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4.6/10   456 votes
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Director:
Jon Hess
Writer (WGA):
Thomas Ian Griffith (written by)
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Release Date:
14 May 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Action more
Tagline:
In a world of corruption and betrayal, it takes a little excessive force to get the job done. more
Plot:
A group of Chicago cops are involved in a raid from which $3,000,000 disappears. The local mob go after them and the body count starts to rise... more | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
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Sleazy Cast, Sleazy Film more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Thomas Ian Griffith ... Terry McCain

Lance Henriksen ... Devlin

James Earl Jones ... Jake
Tony Todd ... Frankie Hawkins

Burt Young ... Sal DiMarco

Antoni Corone ... Fat Tommy
Liza Cruzat ... Hooker
Leon Delaney ... Hitman #1

Danny Epper ... Hitman #2
Tony Epper ... Delivery Man
Christopher Garbrecht ... Red
Danny Goldring ... Lieutenant Landry

Ian Gomez ... Lucas
Paula Anglin ... Yvonne
Bobby Bass ... Limo Driver
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Followed by Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995) more

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7 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Sleazy Cast, Sleazy Film, 8 March 2007
2/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

This has all the earmarks of Hollywood excess in modern-day action/crime films: excessive violence, profanity, crooked cops, conspiracy theories, Rambo-like mentality, a sleazy hero and generally no likable characters in the whole film. That about summarizes this one.

However, when you hear that a film is a "direct to video" one, chances are it's not exactly a high- quality film. I agree with one critic who said Thomas Ian Griffith is a better actor than a writer. He does both in this film. It's basically his movie. I also think he's pretty good at being an unlikeable guy on screen. Of course, I could say the same of the sleazy characters Burt Young and Lance Henrikson usually played, too. When you see this cast, the content isn't surprising. I never thought James Earl Jones was as classy as his reputation, and him being mixed in with this group only solidifies my position regarding him.

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