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Title: Cop Land (1997)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sylvester Stallone | ... | ||
| Harvey Keitel | ... | ||
| Ray Liotta | ... | ||
| Robert De Niro | ... | ||
| Peter Berg | ... | ||
| Janeane Garofalo | ... | ||
| Robert Patrick | ... | ||
| Michael Rapaport | ... | ||
| Annabella Sciorra | ... | ||
| Noah Emmerich | ... | ||
| Cathy Moriarty | ... | ||
| John Spencer | ... | ||
| Frank Vincent | ... | ||
| Malik Yoba | ... | ||
| Arthur J. Nascarella | ... | ||
Sometime in the 1970's, police officers from New York wanted a safe haven to live, away from the dangers of the streets of New York, this is when they established a "Cop Land" in the small New Jersey town of Garrison. Freddy Heflin who was always admired by the New York cops wanted to become one, but because he was deaf in one ear this prevents him from achieving his goal, but has become sheriff of Garrison. Recently there have been a dark omen surrounding the NYPD, and Freddy is now investigating on this case, then Internal Affairs officer Mo Tilden is also on the case and asks Freddy for help, but Freddy could not. Now Freddy suspects that a New York cop named Ray Donlan might be one of the many cops who is corrupted by the mob and other criminals. Now, Freddy must find a cop who is nicknamed "Superboy" who can testify against Donlan and protect him, before Donlan finds Superboy and kills him. Written by John Wiggins
I saw this file when it first came out and enjoyed it on a fairly superficial level. Now, after I've seen it again, I think it is a much better film. Not quite great, but excellent on many levels. Another reviewer has commented that Stallone's character is like in the first Rocky film, before all the Rambo BS. I agree. I think this is a showcase for great actors in an above-average script, with excellent directing. This is not a Stallone film, other actors could play this part, but he plays it to a T. Keitel is fantastic, as usual, De Niro and Liotta are okay. The subplot between Stallone and Sciorra, Freddy who once saved Liz from drowning when he was a kid, but he lost his hearing in one ear as a result and could never join the NYPD -- that's a powerful subplot that could have been more fully explored, but only at the expense of the main plot. All in all, a much better film than reviewers thought when it first came out, IMO.