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Posts Tagged "police corruption"
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Prince of the City **** (1981, Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Bob Balaban, Lindsay Crouse, James Tolkan) – Classic Movie Review 12,067
Sidney Lumet’s 1981 neo-noir crime drama film Prince of the City is an intense, intelligent and extraordinary police epic. Treat Williams gets one of his best roles as Detective Daniel Ciello, the drugs cop who […]
Hell on Frisco Bay *** (1955, Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Joanne Dru) – Classic Movie Review 7268
Director Frank Tuttle’s 1955 thriller Hell on Frisco Bay tells the hard-boiled police story of ex-cop Steve Rollins (Alan Ladd), framed for manslaughter, who is released on parole after five years in prison and wants […]
Night Falls on Manhattan **** (1996, Andy García, Richard Dreyfuss, Lena Olin, Ian Holm, James Gandolfini, Ron Leibman) – Classic Movie Review 6042
Sidney Lumet is on fine form with the excellent 1996 crime thriller film Night Falls on Manhattan starring Andy Garcia as newly elected District Attorney Sean Casey, keen to eradicate police corruption. Writer-director Sidney Lumet is on […]
Exposed *** (2016, Keanu Reeves, Ana de Armas, Christopher McDonald, Mira Sorvino) – Movie Review
Keanu Reeves stars as Detective Galban, a tormented New York cop who investigates the truth behind the life and death of his partner and close friend, Detective Cullen, murdered in a subway. The case reveals disturbing police […]
The Big Easy **** (1986, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 1855
Director Jim McBride’s hot and fresh 1986 erotic crime thriller stars Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin in their prime and on their peak form. They show they have the sexual chemistry to make screenwriter Daniel […]
Copland [Cop Land] **** (1997, Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro) – Classic Movie Review 910
Writer-director James Mangold’s 1997 thinking-person’s thriller finds Sylvester Stallone giving his best display of acting for years as Sheriff Freddy Heflin, a tubby, hard-of-hearing New Jersey cop who uncovers a deadly web of police corruption […]
Man on Fire **** (2004, Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Mickey Rourke, Giancarlo Giannini, Rachel Ticotin, Marc Anthony) – Classic Movie Review 256
Both Denzel Washington and his true Brit director Tony Scott are on fire with this pounding, in-your-face 2004 thriller, based on the novel by A J Quinnell. It’s exhilarating and scary high-adrenaline stuff, delivered at full pelt […]