Cop Land, with its powerhouse cast and script, remains an underappreciated genre piece.

| Jul 21, 2023

“Cop Land” is an interesting film that allows its flaws to overwhelm it in the end while never realizing its full potential.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 7, 2023

While the movie has its flaws -- the plot can't seem to decide whether it wants to be a detective mystery or an organized crime drama -- what has aged well is Stallone's foray into making himself vulnerable as the meek and cowardly Freddy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 4, 2022

'Cop Land', James Mangold's second film in the director's chair, has an intrigue that keeps me hooked at all times with its plot about police corruption. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 16, 2021

Stallone's character is interesting and easy to root for

| Oct 11, 2020

A haunting and decidedly downbeat police drama, Cop Land marks one of the few times anyone could see fit to sing Sly's praises.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 26, 2020

James Mangold says that his goal was to mix elements of a grand urban crime drama a la Goodfellas with westerns like High Noon. My opinion? He succeeded in spades.

| Apr 1, 2020

'Cop Land' holds up as a pretty good little thriller, a Sidney Lumet movie in a Martin Scorsese movie's clothing.

| Aug 26, 2017

[UPDATED 2025 REVIEW] Cop Land isn’t so much a police drama as a Western with a modern-day spin.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 13, 2012

not your traditional action flick, nor your traditional cop flick. It has elements of each, all wrapped up in a new type of story that drips in realism and gray characters.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 15, 2012

Mangold certainly knew what he was doing when he cast Keitel and De Niro.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 9, 2008

Cop Land shares its leading man's slow-wittedness, but also his likability.

Full Review | Apr 9, 2008

Mangold is something of a pseudo-Scorsese.

| Apr 9, 2008

A good effort, but the star power on show throws the proceedings off kilter somewhat, hiking up an expectation that the film ultimately cannot live up to.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 9, 2008

A low-key tale of corrupt cops that recalls the gritty police procedurals of the 70s.

| Apr 9, 2008

It's pretty funny, actually, that Stallone gained 40 pounds to play this role, and what the movie needs more than anything else is to eat a salad and do some sit-ups.

| Apr 9, 2008

It sizzles toward an explosive and satisfying climax in which everything -- Stallone included -- fully bursts into life.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 9, 2008

Although too simplistic in its good-guys/bad-guys approach to morally and emotionally ambiguous material, Cop Land emerges as an absorbing and dramatic yarn about exposing the evil doings of some of New York's finest.

Full Review | Apr 9, 2008

A solidly entertaining drama that stays true to the independent spirit of its filmmakers

Full Review | Apr 9, 2008

At its heart, the movie has a good story to tell: the lumbering oaf who's not nearly as stupid and not nearly as gutless as all the hot dogs from the big city think.

| Apr 9, 2008