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Director:
Joseph Merhi
Writers:
William Applegate Jr. (writer)
Jacobsen Hart (story)
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Release Date:
25 June 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
JUSTICE NOW without the constraints of the legal system
Plot:
A young renegade undercover cop (C. Thomas Howell) with a propensity for violence and a past history... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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C. Thomas Howell ... Mark Goddard
Jeff Fahey ... Dale Goddard
Ed Lauter ... Molls
Kristen Dalton ... Rachel

Janet Gunn ... Melissa
Felton Perry ... Foster
Max Elliott Slade ... Young Mark
Cynda Williams ... Diane
Kathrin Lautner ... Amy
Mark Knudsen ... Molls Stepfather

John Saint Ryan ... Richman
Jim O'Malley ... Sean
Jon Ingrassia ... Marsh

Christopher Allport ... Grubb

Michael Shamus Wiles ... Pope
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
UK:18 | Finland:K-18 | Australia:M | Germany:18 (video premiere) | South Korea:18 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Redondo Beach, California, USA
Company:
PM Entertainment Group more

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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. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Shattered Lies (2002) more
Soundtrack:
Hard Luck more

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What can I say? AWESOME!!, 23 April 2000
Author: dex-12 from California

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!

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