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Dead Bang

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Los Angeles homicide detective Jerry Beck (Don Johnson) searches for the murderer who killed a police officer on Christmas Eve. The investigation takes Beck inside the violent world of hate groups and white supremacists, who are hatching a deadly plot to attack even more innocent people. Beck must also confront his own personal demons, including his growing problem with alcohol, if he wants to track down and stop the violent neo-Nazis before it is too late.
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Brian Tallerico UGO Rated: 1/5 Mar 24, 2007 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews It's clear immediately that Dead Bang, written by Robert Foster and directed by John Frankenheimer, isn't looking to reinvent the wheel in terms of its narrative... Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 21, 2015 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A film that maybe could only be more absurd if Woody Allen played the Don Johnson role. Rated: C+ Jan 6, 2015 Full Review Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS) Rated: 3/5 Feb 18, 2007 Full Review Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com John Frankenheimer was unhappy with the way the studio cut this one, but it remains a competent, watchable action-thriller. Most memorable for a scene where Don Johnson's hungover cop pukes on a suspect. Rated: 6/10 Mar 5, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 9, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Such an underrated film. Johnsons charisma is off the chart here. But this film is well written. The action scenes and sequences are great. This is an underrated classic. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Steve D Johnson makes this clunky action flick work just well enough. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Fabulous movie. One of my all-time favorites. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member I love this movie, it had a real feeling of nothing to lose for the lead character. Of course there were parts that weren’t the best, but there are parts that are absolutely gratifyingly in your face. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/27/19 Full Review Audience Member An under rated gem from Frankenheimer. Johnson is unbelievable in this and is in nearly every single scene. Forsythe is reliable as always and a text book twitch off Miller. My only critique would be Johnson's alcoholic cop who doesn't actually drink much throughout. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't really understand the bad reputation this film has. It's a serviceable cop film. It's not an outstanding piece of work, and Frankenheimer has certainly done better (and worse) than this, but Johnson is really quite good as your standard maverick cop character and the plot is engaging. Any cop film where your hungover lead cop throws up on a suspect is at least worth a look ... it's more interesting than any of the "Lethal Weapon" sequels. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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John Frankenheimer

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Don Johnson

Jerry Beck

Penelope Ann Miller

Linda

William Forsythe

Arthur Kressler

Bob Balaban

Elliot Webly

Frank Military

Bobby Burns

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Synopsis Los Angeles homicide detective Jerry Beck (Don Johnson) searches for the murderer who killed a police officer on Christmas Eve. The investigation takes Beck inside the violent world of hate groups and white supremacists, who are hatching a deadly plot to attack even more innocent people. Beck must also confront his own personal demons, including his growing problem with alcohol, if he wants to track down and stop the violent neo-Nazis before it is too late.
Director
John Frankenheimer
Producer
Stephen J. Roth
Screenwriter
Robert Foster
Production Co
Lorimar Film Entertainment, Polyphony Digital
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.4M
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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