Amazon.com video review:
After making a critically acclaimed debut with the low-budget
independent drama Heavy, writer-director James Mangold took on
this gritty crime drama, which was highly touted as Sylvester
Stallone's long-awaited return to a serious dramatic role. With an
illustrious cast of costars, including GoodFellas alumni
Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Ray Liotta, Stallone plays Freddy
Heflin, the ineffectual sheriff of a New Jersey suburb that a group of
corrupt New York cops have turned into their own off-duty criminal
empire. Deaf in one ear and desperate to prove his worth, the sheriff
takes on the cops with standoffish assistance from an Internal Affairs
cop (De Niro), resulting in an explosive climactic showdown. The
stellar cast can't be beat, and Stallone is quite good as the
overweight cop whose pride is on the line. Mangold's script is wildly
uneven, but the film still packs a white-knuckled punch. --Jeff
Shannon
Amazon.com video review:
After making a critically acclaimed debut with the low-budget
independent drama Heavy, writer-director James Mangold took on
this gritty crime drama, which was highly touted as Sylvester
Stallone's long-awaited return to a serious dramatic role. With an
illustrious cast of costars, including GoodFellas alumni
Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Ray Liotta, Stallone plays Freddy
Heflin, the ineffectual sheriff of a New Jersey suburb that a group of
corrupt New York cops have turned into their own off-duty criminal
empire. Deaf in one ear and desperate to prove his worth, the sheriff
takes on the cops with standoffish assistance from an Internal Affairs
cop (De Niro), resulting in an explosive climactic showdown. The
stellar cast can't be beat, and Stallone is quite good as the
overweight cop whose pride is on the line. Mangold's script is wildly
uneven, but the film still packs a white-knuckled punch. --Jeff
Shannon
