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Summary: Subtle is the word
Review: This is one of the most under-rated movies I have ever seen. As was mentioned by other reviewers, the acting was excellent across the board. It's also interesting how all the stars got fat - look how much weight Stallone, DeNiro and Liotta put on for this movie - it may not be "sexy" but it adds to the realism.To me, this movie was an examination of the gray areas of legal/illegal and right/wrong. We laugh at a drunk Sheriff who uses his key to get into a parking meter so he can play more pinball and we watch him drive drunk thinking he really shouldn't do that, and when the car ends up damaged and his deputies cover it up for him, we think, well, that's the way it works. But that's only the begining. We continue to watch through drug-use, extortion, theft, evidence-tampering, and murder. Exactly which of these transgressions (if any) is forgiveable? And if you've started down this road, when do you stop? No, this movie is not an "action flick" - it's not Die Hard. (Don't get me wrong, I thought Die Hard was a good action flick.) But Copland has much more brains than that. This is no shoot-em-up with lots of explosions - it's a well-crafted and deeply subtle film. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Great Movie - Cop Land
Review: Ray Liotta steals the show over other great performances. An All-Star cast of great actors. It takes place in the 90's - see the ragging for betting against the Bulls, "We are the World", etc. But, it has such a throwback look, you'd think it was the 70's. These cops had grown into habits and routines that they don't like questioned. The Jersey suburb is supposed to be more like the good old days in the neighborhood where everyone knew their neighbors. Stallone is a regular guy who just wants to make friends and is content that way. He realizes that he will never be a real NYPD cop and he will never get the girl, but he is content with that. Eventually he learns too much about the corruption and has to make a stand against it. "We've built ourselves a nice community here. You look and see nice houses with swimming pools, friendly people, and no crime...you would destroy all of this." - Harvey Keitel "I look at this place...and I don't like what I see anymore." - Stallone
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This is the sort of movie Sylvester Stallone SHOULD have been making in the post- "Rocky" years, before his career got sidetracked into Rambo silliness- simply put: well written, wonderfully acted, and beautifully filmed. Yes, Stallone can act. (Of course, sharing a bill with DeNiro, Keitel, and Liotta would make ANYONE look good.) For enhanced viewing pleasure, watch this movie as an homage to "It's a Wonderful Life." Seriously. The parallels are quite clever. Enjoy!
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Summary: Simple and bland, save for the actors
Review: If not for De Niro, Keitel and Stallone -- this movie would've been a disgusting failure. The actors somehow manage to make it worth watching (if you are the above-mentioned guys' fan).
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Summary: Plot holes galore
Review: This was a good movie, fun to watch but hard to follow due to a great many plot inconsistancies. It's a little hard to take seriously a murder conspiracy where every member insists on having shouting matching detailing their plot in very public places. One cop who's death has been faked, wanders around town and attends parties with no concern of anyone realizing he's alive. When the fantasticaly poorly conspired plan starts to unravel, these supposedly trained investigators decide to fall back on a daylight kidnapping and murder, right in front of the local Sheriff, whom they know is not on their side. Stalone gave a fantastic performance as an underachieving cop who has been content to be walked on by "the big boys" until the conspiracy unfolds. Worth watching if your a cop movie buff, but don't get too wrapped in the story.
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Summary: Gestapoland
Review: This is an intersting movie about a man's fight against the folies of an apparently police-run (party-)state, and how in the end the good wins. It is quite entertaining. As always, reality is worse than the fiction. or is it ?
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Summary: Brilliant!!!!!!!!
Review: Why this movie didnt get more attention is beyond me! This movie was a low budget movie that Stallone did while receiving a pay check of about $60,000 just to work with the likes of harvey Kietel and Robert De Niro. It is the best acting performance Stallone has ever given. He was a vulnerable Sheriif who was not the guy who takes out 50 people by himself, and maybe that is why most people have never seen this movie. Shame on you because it is a great movie, it is a cop drama with some heavy hitters in it including ray Liotta. For the love of god next time you see this movie on the shelf pick it up or better yet buy it you will be surprised it has some wonderfull acting in it. Dan thx
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Summary: ROCKY THE SHERIFF
Review: STALLONE is the sheriff of a small town in NEW JERSEY where corruption reigns among the cops who thinks the sheriff is dumb and will let go everything.Having flunked the test to become a cop because of his ear,SYLVESTER finds out by himself with the help of international investigator DE NIRO that GARRISON is actually infested with rats among the force.The film ends up in true western way in a bloody slow mow shoot up that has STALLONE and LIOTTA ,the only non corrupt cop ,winning the battle against the villains.The ending is a beauty since STALLONE who by now knows too much is being shot in his ear and must procedes without hearing anything.Entertaining.
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Summary: Powerhouse of a movie
Review: COP LAND is a highly entertaining piece of work. Sly Stallone gives a powerhouse performance as Freddy, the sheriff of Garrison, NJ. Or as Robert DeNiro puts it, "The sheriff of Cop Land." This is probably Stallone's best performance since ROCKY. The bang-up ending sequence is unforgettable. I highly recommend this film if you enjoy action-packed movies that actually revolve around the characters. Watch it twice.
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Summary: THE SLOW ONE
Review: With a cast and a plot " à la Scorsese " , James Mangold's COP LAND unfortunately isn't even an half " à la Scorsese " movie. Like Freddy "Sylvester Stallone" Heflin, COP LAND is slow, heavy and so evident. Just imagine that the director, in order to make us understand that the Sheriff Heflin is not fighting for the world record of smartness per square/kilo, films during long minutes a turtle, the little toy of his girlfriend's daughter. But I did have a huge pleasure to admire Sylvester Stallone in this role which seems to have been written specially for him. Besides, Ray Liotta, Harvey Keitel and Robert DeNiro are great as usual. So COP LAND is an average movie that provides the kind of pleasure one can expect from an average movie (I agree, it's not the smartest thought of the year !). If you want to see a great movie about corrupt cops, rent or buy Sidney Lumet's THE PRINCE OF THE CITY (alas, not in the DVD standard), you won't be disappointed. A DVD for Sly.
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