Priscilla (MSCOZY) reviewed Alphaville: 1988, Crime, Punishment, and the Battle for New York City's Lower East Side on
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A roller coast ride of a story! Action packed and swift paced, for those who love Cop stories.
Here we have two cops who link up and make it their goal to "clean up" alphabet city located in Manhattan, NY from its drugs infestation. This takes place in the 80s and 90s when you could find any kind of drug for sale on every corner, stoop or building. Codella, one of the two cops, passes alphabet city on his way to the Police Academy when he begins training as a cop. He sees first-hand the dealers and junkies lined up. He sees the end result of countless junkies nodding out, walking/staggering without aim and just barely making it across the street. Thus the desire to clean up these streets starts to build as he passes by daily on his way to the Police Academy. Eventually He meets his perfect partner to help him achieve his goal about Alphabet City, which is called this because some of the streets are the letters of the alphabet starting with A Street.
The two partners want to locate the drug lord and eliminate him and his hold over the alphabet streets. And they set out to do just that. Lots of chases, shootings, beatings and violence but it won't deter those two. Great read!
Here we have two cops who link up and make it their goal to "clean up" alphabet city located in Manhattan, NY from its drugs infestation. This takes place in the 80s and 90s when you could find any kind of drug for sale on every corner, stoop or building. Codella, one of the two cops, passes alphabet city on his way to the Police Academy when he begins training as a cop. He sees first-hand the dealers and junkies lined up. He sees the end result of countless junkies nodding out, walking/staggering without aim and just barely making it across the street. Thus the desire to clean up these streets starts to build as he passes by daily on his way to the Police Academy. Eventually He meets his perfect partner to help him achieve his goal about Alphabet City, which is called this because some of the streets are the letters of the alphabet starting with A Street.
The two partners want to locate the drug lord and eliminate him and his hold over the alphabet streets. And they set out to do just that. Lots of chases, shootings, beatings and violence but it won't deter those two. Great read!
