In Hollywood, there is a formula for making money. Spend big money on special effects; don't worry about the story. The art of telling an original story is lost ( or maybe it has gone into hiding) Stories still interest people - until Hollywood rediscovers the story, they will IMO continue to lose money.

I am a criminal defense attorney. My experience is that whenever it's the word of the police versus the word of the person accused of a crime, the accused loses. In most jurisdictions in the US, judges and juries tend to believe the cops. Unless the case was tried by a jury in a large metro area with significant minority population ( and the jury is reflective of that), chances are a guilty verdict will result.