Cop Land by James Mangold |James Mangold, Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta | 3. DVD. The second film from writer/director James Mangold, the corruption drama Cop Land stars Sylvester Stallone as Freddy Heflin, the much- denigrated sheriff of tiny Garrison, NJ, a community which - - thanks to a technicality - - is populated almost entirely by members of the New York City Police Department. Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls "Cop Land" -- a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he's long admired. · Cop Land - GTA: Vice City: Missions: Tommy Vercetti - Cop Land This time, the mission marker appears outside the mansion near the left staircase. One of. Copland may refer to: Copland (surname) Copland River in New Zealand; Copland (crater), a Mercury crater; 4532 Copland, an asteroid named after Aaron Copland. Check out the exclusive TVGuide.com movie review and see our movie rating for Cop Land. When young cop Murray "Superboy" Babitch (Michael Rapaport) becomes embroiled in a controversial shoot- out which leaves two black youths dead, he apparently commits suicide rather than face the wrath of an official investigation. In reality, however, he flees to safety back home in Garrison. In the wake of the controversial events, NYPD Internal Affairs lieutenant Moe Tilden (Robert De Niro) arrives in Garrison to uncover the truth, attempting to enlist Freddy to help watch the watchmen, including Superboy's uncle, veteran cop Ray Donlan (Harvey Keitel); coked- out Gary Figgis (Ray Liotta); and Joey Randone (Peter Berg), the husband of the woman (Annabella Sciorra) Freddy loved and lost.
Cop Land Sylvester StalloneA rich, complex film about redemption, Cop Land's portrayal of Freddy's struggles to prove his worth mirrors Stallone's own return to thoughtful, character- driven drama after years of vacuous action roles. Like Freddy, he faces an uphill battle, fighting for respectability in the face of a superb cast including Janeane Garofalo, Cathy Moriarty, and Paul Calderon. Cop Land - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings. Reviewed by Sandra Contreras. Casting Sylvester Stallone as Freddy, the schlumpfy, half deaf sheriff of a New Jersey bedroom community populated by the predatory New York City cops he idolizes is.. Fortunately writer- director James Mangold hassurrounded Stallone with an exceptional ensemble cast, and Sly is smart enough to let the actors do the acting. Murray "Superboy" Babitch (Michael Rapaport) kills two black kids out for a joyride after they threaten him with what he mistakenly thinks is a gun. Luckily for Superboy, his unclehappens to be the powerful and corrupt NYPD officer Ray Donlan (Harvey Keitel), who enlists his cronies - - including the particularly despicable blackguard Rucker (Robert Patrick) - - in a half- baked scheme to get his nephew off the hook. Freddy is caught in the middle when NYPD Internal Affairsinvestigator Moe Tilden (Robert De Niro) tries to enlist him to catch the rotten cops. As a writer, Mangold has plotted the film so densely that each scene counts, with a multitude of little back stories that the cast makes snap, crackle and pop. But his understated dialogue often drains the dramaout of the scene, leaving it up to the actors' own resourcefulness to pump it back in. There's an amusing nonverbal scene during Superboy's fake funeral, for example, when Joey Randone (Peter Berg) looks at Donlan's wife Rose (Cathy Moriarty) with whom he is having an affair - - and his own wife. Liz (Annabella Sciorra) catches him, as does Donlan. Such scenes give the film the pacing of a slow- burning fuse; it sizzles toward an explosive and satisfying climax in which everything - - Stallone included - - fully bursts into life.
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