I've sat thru a ton of films, tv shows exploring this topic and it takes a steady hand to pull it off without coming off cheesy, cliche. 'Corruption' is not a finer example because everything is telecast from a mile away. It's also one of those tales that tries to do it without any preexisting history, background on the villain. You're supposed to be satisfied with a simple setup and be emotionally invested because it involves a main character. It's really an example of episodic tv at it's rushed lazy lowest form.
Det. Briscoe (Orbach) & Curtis (Bratt) are detailed to an undercover drug bust with Lenny's past partner Det. Flynn (Kevin Conway). At the moment of exchange, Flynn call "gun", shots are fired and the suspect is dead. He claims he went for his piece but neither Briscoe, Curtis or other cops as backup saw what really occurred. Curtis digs into it feeling something is off and uncovers a link to a major drug pusher that goes back to Flynn, Briscoe's days in the 116th precinct. When it becomes clear there's a case of a dirty cop, McCoy (Waterston) goes after him facing not only issues from the court system, but a man willing to throw old friends under the bus to save himself.
It's hard to be entertained when you can predict where the story is going at every point and it isn't done with any emotional weight. Some history into Briscoe is interesting - his drinking problem, a past girlfriend - but counterbalance that with cliches about cops sticking together, mistresses, payoffs, murder for hire. Don't even get me started on that last minute hollow ending. 'Corruption' is as one note as it's title going thru formula paces without any heart.
Det. Briscoe (Orbach) & Curtis (Bratt) are detailed to an undercover drug bust with Lenny's past partner Det. Flynn (Kevin Conway). At the moment of exchange, Flynn call "gun", shots are fired and the suspect is dead. He claims he went for his piece but neither Briscoe, Curtis or other cops as backup saw what really occurred. Curtis digs into it feeling something is off and uncovers a link to a major drug pusher that goes back to Flynn, Briscoe's days in the 116th precinct. When it becomes clear there's a case of a dirty cop, McCoy (Waterston) goes after him facing not only issues from the court system, but a man willing to throw old friends under the bus to save himself.
It's hard to be entertained when you can predict where the story is going at every point and it isn't done with any emotional weight. Some history into Briscoe is interesting - his drinking problem, a past girlfriend - but counterbalance that with cliches about cops sticking together, mistresses, payoffs, murder for hire. Don't even get me started on that last minute hollow ending. 'Corruption' is as one note as it's title going thru formula paces without any heart.