Serpico

My father is a fan of Al Pacino and he always told me about a film where he was in called Serpico. I already knew the story of the film. It was about a policeman, Frank Serpico, who were the only honest man of his division, he believed in justice but all of the others around him were corrupt. He was the only one who doesn't accepted any kind of bribes, he not let himself take by greed and he had the courage to denounce the situation even knowing that everyone would turn against him. Sounds like a great story, but even with my dad always recommending me this film I don't know what took me so long to see it but I'm glad I finally did.

Al Pacino is one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema no doubt, and in here his work doesn't surprise because he is amazing, once again. Serpico is such an interesting and complex character and Pacino is able to play him in such a cool and smooth way.

This story is very believable, and told in a very real way with the perfect atmosphere of the 70's, afterall it's based on the true story of Frank Serpico. Serpico is a fantastic film due to the fantastic direction of Sidney Lumet.

I can't put into words how much I love this movie.

Why didn't I give it 10/10?
10 on here is 'Totally Ninja"; what kinda fucking shit is that? Consequently nothing gets a 10 or a 1 "Weak Sauce :(".

i love al pacino as serpico. serpico's story is great. al pacino's talent is almost unreachable.

Whole fucking system is corrupted!
Thought - provoking film +amazing music totally recommended

This movie is really good with Al Pacino (Serpico) giving almost a career-defining performance as he portrays this real-life person perfectly. Serpico kept me on the edge of my seat for the entire viewing and it makes you feel frustrated knowing that it was a true story and also looking at the news today and knowing that this corruption in the police departments is still going on.

If you are a fan of Al Pacino, you need to watch this film and if you are a fan of films like Training Day then this is the one for you. Just understand this film was made in the 70s, so some of the editings can be a bit abrupt and confusing.

Weirdly enough, after researching the true story of Frank Serpico and knowing some of the bits left out of this film, I'd definitely like to see a filmmaker like Martin Scorsese or Spike Lee remake this film with modern editing and acting as some of the side actors are not very good in this film. But otherwise, this is a great film and I recommend it.

Watched at cinema.
Fucking loved it. Funnier than I could've ever imagined.
Al Pacino undoubtedly one of the greatest to ever do it.
Kept thinking of Charlie's rendition in 'Always Sunny' - this is such a movie that Charlie would love.

It’s one of Pacino’s best performances and that says a lot.

Sure, The Godfather made Al Pacino a star, but Serpico kept him one.

A uniquely inspirational, and often frustrating film, about a man's fight for justice. Incredible performance from Pacino.

A pretty good film. It has a good central character and a semi-interesting story about uncovering police corruption, but everything else leaves a little to be desired. Al Pacino's performance elevates the film a lot though, and it's no wonder he became a legendary actor.

A film ahead of its time in regard to the showing the flaws of police tactics at the time, and how Serpico was ahead of his time in police tactics, at least in the beginning. It also shows a bit ahead of its time in regards to masculinity, and not trying to be so manly or chauvinist, especially for police officers. It isn't explicitly political, but the film shows he's a kind of liberal in a country where most police departments are conservative. He's even called a hippy at one point.

We see the personal toll that seeing corruption and trying to stop it but seeing the bosses are corrupt, is hard to deal with.

It's rare i comment on a soundtrack that isn't good, but this one i feel is probably one of the worst miscast soundtrack i've ever seen. Sometimes it's decent with a kind of romantic tone, casting Serpico as a bit of a hero against the grimy backdrop of the constant corruption going on, but the soundtrack overall just isn't that good.

It tore him and his relationship up, but he couldn't get out because he feels so much to want to clean up the whole thing and actually do some good.

This is like Prince of the City, the film by the same director also about police corruption, but in this film the main character is more observing and trying to expose the corruption from the outside for the most part, while in Prince it was all about exposing it from the inside with the help of police higher ups.

He waited so long for help exposing the corruption, but he should have got out a long time ago.

Serpico is a smart guy though, and when the investigation finally starts, he doesn't throw himself fully into it or rather he doesn't fully expose himself to danger too much.

Once again, like Prince of the City, it shows how doing the good thing may not be the RIGHT thing. Serpico lost a great woman, friends, a career, and almost his life, in order to try and clean up some corruption. And the latter is an important point to highlight; that's it's only part of the corruption, in one city. He could have just ignored it and stayed clean, but he tried to expose it and lost almost everything. He'd never be able to live a good life on the force, always being bullied for being a snitch, and he'd always have to watch his back. That's no life to live, especially if you have a family.

He's a hero. A foolish hero.

Luckily he retired soon after. He realized in that hospital bed "what was it all for?" and i think he realized that it all wasn't worth it. Not with what he went through and what he lost.

The foolish hero realized he was a fool, and resolved to change.