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The Seven Five

2014

Tiller Russell

Documentary, Self: Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw, Chickie, Dori Eurell

7.0

141

Documentary For Michael Dowd, being a police officer wasn't a calling, it was just a job- and, assigned to the 75th Precinct in crime-ridden East New York, not an easy or lucrative one. Seizing the opportunity to profit, he stole money from drug dealers, eventually recruiting his partner into an expanding criminal ring. Their 1992 arrest exposed widespread corruption in the NYPD. Weaving together Dowd's revelatory testimony from the investigation, ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times	"It would be hard to imagine a more entertaining corrupt-cop documentary than 'The Seven Five,' a slick and fascinating portrait of disgraced New York policeman Michael Dowd."
		The Hollywood Reporter	"It's Dowd who proves the most compelling subject (...) Even if the presentation is sometimes pedestrian, the story itself is utterly engrossing."
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"[Dowd's] testimony tends to get lost amid the hyperventilated crime stories. That’s too bad"
		Ronnie Scheib Variety	"Corrupt cop Michael Dowd candidly reveals the secrets of his high-flying success in this wildly entertaining documentary"
		Godfrey Cheshire rogerebert.com	"This kind of story has been told endlessly in dramatic movies and TV shows, but rarely has a film offered characters like these telling their own stories (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

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