Cop Land ***1/2 (out of 5) (1997)

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg

Directed by James Mangold

 


Crime and corruption invade the small New Jersey town of Garrison in the form of NYPD officers who have moved there to find a safe haven from the anxieties in the city. Stallone plays Sheriff Freddy Heflin, a wanna-be NYPD and acting sheriff of Garrison who must make a decision of keeping a lid on the corruption and murder in his town or to do the right thing and take action.

Stallone turns in one of his most appealling performances in years, and along with the rest of the cast, this is an acting tour-de-force. The story is compelling and all of the characters and subplots are held together nicely. It's not a great film, but interesting and worth viewing.


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