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A young renegade undercover cop (C. Thomas Howell) with a propensity for violence and a past history involving the murder of his cop father (Jeff Fahey) and the remainder of his family is recruited by a vigilante group with a leader (Ed Lauter) who wants only to kill all criminals and those associated with them. Written by
John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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JUSTICE NOW without the constraints of the legal system
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Trivia
This was 'Max Slade''s (Young Mark) final movie before he went off to pursue a career as a rock star.
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Quotes
Sean:
You want to be a cop like daddy?
Young Mark:
Shit, yeah!
Dale Goddard:
Watch your mouth, Mark.
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Connections
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Shattered Lies (2002)
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Soundtracks
"Burnin'"
Performed by
Carol Douglas
Written by
Mark Barkan
Published by Reno/America Co. (BMI)
Produced by Ed O'Loughlin, Midland Int. Records
Copyright 1977
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Why is it that a lot of low-budget, direct-to-video action movies are more fun that big-budget theatrical films? Take all the action in "The Rock," pump it with 2 trillion CCs of adrenaline, cast one of the boys from Spielberg's "E.T.," toss in a prologue with Jeff Fahey, and you've got "The Sweeper," a hard-charging crime drama with an action sequence occuring nearly every seven minutes. With everything from foot chases to violent shootouts, explosive car chases to a fight on a bi-plane, "The Sweeper" has got more action than most Hollywood films claiming to be action movies. Granted, it's not necessarily a well-written film (then again, there's hardly a film that is), but when it's got as much action and excitement as this film has, darn it - you just don't care. C. Thomas Howell is good, and you're bound to be fighting to catch your breath by the time the credits start rolling. Enjoy!