
Face Down
1997

Representation Score
Limited
1998
Director
Jean de Segonzac
Runtime
87 minutes
Average Rating
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Exiled follows a standard late-90s crime procedural template, prioritizing a traditional protagonist arc. The narrative focuses on Mike Logan's struggle for professional redemption and reinstatement within the NYPD. The film adheres to established genre clichés, emphasizing institutional reintegration and masculine leadership. It offers very little disruption to social or cultural norms, focusing instead on individualistic career struggles. Overall, the production lacks depth reflecting multiple aspects of identity, centering almost exclusively on a white male perspective within a structured state ability to act.
Category Breakdown
The story focuses on a male protagonist's professional friction within law enforcement. There is no visible queer presence or narrative critique of the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.
The plot centers on Mike Logan's role in reclaiming his professional standing. It reinforces traditional masculine leadership roles within the NYPD hierarchy.
Set in a diverse urban environment, the focus remains on a white male protagonist. The narrative follows conventional, homogeneous character archetypes.
The film operates within a Western institutional framework. It emphasizes institutional loyalty and individual merit through standard investigative protocols.
There is no information regarding the inclusion of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.
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Official Synopsis
NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was reassigned to Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, takes on a grisly murder case. When the investigation leads him back to the 27th Precinct, Logan sees a chance to resurrect his flailing career and be reinstated as a homicide detective.

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