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Overview

User Rating:
4.9/10   3,868 votes
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Director:
Deran Sarafian
Writer (WGA):
David S. Goyer (written by)
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Release Date:
14 September 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate in some murders of prisoners and jailors... more | add synopsis
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Good Beat Em Up Cop Flick more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jean-Claude Van Damme ... Louis Burke

Robert Guillaume ... Hawkins

Cynthia Gibb ... Amanda Beckett
George Dickerson ... Tom Vogler

Art LaFleur ... Sergeant DeGraf

Patrick Kilpatrick ... Christian 'The Sandman' Naylor

Joshua John Miller ... Douglas Tisdale (as Joshua Miller)
Hank Stone ... Romaker (as Hank Woessner)

Conrad Dunn ... Konefke (as George Jenesky)
Jack Bannon ... Ben Keane

Abdul Salaam El Razzac ... Priest

Armin Shimerman ... Dr. Gottesman
John Lantz ... Sam Waldon

Hans Howes ... Guard Keller
Harry Waters Jr. ... Jersey
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dusted (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
Canada | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: At the very beginning of the film Louis Burke enters a building and is slashed across the chest by "The Sandman", Louis Burke drops his gun which lands more than arms reach away, he then tries to reach for it, and cannot reach it. In the exact next shot, he has it in his hand and then holds it in front of him and then shoots "The Sandman". more
Quotes:
Louis Burke: I don't pay!.. I don't punk! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Hot Fuzz (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Bring Me a Dream more

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18 out of 23 people found the following comment useful:-
Good Beat Em Up Cop Flick, 27 September 2004
7/10
Author: Gary from NC

Most people just don't understand movies.There are different movie genres,and none can really be compared to the other.Take this movie for instance - it's not " Hamlet " nor is it " Jason Goes To Manhattan ".Not to be crass,but Van Damme makes movies not for artistic value,he makes movies you can pop into your VCR or DVD Player when you feel like kicking someones ass.Think of his movies as " Primal Drama ". What's " Primal Drama ",you might ask ? It's movies that are made to appease your inner beast.Just as you might feel like screaming at someone, or breaking a chair over someone's head,you reach for a Van Damme or Stallone movie instead.Somehow,watching the hero in these simplistic displays of eccentric unbelievable melodrama makes life a little easier.Watch an emotional display of comic brutality, and somehow everything's alright again.Look at Van Damme's movies the same way you did Comic Books and you'll understand.Just like Comic Books,Van Damme movies will always have a place in the heart of the Alpha Male.Lowbrow for sure,fun nonetheless. ***** 7 out of 10 *****

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