially likable. On other films this would be more of a problem, but in this movie it doesn't stop you from getting into the story, because their lives are so compelling and while you may not like their characters you gradually have an understanding of where their anger comes from as your given an insight into their complex role they have to fulfil while balancing their personal and professional lives. Politicans do not give off lightly, using the police to resolve problems of their own making and then barely treating them any better than the people they often are in conflict with. They ultimately take the law into their own hands to resolve some grievances making me wonder how much such things really do go on. Its not an easy watch, but its worthwhile, and as someone else said, even if you don't agree with the directors political stance (I'm not sure what it was, as the protesters and hooligans aren't portrayed in a good light either) its a well made film with sterling performances from the four leads. This is a side to Italy that we wouldn't normally see. All Cops Are Bastards, perhaps so, but they're human just like the rest of us.

if you are a Nazi racist friend of cops this is a perfect movie to see. A racist propaganda about the riot cops.If this was a true story the violence would be way more.I think that watching this movie was a waste of energy.The cops are dogs of the government and they often collaborate with the fascists.They are brothers when it comes to violence against the working class and all the people who want to resist and fight for their rights and freedom.This movie insults me and i think all the people who have healthy way of thinking.If you choose and watch this film you should also watch the American History X who reveals the true nature of the racists.That kind of people usually becoming cops.

A.C.A.B is a phrase I grew up with in the U.K in the early eighties and was often seen tattooed on the fingers, necks and one time forehead of skinheads. I was intrigued to see it being used in Italy, that drew me to see the film.A.C.A.B the film centers on the exploits of small group of riot police in Rome.I found it to be very well paced, realistic though budgetary constraints made the riot scenes seem a little under populated. The characters were well developed and the action scenes well directed. There was a lot of racism in the film and the direction is kind of ambivalent about it.To conclude I would urge you to watch this film and form you own opinion.