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14 May 1993 (USA) moreTagline:
In a world of corruption and betrayal, it takes a little excessive force to get the job done. morePlot:
A group of Chicago cops are involved in a raid from which $3,000,000 disappears. The local mob go after them and the body count starts to rise... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Skold Vs. Kmfdm (Musick Review) (From Fangoria. 22 March 2009, 7:00 AM, PDT)
"Nothing Like This Has Ever Happened Before!": Seven Hilarious Exploitation Taglines
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Sleazy Cast, Sleazy Film more (14 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Thomas Ian Griffith | ... | Terry McCain |
 | Lance Henriksen | ... | Devlin |
 | James Earl Jones | ... | Jake |
 | Tony Todd | ... | Frankie Hawkins |
 | Burt Young | ... | Sal DiMarco |
 | Antoni Corone | ... | Fat Tommy |
| Liza Cruzat | ... | Hooker |
| Leon Delaney | ... | Hitman #1 |
 | Danny Epper | ... | Hitman #2 |
| Tony Epper | ... | Delivery Man |
| Christopher Garbrecht | ... | Red |
| Danny Goldring | ... | Lieutenant Landry |
 | Ian Gomez | ... | Lucas |
| Paula Anglin | ... | Yvonne |
| Bobby Bass | ... | Limo Driver |
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Iceland:16 | Australia:MA (TV rating) | New Zealand:R18 | South Korea:15 | UK:18 (cut) | UK:18 (re-rating: 2007) (uncut) | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:R | Germany:18 | Netherlands:12 | USA:RFilming Locations:
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This has all the earmarks of Hollywood excess in modern-day action/crime films: excessive violence, profanity, crooked cops, conspiracy theories, Rambo-like mentality, a sleazy hero and generally no likable characters in the whole film. That about summarizes this one.
However, when you hear that a film is a "direct to video" one, chances are it's not exactly a high- quality film. I agree with one critic who said Thomas Ian Griffith is a better actor than a writer. He does both in this film. It's basically his movie. I also think he's pretty good at being an unlikeable guy on screen. Of course, I could say the same of the sleazy characters Burt Young and Lance Henrikson usually played, too. When you see this cast, the content isn't surprising. I never thought James Earl Jones was as classy as his reputation, and him being mixed in with this group only solidifies my position regarding him.