Order of Death

1983

Crime / Thriller

4
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 1238 1.2K

love triangle cop-killer sadomasochism psychological thriller gay interest cat and mouse

Plot summary

A NYPD officer imprisons and tortures an admitted cop-killer, but finds the tables turned when his victim refuses to break and in fact urges more punishment.

Director

Roberto Faenza Photo
Roberto Faenza

Top cast

John Lydon Photo
John Lydon as Leo Smith
Harvey Keitel Photo
Harvey Keitel as Lt. Fred O'Connor
Leonard Mann Photo
Leonard Mann as Bob Carvo
Sylvia Sidney Photo
Sylvia Sidney as Margaret Smith
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927.12 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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1.68 GB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by writenact 4 / 10

Coulda, Shoulda...but DIDN'T

I thought Harvey Keitel, a young, fresh from the Sex Pistols John Lydon, then as a bonus, the music by Ennio Morricone. I expected an old-school, edgy, Italian cop thriller that was made in America. Istead, I got a mishmash story that never made sense and a movie that left me saying: WTF!!! Too many unanswered questions, and not enough action. The result: a potential cult classic got flushed down the toilet. Keitel and Lydon work well together, so maybe Quentin Tarantino can reunite these guys with better script. Oh, and the Morricone score: OK, but not memorable.Overall, not a waste of time, but not a "must see", unless you are a hardcore Keitel fan.
Reviewed by classicsoncall 6 / 10

Italian Dirty Cop film...

I saw this film under the title "Corrupt" and the picture looked like it was really going somewhere when bad cop Fred O'Connor (Harvey Keitel) pulled the old head in the oven trick on cop killer Leo Smith (Johnny Lydon/Johnny Rotten). The story is rather bizarre because pretty much from the outset you realize Smith is the perp who slashes the throats of New York City policemen, but then he shows up at O'Connor's apartment and simply confesses to his crimes. I suppose it was necessary to set up the rest of the disjointed story, seeing as how Fred and his partner (Leonard Mann) were into some heavy duty drug dealing of their own, keeping an expensive Central Park West apartment with their illicit drug money. Somewhere along the line the logic needed to convince the viewer that Keitel's character was unraveling just didn't seem to make it. Leo Smith's preposterous set up for O'Connor to take the fall as the cop killer would have been more effective if the psychological angle had been explored more effectively. This one's recommended for Harvey Keitel completists or for Sex Pistols fans who want to see their main man in something different.
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