New Centurions | 
| Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Rosalind Cash
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 9251
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 111 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6302797543
UPC: 043396600706
EAN: 9786302797541
ASIN: 6302797543
Theatrical Release Date: 1972
Release Date: June 24, 1994
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Possibly the best Police movie ever July 19, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This movie inspired me to a law enforcement career that lasted 28 years. George C. Scott (Officer Kilvinsky) delivers one of his best performances as a veteran patrolman of the L.A.P.D. He teaches a rookie cop "Stacy Keach" how to survive on the streets of L.A. Erik Estrada plays a former gang banger that turned cop, only to find himself working patrol in his old stomping grounds. The realism was great. No doubt they used police advisors when making the film. A sad movie that will make you realize that cops are human. Kilvinsky the cynical cop, shows compassion in dealing with illegal Mexican immigrants that are being taken advantage of by a money grubbing landlord. Stacy Keach suffers a failed marriage and gets involved in an interracial relationship. Truly a gut wrenching movie that shows the brutality of police work, both mentally and physically. I'd pay a hundred dollars if I could get the movie on DVD.
New Centurions December 24, 1999
Eddie Stein
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A Geart LawEnforcement Movie set in the LosAngeles 60's It Demostrates the Mental and Emotional Problems that working the Streets of LA as a Cop have to endure! This shows How Wambaugh as a X-LAPD Offficer and Writer, helped to get trama care to LawEnforcment Personal. This is also a Movie thats costars the Young James Woods and Erick Estrada in their early carrier. I grew Up in LosAngeles (The Valley) and this Movie gives a great View of LosAngeles During the Watts Riots in 63'
 A must see for anyone interested in police work. September 2, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I saw "The New Centurions" on television back in the late 1970's. I thought it was a good movie about the police work. The movie is based on the book written by a former LAPD officer Joseph Wambaugh. Alot of the movie is a depressing because it deals with alcoholism, divorce, and suicide. Even though the movie was based on the LAPD back in the 1960's, alot of it still rings true today. You see several young officers in the academy going thru PT and other training. Then, they graduate the academy and are sent to a high crime division to beginning training with a TO (training officer). Immediately, Kilvinsky tells Stacy Keach character to forget about half of what he learn in the academy because it is useless. You see them going to various radio calls. The most interesting part of the movie is when George C. Scott charater starts telling Roy (Keach) how he deals with various crimes (Kilvinsky Law). The scene with the hookers in the back of the paddy wagon is funny. It is a good movie about some of what happens in police patrol cars and handling calls. It is kind of depressing but, it is still a good movie.
Best Cop Movie of all time September 15, 2003
Graham D. (Covington, Georgia United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Words cant truly express how realistic this movie is. It faces the harsh realities of police work, most havent changed since this movie was made.
Great Cop Movie February 25, 1999
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
I didn't realize that this movie was still in print, and I was pleasantly surprised. I think it's one of the best movies I've seen with Stacy Keach (sp?). George C. Scott was great also. I guess the one thing I did not care for is the way it ended... with Keach getting killed. In fact, both of the main characters get nixed. Don't like endings like that.
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