In Sidney Lumet's harrowing portrayal of police brutality, Detective Sergeant Johnson's been on the police force for 12 years. In that time, the number murders, rapes, and other felony crimes he's investigated has left a terrible mark on his psyche. His bottled-up anger and rage finally explode whilst interviewing Baxter - a suspect in a series of brutal attacks on young girls. Throughout the interview, Johnson brutally beats Baxter and reveals the state of his own mind is pr... (Full plot summary below)
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In Sidney Lumet's harrowing portrayal of police brutality, Detective Sergeant Johnson's been on the police force for 12 years. In that time, the number murders, rapes, and other felony crimes he's investigated has left a terrible mark on his psyche. His bottled-up anger and rage finally explode whilst interviewing Baxter - a suspect in a series of brutal attacks on young girls. Throughout the interview, Johnson brutally beats Baxter and reveals the state of his own mind is probably no better than some of the offenders who've comitted the crimes that disgust him.
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| New York TimesVincent CanbyThe revelations explode predictably, like the ingredients of a 24-hour cold capsule, but the dramatic impact is real while one is watching it. |
| CineVueJohn BleasdaleThe Offence is almost the definition of murk, unrelenting and unforgiving. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasFew genre films come as close to entering the abyss as Sidney Lumet’s The Offence, which effectively plays out as one elongated interrogation both of a single witness and the tortured psyche of Sergeant Johnson (Sean Connery). |
| The GuardianPhilip FrenchThe atmosphere and performances are sustained at a terrifying pitch, and the movie ends suddenly, leaving the audience to deal with the ideas and emotions aroused. |
| Times (UK)Wendy IdeThe third collaboration between Sean Connery and the director Sidney Lumet is an unsettling glimpse into the toxic mind of a policeman who has been polluted by the horrors witnessed over the course of his career. |
| VarietyVariety StaffThere's a powerful confrontation of authority and accused between police sergeant Sean Connery and suspected child molester Ian Bannen in Sidney Lumet's The Offence. A brilliant scene, however, does not in itself make for a brilliant overall feature. |
| The SkinnyLewis PorteousThe Offence presents audiences with an overwhelmingly bleak rumination on evil. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceThis unrelentingly somber policier inaugurates a newfound force in Lumet's work. |
| IndieWireOliver LytteltonAn interesting but not entirely rewarding inversion on Lumet’s continued study of law enforcement. |
| User Reviewdelysid dThis is a pretty cool old forgotten picture. sean connery is a cop who gets so pissed off that he kills the suspect. its a hell of an acting job from connery |
