Freelancers is a 2012 American action film directed by Jessy Terrero, written by L. Philippe Casseus and starring 50 Cent, Forest Whitaker and Robert De Niro. It had a limited release in Los Angeles and New York on August 10, 2012, with a simultaneous VOD release, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 21, 2012.
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Jonas Maldonado, the son of a slain NYPD officer, joins the police academy with his two best friends. After graduating, he is taken under the wing of his father's former partner Captain Joe Sarcone, who invites him to join the Street Vice Crime Task Force.
Under Sarcone's tutelage, he becomes part of a rogue task force that consists of dirty cops. After he learns from the District Attorney's office that his father was murdered by Sarcone after turning state's evidence, Maldonado frames Sarcone for a theft from powerful mob boss Gabriel Baez.
Baez orders Maldonado to kill one of his friends as a sign of loyalty, which he reluctantly does. With Baez's help, Maldonado kills the dirty cops responsible for his father's death. At the end, the Drug Enforcement Agency approaches Maldonado, urges him not to take Sarcone's place as Baez's right-hand man, and Maldonado ponders whether to go straight or not.
