Product Details

• Actors: Harvey Keitel, John Lydon, Nicole Garcia, Leonard Mann, Sylvia Sidney
• Directors: Roberto Faenza
• Writers: Roberto Faenza, Ennio De Concini, Hugh Fleetwood
• Producers: Elda Ferri, Roberto Cicutto
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Bci / Eclipse
• DVD Release Date: January 1, 2002
• Run Time: 113 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005KA6M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,943 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "the Bad Cop Chronicles Vol. 2: "Corrupt"" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Is one of New York's finest a cop killer? A psychological thriller about en elusive crazed killer who has one thing in common with his victims an N.Y.P.D. shield! Lohn Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) portrays a psycho who stalks his victims before killing them. Now he is stalking Lt. O'Connor (Harvey Keitel - Pulp Fiction) who has enough enemies in his past to keep him unsure of who this killer might be. Lt. O'Connor soon meets his stalker and a heated confrontation turns into kidnapping and torture. Who really has the upper hand?System Requirements: Running Time 100 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG UPC: 787364405091 Manufacturer No: 44050-9

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If You're in Left Field, Catch It, December 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bad Cop Chronicles #2 - Corrupt [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Anyone expecting a typical crime drama, or even a Scorsese-esque Urban Anomie Saga w/ slick period soundtrack will be disappointed. This film is genuinely eccentric (not Tarantino-style faux weirdness), made under chaotic circumstances with intense philosophical earnestness. That earnestness, w/ the film's addled direction, can be achingly funny.

The highlights aren't just Lydon's tweaky, flat-voiced hamming or Keitel's poker face (w/ Lydon he's the funniest straight-man since Oliver Hardy). Check it out, the whole film was made in ROME! And they don't seem to care if you notice! Just count the loose plot ends, the obvious, clueless ad-libs, the supposedly tart one-liners that fall like little Hindenbergs. Watch for the scene where Keitel rotates a milk carton, on camera, because the label wasn't visible enough for the product placement. And then there's that "70's Country song," which is actually Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony played on wheezy folk guitar. These people had no idea what they were doing, but they weren't even trying to do it like anyone else. The result is somehow monumental.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lydon Performance Saves Film, December 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bad Cop Chronicles #2 - Corrupt [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The plot of this movie is truly intriguing; the acting by Harvey Keitel is fine; but if it weren't for John Lydon as Leo Smith, this pitiful mish-mosh of a so-called thriller would be unwatchable.

The lighting is so dark that it is hard to follow the action. The sound quality is terrible, and the plot twists and turns are so oddly paced that the tension is dissipated before the final scene. The one bright spot is Lydon's fresh and crisp portrayal of the rich psychopathic copkiller. Lydon is a natural actor, and does a great job injecting the right mix of youth and innocence with the aura of sick and dangerous obsessions. If you're a Lydon/Rotten fan, don't miss this; otherwise, forget it.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Corrupt Lieutenant, February 3, 2000

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Craig Shea - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bad Cop Chronicles #2 - Corrupt [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Nine years before his raw, celebrated performance in "Bad Lieutenant", Harvey Keitel gave us another visceral portrayal of a corrupt cop in this Italian police thriller. From Harvey's fringe years in European Cinema, this highly original film pairs him opposite former Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten. Rotten, billed as John Lydon, is an obssessed loner and would-be cop killer conducting personal survellance on the police. He seeks out Lieutenant Fred O'Connor(Keitel), at O'Connor's posh Manhattan apartment that the Lieutenant has purchased with money amassed while on the take, to confess to a series of murders. From that point the two engage in a bizzare and engrossing psychological battle of wills. In "Corrupt", Keitel gives us a portrayal of a deeply conflicted man at odds with himself. Unlike the Bad Lieutenant, who undergoes a combustible emotional breakdown, O'Connor is a man slowly unraveling and Keitel expertly displays every slow painful moment. Along with his other early 80's films "Deathwatch" and "Bad Timing", "Corrupt" proves that Keitel was always giving top notch, emotionally invested, and highly credible performances, even if he wasn't always getting the notice he deserved for them.