One of the most underrated ‘90s action dramas, and most underrated performances from Hollywood iconSylvester Stalloneis now available to stream onPrime Video. From the director behindLoganand featuring an all-star cast that includes Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, and Robert Patrick alongside Stallone,1997’sCop Landdeserves to be seen by a much wider audience.
Written and directed by James Mangoldwho, alongsideLogan, is also known for the likes of3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and the upcomingA Complete Unknown,Cop Landsees Stallone shed some muscle to portray a bulky, bumbling, broken local sheriff who finds himself having to step up and become the hero he always wanted to be after coming into conflict with the corrupt New York City police officers living in the community he polices.Cop Landis now available to stream on Prime Video, and you can check out the synopsis below.
“When hotheaded Superboy (Michael Rapaport) accidentally gets involved in an ugly racially-motivated incident, his uncle Ray Donlan (Harvey Keitel), a corrupt New York City cop, attempts to sweep it under the rug by helping fake his nephew’s death. The bungled cover-up leads to investigations by idealistic Internal Affairs officer Moe Tilden (Robert De Niro) and Freddy Heflin (Sylvester Stallone), sheriff of the suburban New Jersey town where Donlan and his fellow crooked policemen live.”
‘Cop Land’ Is “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes
Cop Landis “certified fresh”on Rotten Tomatoes, boasting a solid score of 75% from critics. “Cop Landmatches its star-studded cast with richly imagined characters while throttling the audience with carefully ratcheted suspense, although it lacks the moral complexity of classic crime thrillers,” the critics’ consensus reads. While the crime drama was a success at the box office at the time, grossing $63.7 million against its $15 million budget, it remains one of Stallone’s lesser-known efforts. And the cinematic world is poorer for it.
‘Tulsa King’ Isn’t Nearly as Gritty as Stallone’s ’70s Gangster Movie
Tulsa King isn’t Sylvester Stallone’s only notable gangster-related production. He once starred in a popular ’70s gangster movie.
More recently, Sylvester Stallone has found huge success in the crime genre on the small screenwith the ongoingTulsa King. Met with rave reviews throughout its first two seasons,Tulsa Kingfollows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi, played by the Rocky and Rambo star, just after he is released from prison after 25 years and exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that, to him, might as well be another planet.
It will no doubt be great for many to see the younger Stallone once again inCop Land, particularly when many of his fans were left disappointed to see the now 78-year-oldExpendablesstar wade into politics and compare the hugely divisive President-electDonald Trump to Rocky Balboaand George Washington.
