Continuing with my recommendations of movies that maybe you haven’t seen and should, I offer up three pictures with one thing in common: they’re all about crooked cops. While you’ve probably seen genre titles like Serpico, Cop Land, Training Day and Dark Blue, I would highly recommend this trio as well.
Two come from 1990. First, Internal Affairs featuring crooked cop Richard Gere. He’s joined by co-star Andy Garcia. This is one of Gere’s finest performances. Internal Affairs comes from director Mike Figgis, best known for 1995’s Leaving Las Vegas with Nic Cage.
Next is Q&A featuring crooked cop Nick Nolte. Directed by the great Sidney Lumet (who brought us classics like Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, and Network), this film fell under the radar screen and shouldn’t have. Nolte is fantastic in it.
Finally, we have Narc featuring crooked cop Ray Liotta. This is better than Liotta’s other crooked cop flick (1992’s Unlawful Entry with Kurt Russell, though that’s worth a look too). Directed by Joe Carnahan (who would later direct The A-Team and The Grey), Narc is a solid genre piece with first-rate performances from Liotta and Jason Patric.
So there you have it! Now have yourself a nice little crooked cop triple feature and thank me later…
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