The Seven Five

Name: The Seven Five
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 7, 2015
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Michael Dowd

2015

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IFC Films | Release Date: May 7, 2015 | R

Starring: Michael Dowd

Summary: Meet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, ultimately resulting in the city’s biggest ever corruption scandal. In this explosive true crime saga, Dowd tells all as heMeet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, ultimately resulting in the city’s biggest ever corruption scandal. In this explosive true crime saga, Dowd tells all as he relives his days as a mobster with a badge. [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Tiller Russell

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: R

Runtime: 104 min

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Kyle Smith

May 6, 2015

It’s that priceless dialogue, the bitter ironies, the magnificently skeevy cast of characters and even the overall structure that make The Seven Five “Goodfellas” in blue. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

May 5, 2015

The Seven Five makes for a fascinating character study, but the doc's drama is also compelling. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

May 8, 2015

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. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

May 14, 2015

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. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

May 6, 2015

Dowd is the film’s main interviewee, telling his story with a hyped-up machismo that makes him seem like a Scorsese character come to life. The biggest issue with The Seven Five is that it often feels like it’s mimicking Saint Marty’s stylistic and thematic bag of tricks. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 6, 2015

Although well-told, it’s an over-familiar story, and a sad one. And being far enough removed from the issues that have police in the spotlight post-Ferguson, The Seven Five also feels a little dated. Remember when all we had to worry about was cops going on the take? Read full review

Christopher Gray

May 4, 2015

It relays a story of police corruption that's transparently designed as a pitch for a feature-film adaptation. Read full review

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Trailesque

Nov 30, 2016

I doubt there is another documentary about corrupt cops that lays out the story as directly as this does. It features full cooperation from Dowd and his cronies, who let it all hang out as they describe robbing some crooks and drug dealers and cooperating with others. A very troubling taleI doubt there is another documentary about corrupt cops that lays out the story as directly as this does. It features full cooperation from Dowd and his cronies, who let it all hang out as they describe robbing some crooks and drug dealers and cooperating with others. A very troubling tale from 1980s New York City.… Expand

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