BREACH OF FAITH: FAMILY OF COPS 2

US, 1996, 95 minutes, Colour.
Charles Bronson, Angela Featherston, Diane Ladd, Joe Penny
Directed by David Greene.

Breach of Faith: Family of Cops 2 is yet another police thriller with Charles Bronson, a sequel to Family of Cops. At 74 he is acting as the patriarch of a police family - yet gets to solve all the problems himself.

The film focuses on the murder of a priest in Wisconsin. The film also focuses on the Russian Mafia and their spread in the United States during the early '90s. The film highlights the difficulties of the police in pinning down the identities of the Mafia, their ruthlessness in their business deals, the terrorising of the policeman's family. There is also a subplot about a role for young children and their potential for violence. Routine - but entertaining in its way.

There was a third in the series.

1.The popularity of this kind of Charles Bronson film? His many decades as a policeman? His toughness? Upholding the law? Propensity for violence?

2.The Wisconsin settings, the city, the suburbs, the countryside? Ordinary homes, mansions, the police stations? Musical score?

3.The title and the murder of the priest? The church, the confessional? The parishioners and their giving information? The missing altar boy and his fear? His not being willing to identify anyone in the line-up? The atmosphere of the murder of a priest? The subplot of Anne, her being a Catholic, questioning her faith? Her return to her faith? The resolution of her work and her relationship with Bronson at Communion? The balance of this Catholic theme with Jewish themes - and the final Jewish meal with the patriarch of the family, the blessing and the prayers?

4.The Russian Mafia, their violence, the murders, pressure on the Russians? The interrogations, the deal, Bronson confronting the Mafia boss in his home?

5.The family of police: Ben, his work and thoroughness, fears for his wife, the threats to his family? Aunt Shelley and her being a busybody - yet kind to everyone? Katie and her parole work, letting the boy go, his shooting the policeman? Her grief? Being terrorised? Her boyfriend? Jackie, the interviews for the jobs, her decision to go to the Police Academy, her training?

6.The police work? In detail, frustrations, leads?

7.Action sequences? The presentation of the law? Law in contemporary United States? A Charles Bronson vehicle?