Aries FilmsThe Bad Cop: With a title like this, they really werent leaving us to assume anything, and the titular lieutenant (Harvey Keitel) is indeed a bad man. The film follows the nameless cop who is sinking deeper and deeper into gambling debts, drug abuse, and fits of crazed rage. He also finds himself obsessed with a case involving a nun who was raped. Most Corrupt Act: Aside from constant drug and alcohol abuse, the lieutenant uses his badge to pretty much get whatever he wants. He steals drug evidence and sells it to dealers, he ignores crimes that dont interest him, and, in one disturbing scene, he sexually assaults two young girls during a traffic stop. Is Justice Served? After speaking to the assaulted nun and finding that she forgives her attackers, the lieutenant has a breakdown and asks for forgiveness for his sins. He tracks down the rapists, but instead of murdering them, he gives them his gambling money, puts them on a bus and sends them away. Whether that is a good deed or just a confused one, it does little to help the lieutenant's situation. Moments later a car pulls up beside him and he is shot. It's unclear who the shooter was, but it's not hard to image the lieutenant had a lot of enemies.
