Synopsis
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. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.
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Cast
- Sylvester StalloneSheriff Freddy Heflin
- Harvey KeitelRay Donlan
- Ray LiottaGary "Figgsy" Figgis
- Robert De NiroLt. Moe Tilden
- Peter BergJoey Randone
- Janeane GarofaloDeputy Cindy Betts
- Robert PatrickJack Rucker
- Michael RapaportMurray "Superboy" Babitch
- Annabella SciorraLiz Randone
- Noah EmmerichDeputy Bill Geisler
Recommendations
- 90
The New York Times
Everywhere the camera turns in this tense and volatile drama, it finds enough interest for a truckload of conventional Hollywood fare. Whatever its limitations, Cop Land has talent to burn. - 80
The A.V. Club
Cop Land emerges as a first-rate morality play in the form of an effective, if occasionally unwieldy, crime drama. - 80
Chicago Reader
The movie's no roller-coaster ride, but there isn't a boring moment either. - 75
ReelViews
While this is probably the actor's best turn since Rocky, and he does a credible job that may earn him the opportunity to do more "serious" work in the future, Stallone's performance is outshone on all sides. That's not a knock against him; it's an acknowledgment that the supporting cast is about the best that it can be. - 75
Rolling Stone
Branching out in a bold new direction, Stallone is quietly devastating. James Mangold has directed Cop Land from his own ardent, audacious script, and despite some draggy, overdeliberate moments, it's the strongest piece of material to come Stallone's way since he invented himself as Rocky 21 years ago. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Cop Land isn't a perfect piece, but it's sober, wise and adult. - 70
Slate
It's formulaic, but it sticks to a classic Western formula instead of a cartoonish blockbuster one. - 50
San Francisco Examiner
Cop Land presents a fairly involved plot, and Mangold is not equipped to do more than blurt all the information onto the screen and let the nuances settle where they may.
