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The Super Cops (1974)
Rate:
6
Viewed:
6/15
6/15:
The Super Cops is a film I recently caught on TCM because of my appeal to Ron Leibman due to his brilliant
performance as Alcalde in Zorro, The Gay Blade.
Unfortunately, he's okay here which is essentially Serpico in a
Car 54, Where Are You? way. Ron Leibman is rendered one-dimensional by flashing his teeth often as if he's some
hick from Georgia. His co-star David Selby isn't any more than a mannequin who just stands there.
Rather, I'm mystified by the premise that walk-ins can whiz through a "weekend course" that's filled with scanty
training and be certified as police officers in New York City. As a matter of fact, that's what happened to David
Greenberg and Robert Hantz.
Although Greenberg and Hantz's work had been commendable which led to the cleanup of corruption among boys in blue, the
feel-good message was ultimately marred by their real-life arrests that went against the grain of what they were about.
Additionally, the lack of grit, which is more of comedy than drama, doesn't help, either.
All in all, The Super Cops isn't believable.