Serpico 1973 by AverageMansReviews

Serpico 1973 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/verbal domestic/police brutality/racism/sexual assault/drugs/medical/references to homosexuality

Corruption is an ugly thing: briefly; Officer Frank Serpico [Al Pacino:] an honest police officer that fights the corruption from within and this is his story.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 130 minutes film is lacklustre and tiresome, as I will mention later on but for now you will have to wait a long time for this film to wake up in kind of life.

Action; before I say anything, I just want to say I don't have much to work with here so this is the best I could do with what this film has; in one way or another we have some guns being used and arrests happening and that is it.

Character developments and performances; predominantly for the vast majority they are good versions of what they are meant to be and their performances reflect that. But let's be completely honest without Pacino leading this film; this film would have been well I am just going to come out with it; not worth watching as I have already indicated this film's pacing is very slow so it needs Pacino to be its maestro; you see I could have said it needs him to carry it, but I took the high road on this one.

This film is receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; don't get me wrong if you like and are a fan of Al Pacino take a look at this film. But it is Rhea takes more than if I had to guess and keeping in mind am trying to be fair about 70 minutes to really get out of first gear and even then it isn't the most quickest, but at least it has some get up and go to it. This film has some awards to its name such as 8 Winners including National Board of Review, USA 1973 NBR Award Best Actor Al Pacino Tied with Robert Ryan for The Iceman Cometh (1973) and from the same award ceremony/event Top Ten Films. 13 Nominees that includes Academy Awards, USA 1973 Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role Al Pacino and at the same award same award ceremony/event Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Waldo Salt Norman Wexler