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Shakedown
From Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment · Blue Jean Cop · Universal Pictures
In a city where everyone is for sale... They're the best money can't buy.
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When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.
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Directed by James Glickenhaus
Peter WellerRoland Dalton
Sam ElliottRichie Marks
Patricia CharbonneauSusan Cantrell
Antonio FargasNicky 'N.C.' Carr
Blanche BakerGail Feinberger
John C. McGinleySean Phillips
Richard BrooksMichael Jones
Jude CiccolellaPatrick O'Leary
Thomas G. WaitesOfficer Kelly
Daryl EdwardsDr. Watson
Jos LaniadoRuben
Henry Judd BakerBig LeroyVideos
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kevin2019May 3, 2024
"Shakedown" is much too unremarkable for its own good and obviously somebody somewhere must have realised this so in order to effectively remedy such an unwanted situation somebody somewhere has deemed it appropriate that the film ought to be modelled more upon the box office hit "Lethal Weapon" (1987). So this means we are frequently subjected to an assortment of deliberately eye catching action sequences and stunts. No problem there, you might think. After all, the sequence… Read more
s in question have been incredibly well executed and they do successfully enliven what is a generally unmemorable motion picture experience. However, they are also outrageously laughable and they unquestionably sabotage the more realistic qualities being striven for elsewhere. The film also isn't helped by the fact Peter Weller's and Sam Elliott's characters Roland Dalton and Richie Marks are so completely mismatched they actually look as though they belong in separate films and by bringing them together here leaves us with an unholy mess on our hands.