Cop Land

Cop Land is a 1997 American crime drama film written and directed by James Mangold, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro. The supporting cast features Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra, Cathy Moriarty, Arthur Nascarella, and John Spencer. The story follows a sheriff Stallone in a small New Jersey town inhabited and dominated by corrupt New York City cops. Their corruption grows until he can no longer allow himself to stand by and do nothing.

One night, Murray Superboy Babitch Michael Rapaport, nephew of Lt. Ray Donlan Harvey Keitel, is driving across the George Washington Bridge when his car is sideswiped by a couple of AfricanAmerican teens. Babitch attempts to force them to pull over. The passenger points what Babitch thinks is a weapon just before Babitchs front tire blows out. Believing they have fired at him, Babitch shoots back. In an ensuing accident, the teens are killed. Jack Rucker Robert Patrick removes the steeringwheel lock that Babitch mistook for a weapon from the hands of one of the dead teens and is caught trying to plant a submachinegun in their vehicle to justify the shooting. Worried about the repercussions to his career, Babitch is persuaded by Donlan to fake his own suicide with help from several other cops, Ray pretends that Babitch has jumped off the bridge.Other corrupt police officers, including Detective Leo Crasky John Spencer and Frank Lagonda Arthur Nascarella, fear that Babitch will resurface and testify about their corruption to Internal Affairs. Internal Affairs investigator Lt. Moe Tilden Robert De Niro asks if Heflin will provide information on the corrupt cops who live in Garrison. Heflin is intimidated by the New York City cops and is reluctant to betray them, derailing Tildens investigation. Superiors in the department, related to the corrupt cops, order Tilden to shut down the investigation. ........

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