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Downtown (1990) 5.5
Police Officer Alex Kearney works in a rich, plush suburb of Philadelphia. When he stops an important businessman and his story of the incident is not believed, he is sent to work Downtown,... See full summary » Director:Richard BenjaminWriter:Nat Mauldin |
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Title: Downtown (1990)
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| Penelope Ann Miller | ... |
Lori Mitchell
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Jerome Sweet
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| Art Evans | ... |
Henry Coleman
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Mickey Witlin
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Lt. Sam Parral
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| Ron Canada | ... |
Lowell Harris
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| Wanda De Jesus | ... |
Luisa Diaz
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| Francis X. McCarthy | ... |
Inspector Ben Glass
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| Kimberly Scott | ... |
Christine Curren
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Ryan McWhorter | ... |
Ephraim Cain
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Skip Markowitz
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Maurice Hill | ... |
Man with Dog
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Police Officer Alex Kearney works in a rich, plush suburb of Philadelphia. When he stops an important businessman and his story of the incident is not believed, he is sent to work Downtown, the most dangerous, crime-filled precinct in the city. Everyone there is sure that this 'by the book', pampered, suburban cop is going to get himself, and whoever is assigned as his partner, killed. Detective Dennis Curren, draws the unfortunate 'babysitting' assignment. But when Alex's best friend is killed investigating a stolen car, Alex throws the book out the window tracking down the killer. Written by Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
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When you pound this beat, it pounds you back.Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
12 January 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Deux flics à Downtown See more »Box Office
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$2,346,150 (USA)Company Credits
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Written by Brian Wilson
Performed by The Beach Boys
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with CEMA Special Markets
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When Alex says "Get off here!" at the exit for the Bryn Meyer Suburbs, they are definitely on a major multiple lane highway, but when Dennis takes the exit, it shows them on a side road. See more »Quotes
Henry Coleman: A fuck-up. Another goddamn, four-star, class-A fuck-up! Every backward candy-ass shit-for-brains fuck-up in the city, I get 'em. Not Wynnefield, not South Philly, not Germantown, me!See more »
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"CATCH A WAVE"Written by Brian Wilson
Performed by The Beach Boys
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with CEMA Special Markets
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Downtown wouldn't have been a personal choice but i was lent it with some other movies so I watched it. I understood that Forest Whitaker was in downtown (actor of recent film The Last King Of Scotland) The film turned out to be quite reasonable, co-star Anthony Edwards was actually quite funny at times making the film that little bit better, and not forgetting the soundtracks that make a good film.
The film included shooting scenes, car chase scenes, and a bit of comedy splashed in for good measure.Forest Whitaker played a fairly good part and is a decent actor, the problem with films these day is that 90% of them are swarming with new/fresh from drama school teens, we need to hang on to our good actors.
overall, a good cop flick worth the 90 min. - 7/10