Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.
Acting
Stallone's vulnerable flop-era performance, Liotta's unhinged despair.
Direction
Mangold's patient unraveling of masculine cop mythology.
Cinematography
Rain-soaked New Jersey as purgatory.
Director
James Mangold
Sylvester Stallone
Sheriff Freddy Heflin
Harvey Keitel
Ray Donlan
Ray Liotta
Gary "Figgsy" Figgis
Robert De Niro
Lt. Moe Tilden
Peter Berg
Joey Randone
Janeane Garofalo
Deputy Cindy Betts
Robert Patrick
Jack Rucker
Michael Rapaport
Murray "Superboy" Babitch
Annabella Sciorra
Liz Randone
Noah Emmerich
Deputy Bill Geisler
Cathy Moriarty
Rose Donlan
John Spencer
Leo Crasky
Frank Vincent
PDA President Lassaro
Malik Yoba
Detective Carson
Arthur J. Nascarella
Frank Lagonda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stallone gained 40 pounds and took a $60K salary instead of his usual $20M to work with Scorsese's crew.
The film bombed because audiences rejected Stallone as a schlub; it took years to be recognized as one of the decade's best crime films.
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