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

| Aug 26, 2017

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

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

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

The movie's no roller-coaster ride, but there isn't a boring moment either.

| Apr 9, 2008

The mystery suspense elements, however, grind from implausibility (the set-up), to clich (the climax), with too much back story in between.

| Feb 9, 2006

This is a good filmthat could have been great if not for an act of well-intentioned, but misguided casting.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 12, 2002

Nearly down for the count in the movie ring, Stallone isn't just back in the fight. He's a winner.

Full Review | May 11, 2001

Written and directed by James Mangold, the drama is dense but misses the moral complexities and grit, not to mention the oomph, of its urban predecessors.

| Jan 1, 2000

Though at first Cop Land seems as if it will be an ensemble piece, it is, in fact, Stallone's movie.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The film is probably best taken as an ultimately slight but still compelling Eastern that plays like a vintage Western about personal redemption.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Whatever its limitations, Cop Land has talent to burn.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Casting is everything, and the casting of Stallone -- playing way against type -- as the powerless hayseed sheriff in Cop Land is nothing short of inspired.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

A movie with such a promising concept, so poorly executed, that it begs to be remade.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000