{"id":9581,"date":"2025-12-21T19:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T19:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reececrothers.com\/?p=9581"},"modified":"2025-12-22T18:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:46:05","slug":"the-morricone-collection-cop-killer-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reececrothers.com\/?p=9581","title":{"rendered":"The Morricone Collection: \u201cCop Killer\u201d (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"4b453b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #4b453b;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"820\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7426.jpg?resize=580%2C820&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9582 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7426.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7426.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7426.jpg?resize=768%2C1087&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7426.jpg?resize=1085%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1085w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7426.jpg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ennio Morricone - Copkiller - Rock music - Copkiller - L&#039;Assassino Di Poliziotti (1982)\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZDKbBuz4mys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the Quartet Records website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cQuartet Records presents a remastered reissue of the long-out-of-print soundtrack by Ennio Morricone for the 1983 police thriller COPKILLER (aka ORDER OF DEATH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"747e38\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzktndu5ms5qcgvn.jpg?resize=580%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9564 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #747e38; width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzktndu5ms5qcgvn.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzktndu5ms5qcgvn.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzktndu5ms5qcgvn.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Side A with inner sleeve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coproduced between Italy, France and the U.S., and directed by longtime Morricone collaborator Roberto Faenza, the film stars Johnny Rotten (famous punk-star from the group Sex Pistols), Harvey Keitel and Nicole Garcia. The plot is about a pair of corrupt cops spending their illegal cash on an uptown New York City apartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"615137\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzktodgxns5qcgvn.jpg?resize=580%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9562 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #615137; width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzktodgxns5qcgvn.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzktodgxns5qcgvn.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzktodgxns5qcgvn.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Side A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morricone\u2019s score comes from the composer\u2019s fertile period of&nbsp;poliziotteschi&nbsp;thrillers and his collaborations with Henri Verneuil in Belmondo\u2019s French polars in the early 1980s. The music features the psychedelic, percussion-heavy and often ostinato-based cues that Morricone typically reserved for the steamy chaos of his crime-film scores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"5e4d34\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzktndqzms5qcgvn.jpg?resize=580%2C599&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9563 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5e4d34; aspect-ratio:0.968305725838007;width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzktndqzms5qcgvn.jpg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzktndqzms5qcgvn.jpg?resize=290%2C300&amp;ssl=1 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Side B<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Music released the score on LP in France and Germany in 1983, and GDM on CD in 2002. This new edition contains the same program, produced by Claudio Fuiano and D\u00e1niel Winkler, rebuilt and remastered by Chris Malone from the first-generation stereo master tapes. The package includes a richly illustrated booklet with in-depth liner notes by Daniel Schweiger discussing the film and the score.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"87848a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzgtndq1ny5qcgvn.jpg?resize=580%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9565 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #87848a; width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzgtndq1ny5qcgvn.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzgtndq1ny5qcgvn.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nzgtndq1ny5qcgvn.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reverse cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other editions:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"3d321d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ntatmtq4mi5qcgvn.jpg?resize=580%2C569&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9566 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #3d321d; width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ntatmtq4mi5qcgvn.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ntatmtq4mi5qcgvn.jpg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Album cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"93865e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/os0zodc5lmpwzwc.jpg?resize=447%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9567 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #93865e; width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/os0zodc5lmpwzwc.jpg?w=447&amp;ssl=1 447w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/os0zodc5lmpwzwc.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/os0zodc5lmpwzwc.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Side 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"92865e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ny01nzm3lmpwzwc.jpg?resize=451%2C455&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9568 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #92865e; aspect-ratio:0.9912428311411793;width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ny01nzm3lmpwzwc.jpg?w=451&amp;ssl=1 451w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ny01nzm3lmpwzwc.jpg?resize=297%2C300&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ny01nzm3lmpwzwc.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Side 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Film:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"422921\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #422921;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"365\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7425.jpg?resize=580%2C365&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9569 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7425.jpg?resize=1024%2C644&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7425.jpg?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7425.jpg?resize=768%2C483&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7425.jpg?resize=1536%2C966&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7425.jpg?resize=1200%2C754&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7425.jpg?w=1670&amp;ssl=1 1670w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alternate title and poster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"6f6571\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6f6571;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"317\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7421.jpg?resize=580%2C317&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9576 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7421.jpg?resize=1024%2C560&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7421.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7421.jpg?resize=768%2C420&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7421.jpg?resize=1536%2C840&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7421.jpg?resize=1200%2C656&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7421.jpg?w=1868&amp;ssl=1 1868w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7421.jpg?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Wikipedia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong><em>Copkiller<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_language\">Italian<\/a>:&nbsp;<strong><em>Copkiller (L&#8217;assassino dei poliziotti)<\/em><\/strong>),<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-IMDb-1\">[1]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>also released as&nbsp;<strong><em>Corrupt<\/em><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><em>Corrupt Lieutenant<\/em><\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong><em>The Order of Death<\/em><\/strong>,<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;is a 1983&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\">Italian<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crime_film\">crime<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thriller_film\">thriller film<\/a>&nbsp;directed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roberto_Faenza\">Roberto Faenza<\/a>&nbsp;and starring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harvey_Keitel\">Harvey Keitel<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Lydon\">John Lydon<\/a>, the lead singer for the bands&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sex_Pistols\">Sex Pistols<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_Image_Ltd.\">Public Image Ltd.<\/a>&nbsp;It is based on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hugh_Fleetwood\">Hugh Fleetwood<\/a>&#8216;s 1977 novel&nbsp;<em>The Order of Death<\/em>, with a screenplay by Fleetwood, Faenza and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ennio_De_Concini\">Ennio De Concini<\/a>. The music was composed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ennio_Morricone\">Ennio Morricone<\/a>.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>The plot follows a psychological&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cat-and-mouse_game\">cat-and-mouse game<\/a>&nbsp;between a corrupt police officer (Keitel) and a disturbed young man (Lydon) against the backdrop of murders committed by a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serial_killer\">serial killer<\/a>&nbsp;who is targeting police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"604039\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"998\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7430.jpg?resize=580%2C998&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9570 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #604039; width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7430.jpg?resize=595%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 595w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7430.jpg?resize=174%2C300&amp;ssl=1 174w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7430.jpg?resize=768%2C1321&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7430.jpg?resize=893%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 893w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7430.jpg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"3c3a45\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #3c3a45;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"323\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7424.jpg?resize=580%2C323&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9577 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7424.jpg?resize=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7424.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7424.jpg?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7424.jpg?resize=1536%2C856&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7424.jpg?resize=1200%2C668&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7424.jpg?w=1912&amp;ssl=1 1912w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7424.jpg?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film was shot on-location in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\">New York City<\/a>&nbsp;and at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinecitt%C3%A0\">Cinecitt\u00e0 Studios<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rome\">Rome<\/a>&nbsp;between March and April, 1982. It is Lydon&#8217;s only starring role in film to date.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-Fodder-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Upon release, it received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, and has since fallen into the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_domain\">public domain<\/a>.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-Why-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;It has since undergone a reevaluation, and has become a&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cult_classic\">cult classic<\/a>&nbsp;due to the presence of Keitel and Lydon, while being acknowledged as a precursor to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abel_Ferrara\">Abel Ferrara<\/a>&#8216;s celebrated and similarly-themed film&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Lieutenant\">Bad Lieutenant<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(1992).<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-Why-6\">[6]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-Rhino-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"5c493f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5c493f;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"928\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7428.jpg?resize=580%2C928&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9571 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7428.jpg?resize=640%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7428.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7428.jpg?resize=768%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7422.jpg?resize=768%2C565&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7422.jpg?resize=1200%2C883&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7422.jpg?w=1448&amp;ssl=1 1448w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The premiere in Italy was on March 15, 1983.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-IMDb-1\">[1]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Line_Cinema\">New Line Cinema<\/a>acquired the U.S. rights and released the film under the title&nbsp;<em>Corrupt<\/em>&nbsp;in New York City in January 1984. and the film slowly worked its way through art theatres for months after.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"4b464e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #4b464e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"431\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7423.jpg?resize=580%2C431&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9579 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7423.jpg?resize=1024%2C761&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7423.jpg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7423.jpg?resize=768%2C571&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7423.jpg?resize=1200%2C892&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7423.jpg?w=1433&amp;ssl=1 1433w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thorn_EMI_Screen_Entertainment\">Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment<\/a>released the film on home video in America later in 1984 as part of a package they acquired from New Line. New Line also licensed the film for TV syndication to The Entertainment Network (a.k.a. TEN) along with other titles they then had rights to, including&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre\">The Texas Chain Saw Massacre<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Cars_That_Ate_Paris\">The Cars That Ate Paris<\/a><\/em>; the film was retitled&nbsp;<em>Copkiller<\/em>&nbsp;for television broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"7b4c46\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7b4c46;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"728\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7420.jpg?resize=580%2C728&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9572 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7420.jpg?resize=816%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 816w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7420.jpg?resize=239%2C300&amp;ssl=1 239w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7420.jpg?resize=768%2C964&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7420.jpg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For undetermined reasons, after New Line&#8217;s initial rights expired, the film became regarded as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_domain\">public domain<\/a><sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-Why-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;in America. Scores of bad-quality copies have been floating around the market, usually either sourced from the Thorn EMI videotape, or a 16mm print of the edited-for-television TEN version.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-Dangerous-10\">[10]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;It has not only been offered under its UK titles&nbsp;<em>The Order of Death<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>Order of Death<\/em>&nbsp;(mostly in the United Kingdom), its US title&nbsp;<em>Corrupt<\/em>, or the alternate&nbsp;<em>Cop Killer<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>Cop Killers<\/em>&nbsp;titles, but also as&nbsp;<strong><em>Bad Cop Chronicles #2: Corrupt<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(from the VHS sleeve, part of the video series&nbsp;<em>Bad Cop Chronicles<\/em>) and&nbsp;<em>Corrupt Lieutenant<\/em>.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-Fodder-5\">[5]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-11\">[11]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The latter was devised after 1992 to capitalize on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abel_Ferrara\">Abel Ferrara<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Lieutenant\">Bad Lieutenant<\/a><\/em>, a critically acclaimed film also featuring Harvey Keitel.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-Dangerous-10\">[10]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;On July 24, 2017,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Code_Red_DVD\">Code Red DVD<\/a>&nbsp;released the film on Blu Ray in America, sourced from the original New Line Cinema elements, obtained directly from the Warner Bros. vault.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copkiller#cite_note-12\">[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"534b4a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #534b4a;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"771\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7427.jpg?resize=580%2C771&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9573 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7427.jpg?resize=770%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 770w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7427.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7427.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7427.jpg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alternate title and dvd cover art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Copkiller<\/em>&nbsp;was reviewed on&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC_1\">BBC 1<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;<em>Film 83<\/em>&nbsp;as&nbsp;<em>Order of Death<\/em>. Well-known British&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Film_critic\">film critic<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barry_Norman\">Barry Norman<\/a>&nbsp;refers to Lydon&#8217;s voice as a \u201cspeak-your-weight machine&#8221;, and sums up by calling the movie &#8220;stupid&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"75554b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #75554b;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"812\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7429.jpg?resize=580%2C812&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9574 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7429.jpg?resize=731%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 731w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7429.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7429.jpg?resize=768%2C1075&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7429.jpg?resize=1097%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1097w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7429.jpg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UK dvd cover art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the book&nbsp;<em>Harvey Keitel Movie Top Ten<\/em>&nbsp;edited by Creation Books in 1999 and compiled by film author Jack Hunter, featuring his personal &#8220;Top Ten&#8221; of Keitel&#8217;s best films or performances, there is a chapter dedicated to&nbsp;<em>Copkiller<\/em>. The chapter is written by film critic David Prothero, who describes the film as &#8220;undoubtedly one of Keitel&#8217;s finest films&#8221;. Prothero makes the link between Keitel&#8217;s character in the film and his character in&nbsp;<em>Bad Lieutenant<\/em>. Another comparison he brings is the parallel relation between&nbsp;<em>Copkiller<\/em>&nbsp;and Lydon&#8217;s role with the relation drawn from the film&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Performance_(film)\">Performance<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mick_Jagger\">Mick Jagger<\/a>&#8216;s role there; Prothero describes the blurring of Lydon&#8217;s stage persona with his onscreen character, stating that defining proofs about this hypothesis are Leo Smith&#8217;s tantrums&nbsp;<em>ala<\/em>&nbsp;Johnny Rotten, his mixture of arrogance and cynicism and the fact that Lydon wears his own clothes throughout the film.<sup class=\"reference\">\u201d<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See instead:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"9f6f52\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7431.jpg?resize=387%2C516&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9575 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #9f6f52; width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7431.jpg?w=387&amp;ssl=1 387w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reececrothers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_7431.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__supports-newline wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reececrothers.com\/?post_type=post&#038;p=9581\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: 15px 23px 15px 23px;margin: 0; margin-left: 10px;border-radius: 0px;border-width: 1px; background-color: #113AF5; color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; margin-left: 0\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Quartet Records website: \u201cQuartet Records presents a remastered reissue of the long-out-of-print soundtrack by Ennio Morricone for the 1983 police thriller COPKILLER (aka ORDER OF DEATH). 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