
Meet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, ultimately resulting in the city's biggest ever corruption scandal.... (Full plot summary below)
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Meet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, ultimately resulting in the city's biggest ever corruption scandal.
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| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonA Scorsese-esque look, fascinating and horrifying, at the 1990s NYPD scandal that saw cops become the biggest, baddest gang on the city streets. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibPerhaps the most amazing aspect of Dowd's confession -- and Russell's documentary -- is the total ease with which Dowd reconciles his twin careers as all-out gangster and dedicated cop. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonLike watching a car crash, with all the elegance implied. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawIt's an absorbing study of group dysfunction. |
| Empire MagazineSimon CrookTold in a rush of talking heads and archive footage, this is a siren-flash of a film, charged up in the edit like a true-crime GoodFellas. |
| Irish TimesTara BradyDowd's account to camera of his misdeeds is every bit as audacious as his criminal acts. A born raconteur, he pulls the viewer in just as he did to his various accomplices. |
| Observer (UK)Jonathan RomneyThe talking heads approach gets a bit relentless, but it's hair-raising stuff. |
| ScotsmanAlistair HarknessWhile Tiller is clearly a little seduced by the drama of it all, he's good at exploring the moral myopia that sets in when the view from the trenches elevates loyalty to each other above protecting and serving the public. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabTiller Russell's fast-moving, invigorating documentary will make very gratifying viewing for fans of all those New York-set cop movies by Martin Scorsese and Sidney Lumet. |
| Spectrum CulturePat PaduaIt's not quite Goodfellas, but it's better than Casino. |