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Shot on location on New York's energetic and crime-filled streets, Sidney Lumet's SERPICO, based on Peter Maas's book, is a rousing portrait of courage in the face of insidious corruption, initiating a motif that Lumet would continue to mine in PRINCE OF THE CITY. Al Pacino is forcefully real as Frank Serpico, an independent .. Read more

Starring	Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire
Director	Sidney Lumet
Genres	Drama

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- Like a practice run for Lumet's Prince of the City, this deals with police corruption in New York: Pacino's idealism... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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- - 10
  - 3
  Gripping and Inspiring
  
  Pacinos performance is excellent of this honest police officer who keeps on standing up for whats right. As a Christian I found his refusal to give in to the ... read more »
  
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  - The Christian Review
  - UK
  - 04 Aug 2005 at 14:58
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- - 0
  - 0
  Al Pacino in one of the finest roles I’ve seen him in
  
  Man joins NYPD, works way up to plain clothes, discovers corruption, gets deeper into role, uncovers more dodgy goings on, Department up in arms.
  
  Al ... read more »
  
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- - Bassman71
  - 460 reviews
  - Didsbury, England
  - 28 May 2012 at 08:54
- - 0
  - 0
  Serpico, or when Al Pacimo was matchless
  
  Hadn't seen this one for years, I think the last time was on TV, pre-satellite days.
  
  Still loved it as much now as then. NY as portrayed as a ... read more »
  
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- 921840
- - cappsi67
  - 2 reviews
  - Chelmsford Essex
  - 08 Sep 2010 at 18:08
- - 0
  - 1
  Pacino rocks again!!!
  
  This is quality and no mistake!
  
  U will not be disappointed simple!
  
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- - Stuart Neill
  - CARDIFF, WALES
  - 28 Jun 2010 at 10:31
- - 0
  - 0
  Bleak yet moral police drama
  
  A police drama involving one man's determination to stand against an utterly corrupt police force (In NYC no less) may sound cliche, and to an extent ... read more »
  
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- - redzed
  - 31 reviews
  - London
  - 07 Apr 2010 at 17:48
- - 0
  - 0
  Could have been better
  
  This movie was meant to be a classic, but for me it came across as dragging at times, along with me not liking Serpico very much. He spent a lot of the movie ... read more »
  
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- 879090
- - LiamKincaid
  - 40 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 01 Apr 2010 at 10:11
- - 0
  - 0
  Superb
  
  Pacino gives another top performance in this policier based on true events. A story of police corruption in New York in the 1960s, and one of Lumet's best ... read more »
  
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- - GaryI
  - 657 reviews
  - March, Cambs
  - 15 Dec 2009 at 17:08
- - 0
  - 0
  A classic!
  
  Slightly slow pace compared to what we are now used to.
  
  Does not detract in anyway from a classic film and performance from Mr Pacino. Perfect for a ... read more »
  
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- - Gemsyho
  - 7 reviews
  - Ormskirk
  - 15 Jun 2009 at 13:38
- - 0
  - 0
  Good Cop?
  
  A good performance from Al
  
  An interesting story of one super clean cops crusade to fifgt curruption in new york law enforcement.
  
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- - OSo
  - 403 reviews
  - Tooting London
  - 30 Apr 2009 at 18:03
- - 0
  - 0
  Standing up for whats right - Pacino deliver again
  
  People should not get too hung up about expecting 'more' from this film.
  
  It's balanced and delivered well focussing on his struggle. It... read more »
  
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  - Walsall
  - 27 Mar 2009 at 15:10
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  Serpico
  
  The story of an honest cop in the 70s when it seems all cops were corrupt...so what's changed!? - Serpico, played by Al Pacino, refuses to take bribes or ... read more »
  
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  - North West London
  - 23 Oct 2008 at 09:58
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- - 10
  - 3
  Gripping and Inspiring
  
  Pacinos performance is excellent of this honest police officer who keeps on standing up for whats right. As a Christian I found his refusal to give in to the ... read more »
  
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- 131159
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - The Christian Review
  - UK
  - 04 Aug 2005 at 14:58
- - 4
  - 0
  Mixed
  
  A good based-on-real-events story of corruption in the New York police force focussing on a strong performance by Pacino. Although the story may seem a bit ... read more »
  
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  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 14 Aug 2006 at 16:54
- - 3
  - 0
  Good but not great
  
  I really was looking forward to seeing this after watching it years ago and although Pacino is one of my fav actors overall thought this could have been better... read more »
  
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  - Glasgow
  - 23 Nov 2004 at 21:42
- - 2
  - 0
  Serpico
  
  This was a great film about a guy trying to do his job and be an honest decent cop.Meanwhile all around him are cops who are corrupt and care nothing for the ... read more »
  
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- - Paul Gager
  - Castleford, England
  - 21 Jul 2005 at 08:26
- - 2
  - 0
  Cop corker from Pacino
  
  Coming in between his two mesmerising roles in the ‘Godfather’ & ‘Godfather part II’, ‘Serpico’ continued the rich vein of ... read more »
  
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- - MerryPrankster801
  - Lincs.
  - 10 Jun 2004 at 11:06
- - 1
  - 0
  THIS COP ROCKS
  
  Pacino's performance is solid as a cop who gradually finds himself in really deeply involved in police corruption....a real problem he's fellow officers... read more »
  
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- - The Surveyor
  - Bucks
  - 11 Nov 2004 at 19:32
- - 1
  - 0
  What a great film!
  
  This movie made me an instant Al Pacino fan. It rivals many movies made far more recently and it's really worth watching!
  
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  - Leeds, UK
  - 27 Apr 2006 at 13:04
- - 1
  - 0
  Al Pacino is Brilliant
  
  Another triumph for Sidney Lumet, the film has a gritty look and as usual the lighting adds atmosphere yet Lumet remains unobtrusive throughout allowing ... read more »
  
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- - AMoore18
  - 8 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 10 Sep 2008 at 17:37
- - 1
  - 1
  Great cop movie, great Pacino performance
  
  If you like Pacino, if you like 70's cinema, if you love cop movies, if you like lone man stories, if you like stories of government corruption, if you dig ... read more »
  
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  - birmingham, england
  - 17 Dec 2003 at 14:46
- - 0
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  Serpico
  
  Probably overlong, and not quite as good as its reputation suggests, but still an engrossing and atmospheric thriller with Pacino on top, shouting-as-loud-as-he... read more »
  
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  - Bath, Somerset
  - 10 Feb 2004 at 14:45

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  Shot on location on New York's energetic and crime-filled streets, Sidney Lumet's SERPICO, based on Peter Maas's book, is a rousing portrait of courage in the face of insidious corruption, initiating a motif that Lumet would continue to mine in PRINCE OF THE CITY. Al Pacino is forcefully real as ...