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      Delta Heat

      R 1992 1h 31m Action List
      Reviews 38% 500+ Ratings Audience Score A Los Angeles police detective (Anthony Edwards) goes to New Orleans on the trail of a deadly new designer drug. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member When you think of mismatched cops, you do not think of Anthony Edwards and Lance Henriksen. That could be because you've never seen Delta Heat, a film that was intended to be a TV show and ended up becoming a theatrical film. Or at least a direct to video feature. Edwards plays Mike Bishop, a cop who has lost his partner to the swamps of Louisiana. Now, he's teaming up with Henriksen, here playing Jackson Rivers, who has also lost something to those very same swamps: his hand. Yeah, an alligator ate it. The real reason I watched this — and let's be perfectly honest — was because Betsy Russell was in it. Between the Saw films, Tomboy, Private School, Out of Control and Avenging Angel, I must confess that I've watched so many movies just because she's in the credits. Around the time of this movie, she and her husband Vincent Van Patten — who she met at The Playboy Mansion, where she visited frequently as her grandfather was a close friend of Hugh Hefner — decided to have a family, which led to Russell pausing her career to raise kids. As for director Michael Fischa, we've devoted an entire day or two to him on our site. So enjoy this tale of a mullet-wearing Edwards hooking up with a hook handed Lance, I guess. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Missed this classic cop duo action thriller, I think everyone did. Even though it was made in 1992 you would think it was an 80's film looking at the state of Anthony Edwards and his wardrobe. His hair cut is really something to been seen, on top of that the earring that he sports is truly unthinkable. I really can't think of many less likely or worthy to be cast in a cop buddy action flick than Edwards, the man is not the right type for action films. I still ponder how he got cast in 'Top Gun'. His partner in this is Lance Henriksen who as usual is on top form hamming it up something chronic as a Southern swamp dwelling Dixie with an alligator obsession (he lost his hand to one). The film is clearly suppose to be along the same lines as 'Beverly Hills Cops'. There is the obligatory smart ass humour throughout which isn't really that funny, chirpy little tunes of the South to give that quirky not too serious feeling and pretty much everything else you might expect from this type of film. Odd thing is there isn't that much action in the film. An original double team in the form of a slick Hollywood cop who dresses like an 80's reject and scruffy looking 'Crocodile Dundee' type from down South. I give the film that but otherwise its pretty poor stuff with not much to recommend unless you really love Henriksen and his characters (his second film based in the Bayous of New Orleans). Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member This is just an overall fun movie. Anthony Edwards plays a hot shot LA detective out for avenge his partner's murder. His scearch leads to New Orleans where he gets help from Lance Henriksen, a former detective who now lives in a swamp. Henriksen and Edwards are outstanding in this buddy-cop flick which I highly recommend. And if you're a Lance Henriksen fan like me it's an added bonus. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member i saw this film realy late a few yers back. i liked it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A Los Angeles police detective (Anthony Edwards) goes to New Orleans on the trail of a deadly new designer drug.
      Director
      Michael Fischa
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 31m
      Sound Mix
      Surround