Rent Serpico (1973)
3.8 of 5 from 220 ratings
2h 5min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- A plainclothes street patrolman, Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) might be the best cop in New York, but he's unwilling to play dirty and give into the police corruption surrounding drugs, violence, and kickbacks that his colleagues indulge in every day. When he decides to expose those around him, Frank finds himself a target - not just to the city's criminals, but to his own peers.
- Actors:
- Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Barbara Eda-Young, Cornelia Sharpe, Tony Roberts, John Medici, Allan Rich, Norman Ornellas, Edward Grover, Albert Henderson, Hank Garrett, Damien Leake, Joseph Bova, Gene Gross, John Stewart, Woodie King Jr., James Tolkan, Ed Crowley
- Directors:
- Sidney Lumet
- Producers:
- Martin Bregman
- Writers:
- Peter Maas, Waldo Salt
- Others:
- Norman Wexler, Mikis Theodorakis
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Al Pacino, inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, People of the Pictures, Remembering M. Emmet Walsh, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Sidney Lumet, Top 10 Films Turned Into TV Series, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/02/2014
- Run Time:
- 130 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Three Video Documentaries: Serpico: From Real to Reel; Inside Serpico; and Serpico: Favorite Moments
- Photo Gallery with an Audio Commentary by Director Sidney Lumet
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (5) of Serpico
Fine performance from Pacino - Serpico review by RP
Based on the real life story of Frank Serpico who exposed corruption in the New York police department, Al Pacino plays the central character with an outstanding performance. It's a long film and Pacino is rarely off screen and plays the part with commitment, as if he had immersed himself in the character. It's fairly slow moving, so if you're looking for a shoot-em-up cop movie then you'll have to look elsewhere. But if you want to see an intense performance and a film very much of its time, then watch this. The clothes, hairstyles, attitudes, smoking, parties etc are very much of the 1960s / early 1970s and perhaps we have since become inured to tales of police corruption, but at the time it was quite an unusual subject. While rooted very much in that period it still rings true today. Recommended – 4/5 stars.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Early Al Pacino - Serpico review by JD
More a period/political drama than a thriller. This is Al Pacino in a light I have never seen before. An versatile and deeply disturbed performance which is utterly captivating. He looks very youthful of course and quite different. He has since been type-cast but in this early role he is outstanding. As a real life drama it also has a politically historical importance.
3 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Very dated - Serpico review by BE
Far too long with repetitive scenarios. I'm an ardent Pacino fan and glad to say he has now materialised into a more versatile and accomplished actor rather than the actor displayed in this movie. Lost interest and abandoned three quarters of the way through.
0 out of 6 members found this review helpful.