Film Review: The Seven Five Movie Review

Summary
The Seven Five is a documentary that frivolously reexamines the crimes of Officer Michael Dowd and his team of dirty cops. Dowd is a former New York police officer who was stationed in the 75th Precinct in Eastern New York. The film presents the nefarious deeds of these officers via original interviews with Dowd and his former comrades as they recount their crimes and explain the reasoning behind their unethical behaviors. While working as a cop, he embellished his income through criminal exploits which include stealing guns, drugs, money, and eventually he began working in drug rings selling cocaine. Dowd’s felonious activities were extremely lucrative and earned him approximately $4,000 a week. Dowd was eventually arrested in 1992,

Dowd was explicitly known to be a dirty cop among the officers in his precinct. He would often engage in malfeasant behaviors by stealing drugs and cash while investigating crime scenes and allowing criminals avoid being arrested through bribery. One example given in the film occurred when Dowd and his partner, Kenny Eurell, were called to investigate a suspected burglary. When they arrived, the only person home was a young girl who was worried that the burglars had taken her mother’s money that she had safely hidden away. After calling the girl’s mother to confirm the location of the cash, Dowd searched the hiding space and announced that the money had been stolen. However, the money was not stolen by burglars, rather, Dowd had taken advantage of his power as a cop to steal the cash during the

This led to corruption of the departmental level and an unethical subculture based on skewed officer loyalty. An example of this given in the movie when Dowd and Eurell made a malfeasant deal with Adam Diaz, an infamous drug lord. In exchange for a hefty fee, Eurell and Dowd would alert Diez whenever his underground business was being watched by the police department. Furthermore, they would assist Diaz by putting his competition out of business by tipping off the narcotics unit or robbing the competitors’ headquarters at gunpoint. Dowd and Eurell became extremely rich from their criminal exploits and they often flaunted their wealth. Dowd began forgetting to pick up his measly paycheck from the police department, but he would be seen driving to work in a shiny, new Corvette. Dowd and Eurell also went on lavish vacations that did not go unnoticed by their fellow