Exiled (TV 1998)NYPD Detective Mike Logan, last seen being demoted to a beat on Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician (Law & Order episode "Pride") seeks to solve the grisly murder of a ... See full summary » Director:Jean de Segonzac |
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| Chris Noth | ... | ||
| Dabney Coleman | ... | ||
| Dana Eskelson | ... | ||
| John Fiore | ... | ||
| Dann Florek | ... | ||
| Paul Guilfoyle | ... | ||
| Ice-T | ... | ||
| Costas Mandylor | ... | ||
| Tony Musante | ... | ||
| Nicole Ari Parker | ... | ||
| Benjamin Bratt | ... | ||
| S. Epatha Merkerson | ... | ||
| Jerry Orbach | ... | ||
| Sam Waterston | ... | ||
| Ned Eisenberg | ... | ||
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NYPD Detective Mike Logan, last seen being demoted to a beat on Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician (Law & Order episode "Pride") seeks to solve the grisly murder of a prostitute, and thereby help regain his old job in Manhattan. Written by Brian Barjenbruch
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8 November 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Exiled: A Law & Order Movie See more »Filming Locations:
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All right, all right, I was ecstatic as the next L&O junkie when I heard that Chris Noth would reprise his role as Mike Logan. I looked forward to this movie for months, lying to every friend, family member, and creditor I have that I was absolutely, positively, unavailable that particular Sunday night. I even told my roommate that he was going to have to live without the X-Files for 1 week.
Mulder and Scully, you never looked so good.
It wasn't that this was a bad movie. It's that it took the easy way out in many cases, which is something Law and Order never does. It was a paint-by-numbers cop drama, and didn't try to be anything else.
I won't spoil the plot by pointing out the various pointless twists--let's just say that anyone with a nodding familiarity with the genre will see the ending a mile away. What really struck me was how hard the writers were trying to make this a "one-lone-cop-against-the-bureaucracy" story.
That might have worked with brand new characters, but we've all watched Mike Logan, Lennie Briscoe, Anita Van Buren, and Jack McCoy for years. We know how they're going to react to situations and to each other. Logan's difficulties with McCoy in this film are plausible--they were never all that friendly during their one year together. But his confrontation with Briscoe seems forced, and the mutual animosity with Van Buren is way out of left field. Logan risked his career for her at one point--over Briscoe's objections. So how exactly does she label him "self-absorbed"?
All in all, it left a bad taste in my mouth. The characters and the actors both deserved better.