Chapter Two considers the legal and moral crossings from policeman to criminal. In To Live and Die in L.A., law and lawlessness are made exchangeable with each other, like real and counterfeit money, or cops who impersonate crooks. Moreover, with its “dirty” cops and car chase set piece, this film is read as a reiteration of themes and problems taken over from The French Connection. The later film seems to “impersonate” the earlier. These issues are also raised in Rules of Engagement and The Hunted, both films that feature military soldiers who act out with impunity under conditions of emergency. Male camaraderie and loyalty are invoked in them to justify the transgression of law. Procedure and protocol in fact merely stand in the way of their moral righteousness and are seen to be frustrating impediments toward the heroic recognition of virtue, however perverse, within the melodramatic mode.