Shakedown

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Draco S Aug 1, 2018 An otherwise by-the-book-like its main characters-buddy cop action flick for those who think "Law & Order" is still too straight-faced/laced, saved by a sense of parodic absurdism, self-deprecation, and a dirty cop plot that feels relevant to the neo-80s political aesthetic of 2018. See more

Theodore S Apr 8, 2018 I don't think I'd seen this film since it originally came out in the theater. I remember thinking it was pretty ridiculous then, but it's aged better than I'd expected, mainly thanks to it's cast, the use of actual NYC locations, and 80s action film nostalgia value. Peter Weller plays a groovy lawyer and Sam Elliott plays a renegade narcotics detective. It's a cliche ridden story of Weller and Elliott then face off against drug dealers, corrupt police officers, and other assorted low-lifes. The script by writer/director James Glickenhaus is pretty awful, but his action sequences are serviceable. In the film's favor is the fun pairing of Elliott and Weller and also the use of grimy pre-Giuliani NYC locations, including one action sequence filmed at 42nd Street in Times Square when it was still a den of go-go bars, peep shows, and adult theaters. It was certainly a good thing that Giuliani cleaned up the streets of NYC, but when it comes to movies filmed in The Big Apple, I have a fond affection for films like "The Warriors", "Maniac", "Gloria", "C.H.U.D.", "Black Caesar", "Across 110th Street", "Combat Shock", or even Glickenhaus' own "The Exterminator" which all prominently featured the seedy side of the city that never sleeps. Also in the film's favor is that it featured more mullets than any recent action film I can think of outside of "Roadhouse". Overall, "Shakedown" is a highly routine buddy cop picture to the degree of being a genre stereotype, but it has enough positives to be enjoyed by fans of these sorts of films. See more

Hagrid S Sep 25, 2017 Crooked cops, drug deals, tons of action - this is a virtual paint by numbers action flick from Glickenhaus, but man is it a helluva lot of fun. Well worth a rental! See more

Hermione R May 13, 2017 This movie was bad. None of the characters are developed or interesting, the story was bland, and the action was unsatisfying. I like Peter Weller and Sam Elliot, but this movie was a bad fit for both of them. See more

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