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Exiled: A Law & Order Movie
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Wikipedia article
'Exiled: A Law & Order Movie' is a 1998 (two-hour-format) television film based on the 'Law & Order' police procedural and legal drama television series; it originally aired on NBC. Written by Charles Kipps (from a story by Kipps and Chris Noth), the film revolves around Noth's character, Detective Mike Logan. Kipps received a 1999 Edgar Award for his screenplay.
Plot
The movie begins three years after Detective Mike Logan's final appearance on 'Law & Order' in 1995. At the end of the episode "Pride," Logan punches a corrupt, homophobic politician in the face on the courthouse steps after the man's acquittal on a murder charge, in front of several reporters. Although he does not lose his job, Logan is "administratively reassigned" to the Domestic Disputes Department on Staten Island. While he struggles to cope with feelings of resentment and isolation, fate offers him a chance at redemption when a forgotten homicide case unexpectedly drifts Logan's way.
The case may uncover a dirty-cop conspiracy (ultimately leading back to the 27th Precinct, the very precinct that banished him), and his commanding officer repeatedly orders him to leave the case to the "real detectives" in the NYPD. Logan sees solving the case as the long-hoped-for chance to resurrect his career and get reinstated as a homicide detective.
Logan also becomes romantically involved with the victim's relative. Soon, he must choose between one woman's feelings for him and doing whatever it takes to regain the only thing he has ever loved being an NYPD homicide detective.
Cast
* Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
* Dabney Coleman as Lieutenant Kevin Stolper
* Dana Eskelson as Detective Frankie Silvera
* John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci
* Dann Florek as Captain Don Cragen
* Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
* Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis
* S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
* Sam Waterston as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy
* Paul Guilfoyle as Detective Sammy Kurtz
* Ice-T as Seymour "Kingston" Stockton
* Costas Mandylor as Gianni Uzielli
* Tony Musante as Don Giancarlo Uzielli
* Nicole Ari Parker as Georgeanne Taylor
* Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Rapper-turned-actor Ice-T, who appears in this film as a pimp, later joined the cast of 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' as Detective Odafin Tutuola.
Dana Eskelson, who played Logan's partner, was later featured as a suspect in season three of 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'. Eskelson was also featured in two episodes of 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit', once as a rape victim in season four and again as the mother of a victim of molestation in season seven.
Paul Guilfoyle of CBS's 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' fame plays one of the detectives working under Van Buren. Guilfoyle had previously appeared in the pilot episode of 'Law & Order', "Everybody's Favorite Bagman", as murder suspect Tony Scalisi.
Dabney Coleman, playing Logan's boss Lieutenant Stolper, later appeared in a 2009 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' episode, "Snatched", as Frank Hager, a career criminal.
Home media
First released in 2011 by boulevard entertainment as a region 0 DVD in wide-screen but with no subtitles or extra features.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment released this title on a region 1 DVD on June 12, 2012. The film was not however included in the 'Law & Order: The Complete Series' DVD box set released on November 8, 2011.
References
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