Stoney Cooper (Hauser) is a private for-hire freelance inforcer that works in New York City, until he's hired back to his old stomping ground Los Angeles, to track down a serial killer. Dependable B-movie star Wings Hauser is fun in his lead "Dirty Harry" style role as a specialist at tracking down & capturing criminals. He's abit like a bounty hunter, but was once an LA cop until he lost his badge for his rogue ways & bad attitude. Hauser is fine as our lead, pure 80's, cop that reminded me of a dodgy version of David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider. In many ways Hauer's renegade, loose cannon & wild, risk taking cop was Martin Riggs before Lethal Weapon. There's similarities between Stoney Cooper & Martin Riggs, & it's not just the hair lol.
Wings is definitely B-movie royalty, with a huge filmography that's full of low-budget B-movie gems. Some of his i love are Nightmare at Noon, Mutant & Vice Squad, just to name a few. Wings is watchable because he's like an ordinary bloke, a blue collar guy with an attitude & he makes it fun. I really like Wings in films & often watch something because he's in it. Deadly Force is one of the best Wings Hauser films because he gets his own leading Cop Movie & he's having a ball with it.
Deadly Force is made by Paul Aaron who also made the early Chuck Norris action Classic A FORCE OF ONE.
I just love the 80's cop genre, especially the 80's buddy-cop genre, & consider it my favourite movie genre & my go-to comfort genre. I can loose myself in the movie world of 80's cop films, there's just such an energy to those old school films that i love. The 80's music, cheesy or not i love it all, the gritty backdrop to those films & the often bloody shootout action that follows. I love cop films & Deadly Force is a decent, fun one from that beautiful decade.
Deadly Force is filmed fine, the opening sequence in a beautiful sunny morning in Los Angeles is gorgeous Cinematography & then the more grittier look for New York, all shot well with fine 80's music to compliment the scenes. I totally dig the 80's music & neon lights & it's often, dark Death Wish 2 style tone. Los Angeles was a dangerous place in 1983, & Deadly Force embraced that fear. The serial killer in this is extremely deadly because he kills at random, each victim is different so there's no pattern. I really did like the look of the film the whole way through. At times Deadly Force felt very 70's, very early 70's cop thriller feel & then it would change to very 80's lively action cop flick. All in all i think Deadly Force is a fun & entertaining action cop thriller or, crime thriller. Routine at times yes, but 80's cop films all felt similar at times as they all kinda copied a formula, but i love it all.
There's other actors that support Wings Hauser of course, recognisable faces, but this is his leading movie & he made a fun cop character that should've atleast had one sequel.
A fun little bit-part for Estelle Getty from The Golders Girls, she's fun as a taxi driver.
Anyway tough & mouthy Stoney in let loose on the streets of Los Angeles, with gangsters & cops on his trail he doesnt stop until he finds his man.
There's nothing particularly special about Deadly Force, or anything that makes it really stand out from the cop thriller genre, but it's a fun film if you like the genre or if your a fan of Wings Hauser.
Wings is definitely B-movie royalty, with a huge filmography that's full of low-budget B-movie gems. Some of his i love are Nightmare at Noon, Mutant & Vice Squad, just to name a few. Wings is watchable because he's like an ordinary bloke, a blue collar guy with an attitude & he makes it fun. I really like Wings in films & often watch something because he's in it. Deadly Force is one of the best Wings Hauser films because he gets his own leading Cop Movie & he's having a ball with it.
Deadly Force is made by Paul Aaron who also made the early Chuck Norris action Classic A FORCE OF ONE.
I just love the 80's cop genre, especially the 80's buddy-cop genre, & consider it my favourite movie genre & my go-to comfort genre. I can loose myself in the movie world of 80's cop films, there's just such an energy to those old school films that i love. The 80's music, cheesy or not i love it all, the gritty backdrop to those films & the often bloody shootout action that follows. I love cop films & Deadly Force is a decent, fun one from that beautiful decade.
Deadly Force is filmed fine, the opening sequence in a beautiful sunny morning in Los Angeles is gorgeous Cinematography & then the more grittier look for New York, all shot well with fine 80's music to compliment the scenes. I totally dig the 80's music & neon lights & it's often, dark Death Wish 2 style tone. Los Angeles was a dangerous place in 1983, & Deadly Force embraced that fear. The serial killer in this is extremely deadly because he kills at random, each victim is different so there's no pattern. I really did like the look of the film the whole way through. At times Deadly Force felt very 70's, very early 70's cop thriller feel & then it would change to very 80's lively action cop flick. All in all i think Deadly Force is a fun & entertaining action cop thriller or, crime thriller. Routine at times yes, but 80's cop films all felt similar at times as they all kinda copied a formula, but i love it all.
There's other actors that support Wings Hauser of course, recognisable faces, but this is his leading movie & he made a fun cop character that should've atleast had one sequel.
A fun little bit-part for Estelle Getty from The Golders Girls, she's fun as a taxi driver.
Anyway tough & mouthy Stoney in let loose on the streets of Los Angeles, with gangsters & cops on his trail he doesnt stop until he finds his man.
There's nothing particularly special about Deadly Force, or anything that makes it really stand out from the cop thriller genre, but it's a fun film if you like the genre or if your a fan of Wings Hauser.