Exiled (1998 TV Movie) User Reviews

It could have been so much better.....

[Jimmy-128 · 5/10 · 24 February 2000]

All right, all right, I was ecstatic as the next L&O junkie when I heard that Chris Noth would reprise his role as Mike Logan. I looked forward to this movie for months, lying to every friend, family member, and creditor I have that I was absolutely, positively, unavailable that particular Sunday night. I even told my roommate that he was going to have to live without the X-Files for 1 week.

Mulder and Scully, you never looked so good.

It wasn't that this was a bad movie. It's that it took the easy way out in many cases, which is something Law and Order never does. It was a paint-by-numbers cop drama, and didn't try to be anything else.

I won't spoil the plot by pointing out the various pointless twists--let's just say that anyone with a nodding familiarity with the genre will see the ending a mile away. What really struck me was how hard the writers were trying to make this a "one-lone-cop-against-the-bureaucracy" story.

That might have worked with brand new characters, but we've all watched Mike Logan, Lennie Briscoe, Anita Van Buren, and Jack McCoy for years. We know how they're going to react to situations and to each other. Logan's difficulties with McCoy in this film are plausible--they were never all that friendly during their one year together. But his confrontation with Briscoe seems forced, and the mutual animosity with Van Buren is way out of left field. Logan risked his career for her at one point--over Briscoe's objections. So how exactly does she label him "self-absorbed"?

All in all, it left a bad taste in my mouth. The characters and the actors both deserved better.

Great for L&O fans!

[HotToastyRag · 7/10 · 17 October 2017]

A few years after Chris Noth left the cast of Law & Order on television, he and Charles Kipps came up with the idea of a television special to reunite him with his audience. Chris is in a precinct in Staten Island, under the jurisdiction of Dabney Coleman, and with Dana Eskelson as a partner. He desperately wants to get back to his old territory, so he fudges the details of a homicide so he can crack the case and earn a transfer.

The opening credits will reassure you that all the Law & Order cast members you know and love join Chris Noth in the movie, but in reality, they have glorified cameos. Jerry Orbach has maybe eight minutes on screen, Sam Waterston and S. Epatha Merkerson probably have five minutes each, and Benjamin Bratt has less than two minutes. But it's still fun to see them—it wouldn't be Exiled: A Law and Order Movie without them! If you love the series—really, who doesn't?—you'll probably want to watch this TV movie. It's extremely similar to the episodes, minus the absence of any courtroom scenes. There's a murder, colorful suspects, snappy banter, and a few one-liners that make you groan and chuckle at the same time.

The "Blue Wall" stops at homicide!

[sol-kay · 6/10 · 18 April 2008]

***SPOILERS*** Having been exiled to far off and low crime Staten Island for slugging, in front of TV cameras no less, a New York City councilman Det. Mike Logan, Chris Noth, has been dying to get back where the action is. Logan want's to be transferred back to his old precinct the 27th, the Two Seven in police lingo, in midtown and high crime ridden Manhattan.

Finagling a murder victim found floating in New York Bay Logan makes it look like the victim was dropped, or deep sixth, off Statan Island to get on the case. Back in the good old Two Seven, on a temporary basis, Logan soon finds out that the murder victim was an exotic dancer and part-time hooker named Suzan Taylor, Nicole Ari Parker.

Checking the dead hooker out Logan not only finds that Suzan was working for Mafia Godfather Don Giancarlo Uzielli, Tony Musante, young hot-headed and a bit obnoxious son Glanni, Costas Mandylor, at his strip joint "The Catwalk" but that she had a twin sister Georgeanne, also played by Miss. Parker. Det. Logan finds Georganne studying ballet at an uptown Harlem dance school.

Tracking the late Suzan Parkers movements before her brutal murder Det. Logan together with his partner woman detective Frankie Silvera, Dana Eskelson, finds that she was last seen alive at this hotel run by young Galanni Uzielli. Det. Logan also tracks down Suzan's pimp Seymour "Kingston" Stckton, Ice-T, who was at the hotel the night that she was murdered!

As both Det. Logan and Silvera follow up the leads from the murder scene it becomes apparent that Suzan's murder was either covered up or in fact committed by a police officer at the Two Seven! The crooked cop it turned out was in the pocket of the Uzielli Mob who had him planted in the Two Seven to keep them updated to what's going on there. It's then that Det. Logan realized that his being transferred back to the Two Seven wasn't the Nirvana, or fun and games, that he thought that it at first would be. Det. Logan is now in danger of breaching the never talked about, by policemen, "Blue Wall of Silence" in arresting someone whom he works with. A cop who that in fact was Det. Logan's partner before he was sent into exile to Statan Island!

Made for TV movie version of the top TV crime series "Law and Order" with it's top stars, besides Chris Noth, Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston, as Det. Lennie Brisco and D.A Jack McCoy, making cameo appearances in the film. Nothing really that different from the series the film is based on but spicier language and a number of violent, that you'll never see on commercial TV, scenes.

P.S There's also very prominent in the film the now gone forever two World Trade Center Towers that give you a chill, in knowing what happened to them on the morning of September 11, 2001, every time that they pop up in the movie.

No Action On Staten Island, NOT

[bkoganbing · 6/10 · 14 September 2011]

It's possible that when Chris Noth did Exiled he might have had some hopes of making Mike Logan the lead character of another police detective series maybe based in Staten Island. Of course his motivation for making a thorough going investigation of a prostitute murder which I can tell you most cops anywhere let alone New York City wouldn't have given five seconds of attention to that kind of homicide, was to get back to New York. And no doubt he feels the work will get him back to Manhattan where the action is.

Anyway the Law And Order cast of 1998 all got into the made for TV film including Dann Florek working the organized crime division before going to sex crimes for Law And Order: Special Victims. Even Ice-T gets into this film playing a pimp who looks real good for the prostitute murder until he gets killed. This all being way before he became better known as Detective Finn Tutuola in Special Victims.

Noth is doing his commuter thing on his way to work in Staten Island when he notices a female body wash up where the ferry is docking. It's a homicide and he asks his supervisor Dabney Coleman for the case. Anything better than breaking up bar fights which they do a lot of on Staten Island. He even gets Detective Dana Eskelson to help him out.

Exiled is a nicely constructed film, maybe too nicely constructed. By coincidence the story takes us to his old precinct which brings in all the familiar Law And Order regulars. It also serendipitously does go back to Staten Island to a noted crime family with Don Tony Musante and his mutant son Costas Mandylor. And as it turns out Eskelson happens to know the family, she and Mandylor grew up together.

It could have been a pilot for another Law And Order spin off, but things didn't work out that way for Chris Noth. He had to wait several more years to get back to Manhattan in Law And Order: Criminal Intent. Noth is now retired from the NYPD, but I wouldn't be surprised if Mike Logan surfaces as a private eye in another film or TV series. Noth goes back to him like Yul Brynner went back to The King And I.

If you can buy all the coincidences Exiled is not a bad film and it sure has a built in audience with all the Law And Order fans.

SPOILERS Mixed feelings.

[angilbas · 7/10 · 24 November 1998]

"Exiled" could be thought of as a vanity project for Chris Noth, who co-wrote the story and was present as Detective Mike Logan in almost every scene. The results are uneven and not up to the usual "Law & Order" standards, although this would have been an above-average crime drama 10 or more years ago. The story has a 'spur-of-the-moment' feel (the detectives fail to wear gloves when examining a bloody crime scene) which at times makes the film look like an old episode of "Hunter" or "T.J. Hooker". Dabney Coleman is almost wasted as Logan's boss, being barely a notch above the stereotypical antagonistic superior. Noth is wooden in some scenes, good in others (especially when his Mike Logan is with old colleagues). The denouement rings true, as Logan leaves his old precinct in sorrow after exposing a corrupt buddy (well played by John Fiore) and later sees the murder victim's sister (who he appeared to be romancing) for the last time . Noth the actor/storyteller, like Logan the cop, wasn't perfect, but ended up getting jobs done.

Tony

Great!

[Luca-23 · 20 September 1999]

For those of you who are offended that this movie insinuates nothing happens on Staten Island--get over it-nothing does. I'm a NYC paramedic and I know of what I speak. Chris Noth played this character very realistically. I think Dick Wolf made good use of a great character and an excellent actor. I would also like to give kudos to the 34th Avenue Bowl in my old neighborhood. Chris, why didn't you tell me? We could have hung out! Jeanine

Had a great time

[scotandrsn · 7/10 · 13 February 2003]

My wife and I are rabid Law and Order fans, so when they reran this the other week on my day off, I was excited to see it for the first time. I think the series is generally as good as ever overall (some ups and downs), but I agree with several other reviewers here that the classic years were those with Chris Noth and Jill Hennessy.

I have to say, having skipped it when it premiered, I really enjoyed the film. I thought it was a fantastic opportunity to see the familiar settings with a new pair of eyes (Noth's), to the point that I could forgive it some character inconsistencies (e.g., I had a hard time recognizing Lenny Briscoe). It also explained for me where Profaci went (other than over to the Sopranos).

Some remarks on comments by other viewers:

1) The latina maid

The numerous cast changes this series has undergone has given ample opportunity to show that cops don't like having to work with new partners. Logan didn't know there would be a spanish-speaking maid, and he didn't know Rey, so why would he bring him along?

Also, I can't speak for New York, which I wouldn't be surprised to find has a realistic policy for dealing with multilingualism, but we must remember that the L&O franchise is overseen by Dick Wolf from Los Angeles. Here in Occupied Mexico, a shocking number of the non-latino minority (particularly cops) display what I can only describe as clueless pride in knowing NO spanish whatsoever.

2) Staten Island

Having never been there, I can't speak to the endless disdain other New Yorkers express toward S.I. as a boring backwater. It's immaterial to the plot, however. From early on in the movie, it's made clear that the reason Logan is working petty crimes is that in his banishment, HE WAS NOT ASSIGNED TO HOMICIDE. 'Kay?

If you are a huge Law & Order fan, I recommend catching this film when it comes around again. Otherwise, I don't know what your interest would be.

OK for a TV movie, basically long L&O episode

[kyrat · 6/10 · 13 September 2006]

I'm a fan of Law & Order (the original series anyway). I too liked Chris Noth's character a lot, so I was happy to see this.

Unfortunately it was a hackneyed script with uninspired trite dialogue. It's still worth watching for L&O fans, but it's basically just a long episode. (except without the "order" part - which is usually what I like as they explore legal issues.

The writing was cheesy, the plot was definitely nothing new. The usual characters of mobs, junkie/strippers, defensive woman cop, insensitive cops, stereotypical/over the top pimp portrayals were all present. Recurring characters like Briscoe, the Lieutenant & Rey were unfortunately underused. I agree with others that it was sad to see Profacci taken down (esp. for something as silly as fertility issues)- but I did at least respect that they chose someone we'd seen over the years - not just introduce some new "red shirt" (ala Star Trek) character just for the movie - so that they could set him up to be the bad guy.

excellent movie, well-acted and -written, and engrossing

[karen-26 · 9/10 · 11 November 1998]

I'm not sure how captivating this movie would be for those who didn't love Mike Logan from the first 5 years of "Law & Order". I *think* Chris Noth did a brilliant job conveying Mike's sense of loss, despair, and alienation, but then again, I've missed him sorely from the series. But, even without that background, "Exiled" is a tightly-written and well-acted police procedural, tracking between Staten Island (the scene of Mike's exile) and Manhattan (his lost and desired home), and through the stormy emotional terrain of Mike's mind. The case -- a murdered prostitute -- is far less important than the things it leads them to: a sociopathic mobster and a crooked cop in Mike's old precinct, and even those aren't quite as compelling as the battle Mike fights with his own obsessive desire to get back to his old way of life. In the end, that desire demands more than Mike could ever have dreamed... and the end of the film is painfully real. The Staten Island Ferry visually dominates the film, as is appropriate, as it symbolises Mike's in-between state. And the contrast between the suburban streets of Staten Island and the city (especially for those who remember the episode "God Bless the Child" and Mike's comments about small-town policing) were well done. In fact, the movie was filled with resonating triplets: Staten Island-the ferry-Manhattan; Cragen-Stopher-Van Buren (Mike's bosses); his three partners (past and present); the three women (the wife, the victim, the sister)... and these added to the depth. In short, this is far, far more than a long L&O episode.

A decent "Law & Order" episode made into movie.

[russem31 · 7/10 · 10 June 2006]

"Exiled" (1998) feels like a decent episode that has been made into a movie. It follows the annals of Chris Noth (as Detective Mike Logan) who left the show in 1995. After last being seen demoted in the L&O episode "Pride" (1995) he now seeks to solve the murder of a prostitute to try to regain his old job in Manhatten. As we follow him along, we get welcome cameos by L&O regulars the late Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe, Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis, Sam Waterston as Executive D.A. John 'Jack' McCoy, and S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren. The use of music is done by L&O regular, Mike Post. His score is okay compared to what we hear in the series, but it's nice for continuity to be heard here. A 7 out of 10.

Not up to par

[emurray · 1/10 · 5 July 2008]

This was like fan fiction. Same characters we all know and love but none of the quality of the television show. The dialog was flat, several scenes were repetitive and didn't further the plot in any way, and the cinematography was not at all like any of the other Law & Order shows. Even edited down to one hour this would have been one of the most lame Law & Order episodes ever. I have to wonder if the writer had even seen the show before churning out this drivel. The actors did the best they could with what they had, but this was a stinker from the very first scene. It does not follow the traditional L&O format- no incident before the opening credits, no whump whump, no investigation then trial and the music isn't even the same. Very disappointing.

Enjoyable, Quick Moving Mystery

[joystar · 10/10 · 24 December 1999]

I've been a Chris Noth Fan for a long time, and was very upset when he left LAW & ORDER. Mike Logan was a quirky, individualistic character who always left you wanting more. What a treat that Mr. Noth and co-writer Charles Kipps finally told us what happened to Logan after he was banished to Staten Island. In addition to being an enjoyable, fast moving mystery, there was always the underlying angst of Logan's boredom. I'm reminded of the phrase "Be Careful What You Wish For...You May Get It." Logan got what he wished for: He returned to the 2-7, and the Homicide work that he loved, only to find out that you can't go back again.

I'd enjoy seeing a sequel, to find out how the character resolves this.

Good Work, Chris Noth!

Not half bad.

[tsel-3 · 7/10 · 19 November 2005]

Law & Order fans will appreciate the return of Chris Noth to the setting, and also the slightly longer look at New York City, which obviously cannot be caught in the pacing of a regular episode. The film does seem to attempt to crowd in a few too many Law & Order characters from the period and the years previous to it, and sometimes the pacing is a little slow. Dana Eskelson is adorable as a Logan's partner, a detective who grew up around the Uzielli crime family, and takes this and her status as a woman on the force to mean she has something to prove. Ice-T is hilarious as an absurdly named pimp, but Nicole Ari Parker's performance as victim's sister and Logan's love interest is lackluster and unconvincing. All in all, this movie is not a waste of your time, if you are a Law & Order junkie like the rest of us.

Disappointing Noth Vanity Piece/Spoilers Herein

[louiepatti · 2/10 · 4 November 2004]

To begin, apologies to fans of Chris Noth. He is and always will be the best junior detective to grace the original Law & Order series. That said, however, I can only call this film a disappointment. It may appeal to those viewers who are die-hard fans of Mr. Noth or seasons 1-5 of L & O, but as a longtime fan of the original show, I found this film rather flat. It came across as a showcase for Mike Logan, focusing on his desire to rejoin his old precinct, yet the ending ensured that Logan would never again be seen on L & O. The movie drove a stake into the hearts of those fans who wanted Mikey back, and was both cavalier and even cruel in its treatment of longtime characters.

A junkie-prostitute was murdered and her body mutilated to prevent identification by the police. Logan used this homicide as a launching point to move back up the ranks after his demotion and exile (hence the clever title) to Staten Island following his punching out of an obnoxious city politician. He befriended the murdered girl's sister only to use her to help him rejoin homicide; he returned to his old stomping ground just to stomp on everyone's toes. Logan's confrontation with his old partner Briscoe was flat and pointless. Why on earth would Lennie stick his neck out when there wasn't a thing he could do for his former workmate? He was just a disgraced recovering alcoholic detective who had to start from the bottom up years ago, or had Mikey forgotten that? And the Van Buren hostility was lame, too; she and Logan often butted heads, but they also worked together to solve many crimes, and they at least seemed to mutually respect each other. Apparently, that was forgotten when this plot was written. As for McCoy, he didn't much like Logan but he worked with him the same as with any cop from the Manhattan area, but Mikey wasn't from there anymore and Jack owed him nothing. At least that was the feeling the movie gave, which seemed wrong, for McCoy wasn't a vicious or cold man; in fact, he was very passionate about his work but in Exiled he just seems icy and predatory. Rey Curtis was about blown off and Mikey treated him like he wanted to have a hosing-down contest with him to see who was the better man.

Lennie laughed at an incredibly nasty joke about the deceased girl, which, given his own daughter was brutally murdered, seemed woefully tasteless and out of character. But then, no character was spared to make Logan look good. By the end of it, Profaci was revealed to be the perp for a truly contrived reason: FERTILITY TREATMENTS, which he couldn't afford on his cop's salary. (We all know that wanting those pesky kids leads to all manner of evils!) Poor Profaci had always been one of the most down-to-earth and professional cops from the original show, and to see him treated thus was heartbreaking.

At the end of it all, Logan was left with nothing: no promotion, no girl, no friends except maybe for his current partner. It was an empty finish to a pointless movie that seemed only to serve as a finale---not a grand one, either---of Noth's L & O character. Maybe it was intended as a pilot but it didn't come across that way; it felt more like an end than a beginning. Exiled seemed like Noth's way of saying, "I am NOT Mike Logan anymore!", much in the same way Leonard Nimoy used to vehemently deny he was Mr. Spock after Star Trek was cancelled. In summary, this was a grim foray into the obsessive side of a character we used to admire but, by the end of this film, grew to dislike and even pity. We will most likely never watch it again.

mostly law, no order

[KatharineFanatic · 17 November 2005]

I admit, having two hours to kill on a winter afternoon puts you in the mood to curl up with a blanket and watch a good crime drama. "Exiled" has its high points, but unless you're an enormous fan of Mike Logan (and I know lots of people that are) this one isn't going to tempt your taste buds much. It follows his "exile" from Manhattan to the outer district, and his attempt through a homicide case to get back into the big leagues, with run-ins with former associates along the way.

Having seen many, many L&O episodes, enough to know the characters pretty well, I felt a lot of them were spot on. Logan's relationship with Lennie seemed plausible after the time the two spent together. I also wasn't nearly as disapproving of his scene with McCoy as others have been -- I felt Jack was the same as usual, a little frustrated with being bullied and not terribly pleased to see Logan again. The hatred Van Buren seemed to have for him was off, but I have to say the bright moments in the script are woven between the regular L&O gang (namely Lennie and Jack's three and a half minute appearance in a mental arm wrestle against Logan's demands that a task force be put into place to solve a crime) and the sadder situations ... a scene close to the end dealing with the crooked cop angle.

It wasn't a total waste of time, but nothing I would go to any lengths to see again.

More squalid than that you definitely die

[Dr_Coulardeau · 7/10 · 26 June 2017]

Welcome to New York, or in fact to Staten Island where Mike Logan has been reassigned, in fact exiled. A case comes to Staten Island by the accident of some current in the Hudson River, the dead girl who was a "dancer" in a club with a pimp in the wings, got pregnant from the son of a mob boss. She does not want to abort, meaning that in her job she forgot her normal and daily precaution and care in the crystal clear order to get pregnant with that particular young man probably in order to get a promotion from shady lady to wife of a shady young man, a distant heir of Al Capone. The son of the mob boss kills her and carves her into pieces. Obviously he disagreed.

Discovered by a cop in the process of that butcher's work, the cop helps him with the mattress and probably or simply maybe with the body. The cop cannot get his wife pregnant and to pay for the $12,000 in vitro fecundation he accepts some tips now and then from the mob boss and his son. In other words, he is a rotten cop that smells like some black cocaine produced by some animals generally called cows or bulls.

Mike Logan, following the body of the girl from Staten Island to Manhattan easily finds out there is a rotten cop somewhere and he has the great privilege of finding who, and that who is a colleague he worked with three years earlier when he was still working in Manhattan. Kind of sad and a little bit contrite, but justice is justice: give your weapon and your badge to the boss – is she a captain of some sort? – of the precinct. And how is he going to be able to pay for the in-vitro fecundation of his wife? No humane thinking in this police film. It is not so bad, in fact it is even decent, to help the son of a mob boss when he has entangled himself in a nasty crime, not help him commit the crime, but help him clean up the place, or is it the plate, though this sounds a little bit cannibalistic.

Apart from that, New York is a fascinating place. Either you are a mob boss, or the son or daughter or relative or employee of one, or you are a pimp, or a girl employed by such a shady character (Ice T actually), or a customer of one of these girls in the numerous bars and clubs in Manhattan, no matter where, provided the girls lap- dance rapidly and profitably. They can be displaced by a mayor, but they will go to a neighborhood where they can easily grow and multiply. On the police side there is always a dirty rotten one and then those – most of the others – who will willfully not see that rotten egg in the basket. And that will end up sad and tearful.

That sure does not show the slightest smallest and tiniest nice thing about New York City. But it is decent entertainment, and if you are nostalgic you'll be able to see the twin towers that have not been there since a certain 9/11, 2001.

Enjoy the New York of crime and squalor.

Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU

A Big Part of "Law & Order"

[dataconflossmoor · 10/10 · 3 July 2007]

I am glad Chris Noth is back on "Law & Order" (Criminal Intent)... This made for T.V. movie was very entertaining!! Dealing with the real life habits of mob related criminal activity fortified this NBC Special movie tremendously!! Chris Noth was in virtually every scene in this special presentation, I think it is because the television audience really likes the character Mike Logan on "Law & Order"!!! Chris Noth does an excellent job as a straight forward detective who has the challenge of bringing down crime in his blood stream!! Mike Logan is tough and likable, and this special made for T.V. movie was identifiable with all who remember him on the early days of "Law & Order" ... I give this movie a thumbs up, and I think that "Law & Order" has never been quite the same without Chris Noth!! He and Dennis Farina are my favorite characters on the series!! I recommend to everyone who likes "Law & Order" that they see "Exiled" .. I think the lack of scruples with the underworld takes on a peculiar dimension with this movie... Chris Noth is great in "Exiled" and cameo appearances by many of the "Law& Order" cast contribute to this movie as well!! I give this NBC made for T.V. movie a resounding approval.. Perfect 10!!

Disappointing Detective Drama

[Theo Robertson · 4/10 · 11 September 2005]

On the surface this has all the ingredients of being a fairly impressive TVM since it's directed by Jean De Segonzac who's best known for his work on gritty TV dramas like OZ and HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET and does contain several well known names in the cast like Sam Waterston , Ice-T and Tony Musante . The basic bones of the story featuring a dead prostitute along with a subplot involving a bent cop on the inside does sound interesting but to be blunt EXILED is very disappointing

Much of the blame lies at the feet of the director De Segonzac . This type of story should mirror his previous work , it should be dark and bleak but for whatever reason everything is filmed in broad daylight which means there's a lack of atmosphere . Mind you night filming is expensive so perhaps the director didn't have much of a budget to work with in which case it's someone Else's's fault . I should also point out that despite the premise the story plays out in an entirely boring manner which could cure mild insomnia

It's not the fault of anyone from this movie but when EXILED was broadcast on my regional ITV station this morning we had to endure superimposed sign language ! I kid you not and I hope to never see this kind of distraction ever again

Perceptiveness Helped Viewer Enjoy Film

[txksny · 10/10 · 29 November 1998]

I thoroughly enjoyed "Exiled--A Law & Order Movie" (NBC, 11/08/98). Detective Mike Logan was one of the main reasons Law & Order had 5 golden years in its early history. Actor Chris Noth portrayed Logan from 1990-95 as a complex character with a number of admirable qualities mixed with a few interesting flaws. Logan was intelligent, determined and intensely passionate. He also displayed a sense of humor that made gritty homicide work easier to cope with for himself and his fellow officers.

The intention of the movie was to provide a vehicle for Logan's return to homicide after being put on domestic cases. He was sent to work on Staten Island after he understandably punched a council-man on the courthouse steps following a murder trial. Whether he will return to Manhattan remains to be seen.

Actor Chris Noth has been interviewed by many publications since his contract was not renewed in 1995 by the show's producer, Dick Wolf. Perceptive readers were able to gain some insight into Noth's resilience during that time and his involvement in various other projects. Interviews published in 1998 have revealed his reasons for filming "Exiled," and his hopes for a few more films about Det. Mike Logan since a large number of fans continue to be vocal about his untimely departure from the weekly drama on NBC.

Remembering Mr. Noth's goals for the film helped me understand and appreciate it even more. I watched it to see Det. Logan's character developed the way Chris Noth felt it should. Many facets of Logan were ignored during 1990-95 by "Law & Order's" producer. Even so, Mr. Noth was still able to skillfully flesh out the one-dimensional role he was given into a likable, complex, interesting man that would prove to be a drawing card for the drama during its first 5 years. "Exiled" further developed Logan during its 2-hour format. Credit for the consistent popularity of Detective Mike Logan belongs to Chris Noth.

I'll watch Chris Noth's version of what a skilled homicide detective is like over Dick Wolf's any day.

What, no Homicides,Rape,Robberies,etc.,in Staten Island?

[Pepito-5 · 3/10 · 24 May 1999]

Chris Noth better get his head straight if he is to continue to write scripts. There are eight million stories in the naked city, and that includes Staten Island. And as an actor that wants to keep playing a cop,he better learn some Spanish so when he comes across a witness or perpetrator that speaks little or no English, he can show the viewer that he is the smart sleuth he portrays himself to be.

"Exiled" delivers

[Wendy-18 · 9/10 · 13 December 1998]

I was thoroughly satisfied with this m-o-w. As a rabid "Law and Order" fan, I knew the backstory of Mike Logan and his exile after smacking a N.Y. Councilman on the steps of the Hall of Justice. I enjoyed the nuanced performance by Chris Noth, the twists of the plot, the humorous one-liners, the trance-y music by Mike Post, the balance between action and intimacy. Hope to see more of this story line in future "Exiled" episodes!

Great to see Noth back!

[wilkat · 8 November 1998]

It was great to see Chris Noth back in the role of Detective Mike Logan. If they'd ditch the "Rey Curtis" character and bring Logan back to "Law and Order" full time, I'd be happy to go back to watching it again!

Memories of Broadway.

[rmax304823 · 4/10 · 31 December 2015]

Abracadabra. I said ABRACADABRA! Abracadabra? Nope, the magic's gone.

A sluggish attempt to cash in on Chris Noth's persona from the excellent TV series "Law&Order." What the series had going for it was a fine ensemble cast, concision, interesting plots, and that immortal sound -- Plonk Plonk.

The producers have done everything they could, I suppose, to reestablish Noth after his character (and the actor himself) had been booted off suddenly from the original. His Detective Mike Logan was reliable and believable.

But this ragout of incidents and plot elements drag in characters from the original series willy nilly, just to let the viewer know that Noth is in good company, and then dispenses with them. It's a pretty cheap device and, although I don't blame the writers for trying, it doesn't work.

Noth and his new unexceptional blond partner from Staten Island do everything they can to lay claim to homicides that properly belong to Noth's old precinct. The problem is that the film lacks energy. Noth seems to mope his way through the story and others seem almost embarrassed to be in this attempt to squeeze another nickel out of the genuine achievements being outlined across the harbor on Manhattan.

Man, it is slow, and less than spellbinding. Plunk Plunk.

My Name is Mike Logan!!!

[edwinalarren · 10/10 · 12 July 2005]

My name is Mike Logan, I am the best part of Law&Order...I completely dominated this wonderful two hour special of Law&Order entitled "EXILED" I was incredible in my acting performance and I look FANTASTIC!!...Many people want me back on Law&Order.. However, I am a sensational success on the hit series "Sex and the City" as well!! I am doing hit movies and I love being a huge and immensely popular actor in one of the biggest Television series in all of the history of NBC's history and all other networks as well!! Law&Order has done a great deal for me, however I have made significant contributions to the success of Law&Order as well!! When you are 6'4" and you are loved by women and admired and respected by men due to your great looks and wonderful personality, you are cast as the highlight in a Law&Order television special....Exiled was my show...nobody else seemed to spark the television audience nearly as much..."Exiled" was great, because I was great!!!...Of course, Chris Noth is way too modest to say all of these things...but he should...So I will say it for him...I loved Chris Noth in Law&Order "Exiled" just as I thought that he was without question and effortlessly the best part of Law&Order as well!!!

Exiled

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 27 August 2021]

Mike Logan (Chris Noth) is back in this Law & Order television movie.

Exiled to Staten Island after hitting a politician in the Law & Order series. Logan wants to get back to his old precinct in Manhattan investigating murders.

He feels a little lost and restless in Staten Island.

Finding the mutilated body of a prostitute sends Logan back into Manhattan.

Logan gets close with the dead woman's sister. He crosses swords with a gangster and finds himself searching for a crooked cop.

Slightly grittier than the normal Law & Order episode. There has more earthy language and scenes in a strip joint.

Several Law & Order characters show up for a few scenes such as Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston.

It's nothing too exciting and is a little bit bloated. There is an obvious new face at the police precinct who might just be the crooked cop.

This does feel like a pilot for a television spin off based on Mike Logan.