Directed by:
James MangoldScreenplay:
James MangoldCinematography:
Eric Alan EdwardsComposer:
Howard ShoreCast:
Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra (more)VOD (1)
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In the city of New York a crime is committed every eight seconds. But across the river in New Jersey lies a quiet town called Garrison where some of New York's finest return home. It's a place where the local sheriff wears the badge - but the big city cops run the town. Garrison sheriff Freddy Heflin (Sylvester Stallone) always dreamed of becoming one of them - but now he's discovered something that could force him to choose between protecting his idols and upholding the law. Boasting an extraordinary ensemble cast including Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Rapaport and Annabella Sciorra, Cop Land is a gripping police drama about a community of corrupt cops and the local sheriff who is pushed by a big-city Internal Affairs investigator to take them on. (Reel Entertainment)
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Despite all those stars, it’s nothing but average. I don't understand De Niro's participation at all, his role was terribly bland and quite unnecessary in the overall context. The only ones who stand out are, surprisingly, Stallone as the sheriff, and Keitel as the corrupt cop. The film's attempt at some character psychology deserves praise, as well as the fact that it doesn't play at being more than what it really is, and that it doesn’t throw any shocking twists or big action set-pieces. It's just another American fairytale of good guys versus bad guys, of which many have been made, and much better and more entertaining. 60%
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Sly looks good here with his beer belly, but that doesn’t make him a character actor, though at least he tries and I had no problem believing him in the role of an honest cop. Some of the great actors alongside him, on the other hand, don't try very hard, acting giant De Niro's performance is not very good. The story, corruption in the ranks of the police, is nothing original, nothing I haven't seen countless times in other films. Still, I can't say that I was bored, also thanks to the well-crafted conclusion. Mangold was just cutting his teeth in his second directorial venture, but even that was enough for a fairly pleasant movie.
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The screenwriter and director in one failed to fully exploit the potential of a pretty decent theme and a stellar cast, but I really enjoyed watching those young men :-) It's a real shame that James Mangold couldn't get more out of this theme. Had he been able to do that, it would have been a very decent four-star thriller.
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