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''Copkiller'' or ''Copkiller (l'assassino dei poliziotti)'', also known as ''Corrupt'' and ''The Order of Death'', is a 1983 Italian crime thriller film directed by Roberto Faenza and starring Harvey Keitel and musician John Lydon, the singer for the bands Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd.. It is based on Hugh Fleetwood's novel ''The Order of Death'', which was set to be the original title of the production. Fleetwood also adapted and wrote the screenplay with Faenza and Ennio de Concini. The music was composed by Ennio Morricone. According to IMDb it was filmed in 1981 and released in 1983 in Italy and 1984 in USA. It is Lydon's only starring role in film to date. == Plot synopsis == Lieutenant Fred O'Connor (Keitel) and his partner, police officer Bob Carvo (Mann), are a pair of corrupt cops who have spent their illegal earnings on an uptown New York City flat. A friction starts between them, as Carvo feels guilty about their scams and wants to abandon their society. Meanwhile, the police force of the city is trying to catch a serial killer who has chosen corrupt policemen as targets. The man, who has been nicknamed "Cop Killer" by the press, has apparently been watching O'Connor's every movements. A very disturbed youngster called Leo Smith (Lydon) arrives at O'Connor's door and convinces him that he's the notorious "copkiller" and is responsible for a continued killing spree. O'Connor beats, subdues and kidnaps Smith and starts to think how to murder him, but when Carvo appears and finds out about Smith, the partners have a struggle and O'Connor accidentally kills Carvo instead. He decides to make Smith his accomplice in the crime, and after that Smith becomes a permanent "guest" inside O'Connor's apartment, with no indication of a change in the strange situation. O'Connor starts to feel the guilt over his actions, while at the same time he gets closer to Carvo's widow, Lenore (Garcia), shifting from interested friend to romantic interest. A bizarre cat-and-mouse game develops between O'Connor and Smith, with the first trying to direct the course of O'Connor's actions to prevent any more inquiries on Carvo's death, and the latter investigating if his enigmatic cohabitant is the real cop killer. The mind game contorts until the one-upmanship reaches a climactic end. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Copkiller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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