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starring: George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Rosalind Cashdirected by: Richard Fleischer
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302797541
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302797543
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: June 24, 1994
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 11397
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1972
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Fans of the TV series Police Story and Hill Street Blues will dig this gritty 1972 drama based on Joseph Wambaugh's groundbreaking first novel. George C. Scott is in his element as Kilvinski, the philosophical 20-year veteran who mentors his new night shift partner, Roy (Stacy Keach), a 'slick-sleeved' rookie. 'Kilvinski's Law,' he growls, 'If a dude uses his fist, you use your stick. If he uses a stick you use your gun.' Quincy Jones' Shaft-ian score gives the film a funky '70s vibe. Jane Alexander costars as Roy's neglected spouse, with Eric Estrada and Scott Wilson as fellow rookies, and Isabel 'Weesie' Sanford as one of a vanful of prostitutes the partners roust in one of the few sequences played for laughs. Directed by Richard Fleischer (Compulsion) and written by Academy Award-winner Stirling Silliphant (In the Heat of the Night), The New Centurions deglamorizes the cop drama with gallows humor and sudden and shocking violence. It is a little dated, but in portraying the dangers and stresses that beat cops face everyday, The New Centurions is not, to quote Kilvinski, the same old 'Hollywood crap.' --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Outstanding 70's cop film!
I've been waiting on this to be released on dvd for literally years! My vhs copy has gotten a lot of use. This is one of the BEST 70's/BEST all around cop films I've seen and I'm very particular. Ranks right up there along with Electraglide in Blue, Dirty Harry, The French Connection, Serpico, McQ and Seven-Ups. The book by ex-LA cop Joseph Wambaugh is one of his best and the film follows it rather closely. It starts out with Stacy Keach and his fellow officers going through the academy, he becomes ... Read More
Rating: - FINALLY in widescreen and digital !
This has been one of my favourite cop/action movies. My vhs copy always looked fuzzy and faded, so I'm glad to see this movie in widescreen and with vibrant colours. The Martini Movies supplements are silly and not worth looking at.
It is 1972 and fellow cops Stacey Keach and George C. Scott are on the night shift making the rounds in their squad car or paddy wagon. They end up being forced to come to terms between their personal lives and their consuming and often dangerous professional ... Read More
Rating:  - A Little Tarnish On the Badge
Joseph Wambaugh brings a unique perspective to the police movie in that he is a former cop relating personal experiences in his work. It was rare at the time of the film's release that you saw an up close and personal look at the happenings in the inner cities and barrios. I also found it refreshing that a film at this time portrays in a thoughtful way interracial romance. Despite all the positives here, alas, the film I think is slightly undone by the workmanlike direction of journeyman Richard Fleischer("Dr. ... Read More
Rating: - Blue Knights
This is the neglected big screen version of Joseph Wambaugh's landmark novel and it holds up really well. The format shifts from that of the book as I recall it, and instead of following three rookies as they come on the force we mainly get a dual portrait of an old-timer and one of the newbies. There are some effective episodes and the filmmakers are ahead of the curve in depicting the underlying racial tensions of the L.A. streets. (Although these scenes are diluted a bit by some of the stereotypes of the performances.) ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Police Drama
If you like police movies, you'll love this one. Stacy Keach and Erik Estrada (CHiPs, in one of his first movies) are graduates of the police academy as they begin their careers within the police department. Of special interest is the relationship between Keach and George C. Scott (a seasoned veteran looking forward to retirement).
This is a true-to-life story of cops and their daily struggles as they balance their jobs with their personal life. George C. Scott is excellent in this movie and worth watching for his ... Read More
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