The film concentrates on a corrupt, older white cop and a young African-American cop are responsible for chasing three criminal running away with a lot of money. The police must find all ways to catch them before cruel the Mafia henchman does that.
It manages at once to be unfair to blacks, vicious towards whites and insulting to anyone who feels that race relations might consist of something better than improvised genocide.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
March 14, 2009
Dated crime drama headed by top cast including Anthony Quinn.
TV Guide
May 23, 2014
Smartly edited with terrific location work in New York City. The dependable Kotto is a standout.
It's a gutsy affair, given a distinct lift by the Harlem locations; and between the bouts of physical aggression, there are occasional moments of insight into the fraught relationship between Quinn and Kotto.
Violence, especially violence at the expense of the black community, has seldom been more candidly dissected and critiqued in American film as it is in Across 110th Street.
Gritty and mindful of perspective, the feature is a bruising examination of power and desperation, filled with energetic chases and fiery confrontations.
[Across 110th Street] is well-made, realistic in presentation and effect with uniformly good portrayals from actors, but depressingly lacking in a sympathetic focal point for audiences to grasp.
