The main theme of the movie is that a basic beat cop is training to be an uncover/narc agent so he can get promoted quicker and learn the other side of the police department. What he does not realize is that the entire team including the boss take it way over the line blurring the lines of morality (using/selling drugs, embezzling and even killing for pleasure) and using the badge as an excuse to be evil almost 

The message of this film is that in the early days they were decorated cops out there that looking innocent but they were not, which David Ayer (the writer) came out with the idea of writing it and Antoine Fuqua directing it. The plot is about corrupted police who changes a good policeman to be like him and he tries using him. The key scene is when he shoots the guy in the chest with a shotgun while the new guy was watching it.

The tagonist was officer Jake Hoyt the actor who was assigned for an evaluation headed by Detective Alonzo Harris. The antagonist was Detective Alonzo Harris who was trying to be officer Jake Hoyt to be a detective like him but he didn't care he just wanted to use him to get the money that he had to pay the Russian gang.

The film was Directed by Antoine Fuqua. The film was made due to corruption in LA'S CRASH when the police officers were causing notorious crimes. The budget of the film was $45 million (estimated). The summary for box office result around $104 million (estimated).

The audiences
The film was made for people around 18 and older mostly male because its got a lot of gun violence which shows us that most men will watch it and they will be interested in action.

In 2001 Academy awards it was nominated for two oscars and it won one. It made the number of charts go up because they had famous actors like Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke these were two main characters of the film. They also had famous musicians on the film as actors Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and more to get the wide audience.

The film was made by Warner Bros which made the numbers go high on the views and they made sure its shown all around the world. 
The context of the film is showing us the life of the police and the people how they are living with all the violence.


Characters
The main character Denzel Washington acted as the decorated cop because his known and people will be interested to watch him special his fans.

The setting of the film was well created to go with a mood of the story and some of the characters were made to look like the real previous detectives in the late 190s (for example) Denzel Washington grew a beard in order to emulate the appearance of Rafael Perez.