Light It Up

"...central heat appears to be a euphemism for the NYPD, and even the windows don't close. Meanwhile, new cop..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

16 Blocks

Richard Donner still has it. 16 Blocks may be a formulaic good-cops/bad-cops actioner, but it’s rarely stereotypical.

"...another director’s hands, this yarn about a battle fatigued NYPD detective (Willis, looking like the shady underside of his..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Tough Cop

"...Luis Guzman. Loosely based on the exploits of real-life NYPD cop Bo Dietl (who has of late been making..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shaft

Three Shafts are definitely worse than one in this failed revival of the blaxploitation classic

"...featured Shaft’s nephew, John Shaft II (Jackson), a brash NYPD detective who mostly glowered beneath his dark shades, a..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Show Dogs

Unfunny canine buddy-cop comedy is no man's best friend.

"...comedy featuring a cast of talking canines, a macho NYPD rottweiler named Max goes undercover to compete in a..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Phantom Boy

Hand-drawn animation is the hallmark of this animated French film

"...his floaty ghost-body happens across Alex (Baer/Padalecki), an actual NYPD cop who has been wounded in the pursuit of..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Green sewer-dwellers battle purple ooze. Big, dumb fun

"...of familial tensions to come. When Shredder escapes from NYPD custody and hooks up with the delightfully ludicrous villain..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Liam Neeson has taken to shooting at bad guys again in this slow-burning Matthew Scudder mystery.

"...As Neeson plays him, Scudder is an alcoholic, former NYPD cop, and current unlicensed private shamus, in that order...."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Safe

The (Jason) Stathamization of action filmmaking continues with the star's latest.

"...him on a blue plate special by the corrupt NYPD goons whom he ratted out post-9/11. The Russians’ caveat:..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man on a Ledge

This semi-functional thriller tingles but never terrifies.

"...for credulity – in this jumpy tale of an NYPD cop who, having been framed by his bosses for..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Other Guys

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg star in this buddy cop comedy that takes some digs against corporate criminals.

"...his characters in these previous movies. Gamble is an NYPD forensic accountant who loves his desk job. His resentful..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cop Out

Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan star in Kevin Smith's painfully unfunny throwback to the Eighties buddy-cop movies.

"...detectives Monroe and Hodges, respectively, nine-year veterans of the NYPD who've just been hit with matching 30-day suspensions. Monroe,..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Max Payne

Film version of the popular video game stars Mark Wahlberg … unfortunately.

"...carried. But maybe that's the point. Payne is a NYPD cold-case cop who was assigned to the police-department equivalent..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Righteous Kill

There's nothing righteous about this tired and tiresome good cop/bad cop NYPD procedural.

"...righteous about this tired and tiresome good cop/bad cop NYPD procedural from Avnet; in fact, it's pretty much an..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Gangster

A sizzling cast and their director do a crackerjack job of nailing the look and feel of New York City's bad old days of internal corruption and outer rot.

"...David). Roberts is uniformly loathed and scorned by the NYPD's dirty cops (led by a great Brolin), who view..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live Free or Die Hard

As John McClane, Bruce Willis once more brings the noise and blows the bejesus out of the bad guys.

"...something enormously comforting about watching Willis' smoldering, forever put-upon NYPD Detective John McClane as he once more brings the..."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Asian Connection

"...a viable alternative to yet another angst-ridden episode of NYPD Blue. Sure, the story is boilerplate: A couple of..."

Jan. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Russell Smith

I Am Sam

"...to be a parent today or an episode of NYPD Blue? This frenetic technique is a mistake of grand..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

15 Minutes

"...search of her, camera in tow. It's here that NYPD's finest, Detective and media superstar Eddie Flemming (De Niro)..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bone Collector

"...But why not? As Noyce's film opens, we see NYPD forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme (Washington) descending into the shadows..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Corruptor

"...wildly clichéd script and cookie-cutter direction. Here, he plays NYPD officer Nick Chen, the much-lauded head of the city's..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sudden Manhattan

"...and when she immediately reports the shootings to the NYPD (frantically sputtering “I saw a murder!”), their reply is..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Prophecy

"...the best way to describe The Prophecy. When an NYPD detective with the doubtful name of Thomas and a..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Die Hard With a Vengeance

"...and Colleen Camp. Continuing the unlikely adventures of beleaguered NYPD cop John McClane (Willis), this third installment unfortunately forsakes..."

May 19, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Man in Uniform

"...Flanagan in the hit television show Crime Wave, an NYPD Blue knockoff that looks as cheesy as it sounds...."

Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Good Cop

"...complications are thrown in seemingly at random. Keaton plays NYPD detective Artie Lewis. He's honest, loving, and tough enough..."

May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

O St. Clare, help us in this time of Emmy nominations.

"...Outstanding Drama: The nominees are ER, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Practice, and The Sopranos. Emmy may go..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Voters Want Strong Police Oversight. Will the City Deliver It?

Oversight undermined

"...so far as to physically lower the officer's firearm. NYPD investigators never asked either officer about the exchange. "That's..."

May 26, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Tv-eye

Emmy-Meeny-Miney-Moe

"...("Faith," "Whose Appy Now?") butt heads with two primo NYPD Blue fourth-year efforts ("Taillight's Last Gleaming," "Where's Swaldo?"), so..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Screens Column by Christopher Gray

Cop Land

"...City. Garrison is a village populated almost entirely by NYPD cops and their families, and Heflin, a small-town stooge..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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