ニューヨーク市警、その麻薬捜査員たちの間にはびこる汚職。マフィアや麻薬の売人たちから賄賂を取り、警官とは思えない羽振りの良さで、彼らは街のプリンスと皮肉られるほどだった。だが、警察の内部調査機構が彼らの摘発に乗りだし、一人の潜入捜査官が派遣されて来る。そして彼と汚職警官たちは、やがて壮絶な心理戦を展開することに......。
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製作費: $8,600,000 (13億円)
興行収入: $8,124,257 (12億円)
推定収支: $-475,743 (-1億円)
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監督: Sidney Lumet
脚本: ジェイ・プレッソン・アレン / Sidney Lumet / Robert Daley
音楽: Paul Chihara
制作: Burtt Harris / ジェイ・プレッソン・アレン
撮影監督: Andrzej Bartkowiak
制作会社: Orion Pictures / Taurus Film
It hurts to watch... literally. Every time i catch it it looks like I'm watching a copy of an old VHS tape. If anything was in need of remastering.... well, Prince of the City isn't going to be remastered because I don't even think it has a cult following. And that is a crying shame, because it is a really good movie that you can currently only find bad copies of on Amazon. The script is.... meh. It really is. You have seen the corrupt narcotics pitch many times before. That's not the draw. This was riding on Serpico's heels. What is the draw is the directing. It is severely understated, severely actor focused, and entirely atmospheric. It is really minimalist directing done right and... it works. The cast are a bunch of B-Listers at best, but they are B-listers that brought their A-Game and out classed most of the names you see on the marquees. So it's sort of like watching the underdogs win. They really nailed it, and their performances meshed perfectly with the direction. It's not going to stand out for reasons of a rehashed plot... but it's going to have an effect on you. You will walk away thinking, "that was done well. They gave great performances, why haven't I heard of this?"
