History Film / CopLand

''Cop Land'' is a 1997 crime drama written and directed by James Mangold, starring Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Creator/RayLiotta, and Creator/RobertDeNiro.

* NewYorkCityCops: The story follows a group of NYPD cops who reside together in a New Jersey community.

The story follows Freddy Heflin (Stallone), a New Jersey sheriff who is charged with keeping order in a tight-knit community of [[NewYorkCityCops New York police officers]]. Such a neighborhood might be expected to handle its own business, and this is exactly how the residents see it. Thus, Heflin's authority is rarely taken seriously and he is often dismissed by the locals.

''Cop Land'' is a 1997 crime drama written and directed by James Mangold, starring Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Ray Liotta, and Creator/RobertDeNiro.

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''Cop Land'' is a crime drama written and directed by James Mangold, starring Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Ray Liotta, and Creator/RobertDeNiro. The story follows Freddy Heflin (Stallone), a New Jersey sheriff who is charged with keeping order in a tight-knit community of [[NewYorkCityCops New York police officers]]. Such a neighborhood might be expected to handle its own business, and this is exactly how the residents see it. Thus, Heflin's authority is rarely taken seriously and he is often dismissed by the locals.

''Cop Land'' is a crime drama written and directed by James Mangold, starring Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/HarveyKeitel, ''Ray Liotta,'' and Creator/RobertDeNiro. The story follows Freddy Heflin (Stallone), a New Jersey sheriff who is charged with keeping order in a tight-knit community of [[NewYorkCityCops New York police officers]]. Such a neighborhood might be expected to handle its own business, and this is exactly how the residents see it. Thus, Heflin's authority is rarely taken seriously and he is often dismissed by the locals.

''Cop Land'' is a crime drama written and directed by James Mangold, starring Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Creator/RayLiotta, and Creator/RobertDeNiro. The story follows Freddy Heflin (Stallone), a New Jersey sheriff who is charged with keeping order in a tight-knit community of [[NewYorkCityCops New York police officers]]. Such a neighborhood might be expected to handle its own business, and this is exactly how the residents see it. Thus, Heflin's authority is rarely taken seriously and he is often dismissed by the locals.

* SteelEardrums: Averted when a firearm discharge is deliberately used to deafen one of the characters.

** When Freddy [[apoiler: manages to capture Murray Babitch]], Bill Geisler's expresses a nervous desire to return home to his pregnant wife, rather than stand guard and potentially await the wrath of [[spoiler: Ray and his subordinates]].

* ChangedMyMindKid: [[spoiler: Figgsy[[ returns at the end to save Freddy during the climactic shoot-out.

* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: The initial shooting happens because Murray thinks one of the victims shot out one of his tires, when in fact the victim was taunting him with a steering wheel lock and the tire was popped by a leftover shard of glass from the beer bottle that Murray crushed while leaving a parking lot. Jack is then caught trying to plant evidence of a gun in the car to try to exonerate him.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The {{Dirty Cop}}s make some less than flattering remarks about black people at the scene of the initial shooting.

* NewYorkCityCops: The story follows a group of NYPD cops who reside together in a New Jersey community.

* RedemtionEarnsLife: Figgsy's reward for helping Freddy deal with Ray and the other crooked cops and redeeming himself for being involved with them is that he survives the end of the film.

* {{Cowboy Cop}}s: Our heroes in a way.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Randone's murderer.]]
* PlayingAgainstType: Stallone convincingly plays a conflicted sheriff with emotional depth, and even has a different physique in this film than that for which he is known.

* DoingItForTheArt: A big deal was made in the press about Stallone working for scale in this movie. The fact that he had just been paid $20 million to star in JudgeDredd probably made this decision easier.
* DyeingForYourArt: Stallone lost much of his musculature and gained a lot of blubber for the role as the small town sheriff.

* HeelFaceTurn: Gary Figgis near the end of the film, represented by his slamming on the brakes.

* JurisdictionFriction: The NYPD officers and the New Jersey sheriff's department.

* NewYorkCityCops: The story follows a group of NYPD cops who reside together in New Jersey community.
* SteelEardrums: Averted when a firearm discharge deafens one of the characters.

''Cop Land'' is a crime drama written and directed by James Mangold, starring Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Ray Liotta, and Creator/RobertDeNiro. The story follows Freddy Heflin (Stallone), a New Jersey sheriff who is charged with keeping order in a tight-knit community of [[NewYorkCityCops New York police officers]]. Such a neighborhood might be expected to handle its own business, and this is exactly how the residents see it. Thus, Heflin's authority is rarely taken seriously and he is often dismissed by the locals.

''Cop Land'' is a crime drama written and directed by James Mangold, starring SylvesterStallone, HarveyKeitel, Ray Liotta, and RobertDeNiro. The story follows Freddy Heflin (Stallone), a New Jersey sheriff who is charged with keeping order in a tight-knit community of [[NewYorkCityCops New York police officers]]. Such a neighborhood might be expected to handle its own business, and this is exactly how the residents see it. Thus, Heflin's authority is rarely taken seriously and he is often dismissed by the locals.