Exiled (1998)

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Welcome to New York, or in fact to Staten Island where Mike Logan has been reassigned, in fact exiled. A case comes to Staten Island by the accident of some current in the Hudson River, the dead girl who was a "dancer" in a club with a pimp in the wings, got pregnant from the son of a mob boss. She does not want to abort, meaning that in her job she forgot her normal and daily precaution and care in the crystal clear order to get pregnant with that particular young man probably in order to get a promotion from shady lady to wife of a shady young man, a distant heir of Al Capone. The son of the mob boss kills her and carves her into pieces. Obviously he disagreed. Discovered by a cop in the process of that butcher's work, the cop helps him with the mattress and probably or simply maybe with the body. The cop cannot get his wife pregnant and to pay for the $12,000 in vitro fecundation he accepts some tips now and then from the mob boss and his son. In other words, he is a rotten cop that smells like some black cocaine produced by some animals generally called cows or bulls. Mike Logan, following the body of the girl from Staten Island to Manhattan easily finds out there is a rotten cop somewhere and he has the great privilege of finding who, and that who is a colleague he worked with three years earlier when he was still working in Manhattan. Kind of sad and a little bit contrite, but justice is justice: give your weapon and your badge to the boss – is she a captain of some sort? – of the precinct. And how is he going to be able to pay for the in-vitro fecundation of his wife? No humane thinking in this police film. It is not so bad, in fact it is even decent, to help the son of a mob boss when he has entangled himself in a nasty crime, not help him commit the crime, but help him clean up the place, or is it the plate, though this sounds a little bit cannibalistic. Apart from that, New York is a fascinating place. Either you are a mob boss, or the son or daughter or relative or employee of one, or you are a pimp, or a girl employed by such a shady character (Ice T actually), or a customer of one of these girls in the numerous bars and clubs in Manhattan, no matter where, provided the girls lap- dance rapidly and profitably. They can be displaced by a mayor, but they will go to a neighborhood where they can easily grow and multiply. On the police side there is always a dirty rotten one and then those – most of the others – who will willfully not see that rotten egg in the basket. And that will end up sad and tearful. That sure does not show the slightest smallest and tiniest nice thing about New York City. But it is decent entertainment, and if you are nostalgic you'll be able to see the twin towers that have not been there since a certain 9/11, 2001. Enjoy the New York of crime and squalor.Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU

I am glad Chris Noth is back on "Law & Order" (Criminal Intent)... This made for T.V. movie was very entertaining!! Dealing with the real life habits of mob related criminal activity fortified this NBC Special movie tremendously!! Chris Noth was in virtually every scene in this special presentation, I think it is because the television audience really likes the character Mike Logan on "Law & Order"!!! Chris Noth does an excellent job as a straight forward detective who has the challenge of bringing down crime in his blood stream!! Mike Logan is tough and likable, and this special made for T.V. movie was identifiable with all who remember him on the early days of "Law & Order" ... I give this movie a thumbs up, and I think that "Law & Order" has never been quite the same without Chris Noth!! He and Dennis Farina are my favorite characters on the series!! I recommend to everyone who likes "Law & Order" that they see "Exiled" .. I think the lack of scruples with the underworld takes on a peculiar dimension with this movie... Chris Noth is great in "Exiled" and cameo appearances by many of the "Law& Order" cast contribute to this movie as well!! I give this NBC made for T.V. movie a resounding approval.. Perfect 10!!

just want to say a friend of mine gave me the website to profaci(john fiore 's new movie johnny slade's greatest hits. www.johnnyslade.net it brought back all the old feeling i had for the characterthis movie and fiore in particular was a riot...its being released soon i hear. it reminded me of how good a character profaci was and what a shame it was to see him so dissed by the egomaniac NOTH...when i watch things ,i root for the underdogs like profaci. i watch the smaller players and study them...like a lot of L&O freaks ,i dug the guy. with all the recycles..why hasn't wolf brought him back?exiled was profaci's best and last moments on the show. here's to you profaci.. cheers

I quit watching "Law & Order" for awhile after they fired Noth, but this movie did not live up to my expectations. The character of Mike Logan may have been wild, but he was always by the book. Letting Miss Taylor get away with the murder of her sister was far too unbelievable, almost as unbelievable as Logan falling in love with her.While it was great to see Chris Noth back in the role he perfected from 1990 to 1995, this storyline really could have been better written. At least on the series Logan had redeeming qualities. In the movie, he bordered on obsessive compulsive with some sort of twin complex. Jerry Orbach and Benjamin Bratt seemed to be in the movie only to show that yes, it was connected to the series in a way. It's infortunate that a movie viewer had to be a regular series viewer to get some of the nuances, since the series itself is now bottom-dwelling with "The X Files" and "NYPD Blue" for the "Weirdest Soap Opera of the Year" award.The movie had its plusses, with some of the well-used NBC guest stars such as Costas Mandylor and Ice-T (it was a wonder that Frank John Hughes didn't show up as well), but basically it was a cheap attempt to appease the L&O fans that screamed for justice after Noth's firing three years ago.