Copkiller is a 1983 thriller film directed by Roberto Faenza

Roberto Faenza

Roberto Faenza is an Italian film director.Born in Turin in 1943, Roberto Faenza received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia....

, starring Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel is an American actor. Some of his most notable starring roles were in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Ettore Scola's That Night in Varennes, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Jane Campion's The...

 and John Lydon

John Lydon

John Joseph Lydon , also known by the former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a singer-songwriter and television presenter, best known as the lead singer of punk rock band the Sex Pistols from 1975 until 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s...

. It was adapted from Hugh Fleetwood's novel The Order of Death.

The film is marketed under various titles, including The Order of Death, Corrupt, Bad Cop Chronicles #2 (from the VHS sleeve), and Corrupt Lieutenant. The latter was devised after 1992 to capitalize on Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant is a 1992 crime-drama film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Harvey Keitel as the eponymous "bad lieutenant". The screenplay was written by actress-model Zoë Lund. She also played a small role in the film. Lund had been discovered by Ferrara and had starred in his earlier film, Ms...

, a later, critically acclaimed film also featuring Harvey Keitel.