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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. When young cop Murray .. Read more

Starring	Paul C, Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel
Director	James Mangold
Genres	Thriller

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- "...[Stallone] joins the dazzling ranks of James Mangold's COP LAND, dutifully holds the film together and emerges with a shrewdly revitalized career in store....COP LAND has talent to burn..."
- 6980
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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- - 5
  - 2
  A curiosity piece
  
  Solid but unexceptional thriller, mainly interesting for the casting of Stallone in a role that would demand a greater acting range than normally associated ... read more »
  
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  - a customer
  - Wales
  - 05 Aug 2005 at 10:27
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- - 0
  - 0
  An okay film made great by its cast
  
  When you have heavyweights Robert DeNiro and Harvey Keitel on board, you expect some pretty damn fine acting. And, of course, from those two (and Ray Liotta) ... read more »
  
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- - TheWatchman
  - 148 reviews
  - Suburbia
  - 21 Jan 2012 at 21:21
- - 1
  - 0
  Surprising, beautifully paced thriller
  
  A smart, suspenseful movie that cleverly pulls its punches. Director Mangold is not afraid of his all-star cast and nobody overwhelms the screen. Stallone is a ... read more »
  
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- 1017458
- - MacMuscia
  - 6 reviews
  - London
  - 15 Jul 2011 at 13:06
- - 0
  - 1
  Ok Land
  
  This is an ok film, with a alright story. Just felt a little slow to me and the ending was some what predictible. Sly plays his role very well as a deaf wantabe... read more »
  
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- 934321
- - xXTitchXx
  - 13 reviews
  - Derby
  - 25 Oct 2010 at 08:40
- - 1
  - 0
  COPTASTIC!!!
  
  MUST SEE, ALL STAR CAST THAT PURS ALONG AND BURSTS INTO LIFE. DEFO WATCH THIS ONE, REALLY GOOD FILM!!!
  
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- 925388
- - Stuart Neill
  - CARDIFF, WALES.
  - 21 Sep 2010 at 12:50
- - 0
  - 0
  Fantastic Stallone!!
  
  Stallone, Liotta, De Niro, Keitel pretty much my favorite actors...i LOVED this movie...Sly is awesome on this one...he's so underrated when it comes to ... read more »
  
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- 914325
- - Gian81
  - 21 reviews
  - London, England
  - 13 Aug 2010 at 22:28
- - 0
  - 0
  MOB COP's
  
  I LIKE IT
  
  GOOD ACTING OK PLOT
  
  WELL MADE AND DIRECTED
  
  GOOD ACTORS
  
  WATCH IT
  
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- 730257
- - OSo
  - 400 reviews
  - Tooting London
  - 21 Mar 2009 at 20:32
- - 1
  - 0
  Refreshing to see Stallone in a different sort of role
  
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  I have viewed this film several times. Each time I am amazed at how well Sylvester Stallone portrays a quiet, less intense character instead of a guns blazing ... read more »
  
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- 706902
- - DianainLondon
  - 41 reviews
  - London
  - 11 Feb 2009 at 15:12
- - 0
  - 0
  Good
  
  Not the most complicated plot but a srong cast including stallone and de niro make this an entertaining macho boys flick incorporating plenty of guns, attitude ... read more »
  
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- 631935
- - mikey1
  - 226 reviews
  - bournemouth
  - 19 Sep 2008 at 16:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Solid, but pulling up no trees.
  
  A decent cop thriller, but a concluding shoot-out section which could have come from High Noon or other such Westerns.
  
  With a cast including De Niro ... read more »
  
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- - 4Tell
  - 146 reviews
  - Edgbaston
  - 01 Sep 2008 at 09:39
- - 0
  - 0
  Cop Land
  
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  A poetic, melancholic, urban western with Sly Stallone is his greatest role since Rocky, playing Freddy Heflin, an undervalued, simple sheriff of a small town, ... read more »
  
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- - mdridley
  - 104 reviews
  - Catterick, United Kingdom
  - 12 Jul 2008 at 00:37
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- - 5
  - 2
  A curiosity piece
  
  Solid but unexceptional thriller, mainly interesting for the casting of Stallone in a role that would demand a greater acting range than normally associated ... read more »
  
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- 136704
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Wales
  - 05 Aug 2005 at 10:27
- - 3
  - 0
  stallones best !!!!
  
  This film is about a group of corrupt cops who make a home for themselves outside the city where they work but to get this peice and quiet they must deal with ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - coventry England
  - 04 Jan 2006 at 09:44
- - 2
  - 0
  COPLAND
  
  Stallone and a strong cast make for an interesting watchable film with a good story you can easily watch more than once.
  
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  - durham,england
  - 24 Apr 2006 at 23:27
- - 2
  - 0
  Brilliant
  
  Copland is a great film, if you haven't seen it already where have you been :-) Seriously you should watch it! The actors and acting are excellent!
  
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  - manchester
  - 11 Sep 2006 at 10:10
- - 1
  - 0
  Really enjoyable film
  
  What great casting for this film. My two favourite actors, Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta back together on screen after the brilliant Goodfellas.
  
  I ... read more »
  
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- - nat12
  - East Riding of Yorkshire
  - 25 Apr 2005 at 18:42
- - 1
  - 0
  Terrific Film
  
  CopLand is about a group of NYPD cops who make their home in a small New Jersey town, a place where "the law can't touch 'em." Its director, ... read more »
  
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- - BenjaminAP
  - London
  - 17 Jun 2006 at 16:11
- - 1
  - 0
  Cop Land.
  
  Cop Land stars Sly Stallone, he was just great in this movie, he plays a partially deaf New Jersery sheriff must investigate the NYPD officers he idolizes--... read more »
  
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- - Cornetto
  - 959 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 29 Apr 2007 at 09:59
- - 1
  - 0
  Why Havnt You Heard Of This Before???
  
  this film is amazing!!!
  
  if you havnt seen it yet add it to your rental list high priority, it has great actors in the smallest roles and thus creates... read more »
  
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  - NativityInBlack
  - 93 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 18 Jan 2008 at 02:36
- - 1
  - 0
  Refreshing to see Stallone in a different sort of role
  
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  I have viewed this film several times. Each time I am amazed at how well Sylvester Stallone portrays a quiet, less intense character instead of a guns blazing ... read more »
  
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- 706902
- - DianainLondon
  - 41 reviews
  - London
  - 11 Feb 2009 at 15:12
- - 1
  - 0
  COPTASTIC!!!
  
  MUST SEE, ALL STAR CAST THAT PURS ALONG AND BURSTS INTO LIFE. DEFO WATCH THIS ONE, REALLY GOOD FILM!!!
  
  Report this review
- 925388
- - Stuart Neill
  - CARDIFF, WALES.
  - 21 Sep 2010 at 12:50

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Critics' reviews
- "...[Stallone] joins the dazzling ranks of James Mangold's COP LAND, dutifully holds the film together and emerges with a shrewdly revitalized career in store....COP LAND has talent to burn..."
- 6980
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...It is tense. And it's almost eerie to see a self-effacing Stallone acting with co-stars of dramatic weight while delivering a performance of feeling..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
- 6981
- - USA Today
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...[COP LAND] satisfies the palates of those craving a drama without special effects, aliens or explosions but with story and characters..."
- 6979
- - Box Office
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- When all your citizens are big city cops, NYPD seeking rest in the New Jersey commuter belt, who will police the... read more on Time Out
- 42919
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13

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  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 ...

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  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 ...