SummaryMeet 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 reliv... Read More
Directed By:Tiller Russell
The Seven Five
Metascore
Generally Favorable
69
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Generally Favorable
6.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
69
73% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
18% Mixed
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9% Negative
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1 Review
May 6, 2015
100
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.
May 8, 2015
88
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.
May 11, 2015
80
The tagline for Tiller Russell’s riveting new documentary, The Seven Five is “Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history,” which I suspect does a profound disservice to a lot of other NYC policemen, past and present — although none of them are likely to write letters of complaint.
May 14, 2015
70
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.
May 6, 2015
63
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?
May 13, 2015
60
Director Tiller Russell sometimes get sidetracked — a dangerous thing in a story that already has a lot of twists, turns and off-ramps. But it’s a story you have to hear, from the guys who lived it and may never live it down.
May 4, 2015
25
It relays a story of police corruption that's transparently designed as a pitch for a feature-film adaptation.
User score
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6.9
71% Positive
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Nov 30, 2016
9
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 tale from 1980s New York City.
Production Company:
- All3Media America
Release Date:May 7, 2015
Duration:1 h 44 m
Rating:R
Tagline:In 1980's Brooklyn, The Most Dangerous Gangsters Were New York City Cops.
Awards
DOC NYC
• 1 Nomination
Edinburgh International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
