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Excessive Force

  • 1993
  • R
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
1.4K
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Thomas Ian Griffith in Excessive Force (1993)
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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. The new Chief of Police makes it clear to the ... Read allA 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. The new Chief of Police makes it clear to the last remaining officer that he will look the other way if he takes the law into his own ha... Read allA 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. The new Chief of Police makes it clear to the last remaining officer that he will look the other way if he takes the law into his own hands. When the policeman finds he can't follow through on this someone else does and he fin... Read all

  • Director
    • Jon Hess
  • Writer
    • Thomas Ian Griffith
  • Stars
    • Thomas Ian Griffith
    • James Earl Jones
    • Lance Henriksen
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    1.4K
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    • Director
      • Jon Hess
    • Writer
      • Thomas Ian Griffith
    • Stars
      • Thomas Ian Griffith
      • James Earl Jones
      • Lance Henriksen
    • 32User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Thomas Ian Griffith
    Thomas Ian Griffith
    • Terry McCain
    James Earl Jones
    James Earl Jones
    • Jake
    Lance Henriksen
    Lance Henriksen
    • Devlin
    Tony Todd
    Tony Todd
    • Frankie Hawkins
    Burt Young
    Burt Young
    • Sal DiMarco
    Antoni Corone
    Antoni Corone
    • Fat Tommy
    Liza Cruzat
    • Hooker
    Leon Delaney
    • Hitman #1
    Danny Epper
    • Hitman #2
    Tony Epper
    • Delivery Man
    Christopher Garbrecht
    • Red
    Danny Goldring
    Danny Goldring
    • Lieutenant Landry
    Ian Gomez
    Ian Gomez
    • Lucas
    Paula Anglin
    • Yvonne
    Bobby Bass
    Bobby Bass
    • Limo Driver
    Tom Hodges
    Tom Hodges
    • Dylan
    Marie Jagger
    • Waitress
    W. Earl Brown
    W. Earl Brown
    • Vinnie DiMarco
    • Director
      • Jon Hess
    • Writer
      • Thomas Ian Griffith
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      New Line Cinema were hoping that lead actor Thomas Ian Griffith would become a studio/stable star, similar to then-future owner Warner's then-arrangement with Steven Seagal.
    • Goofs
      When approaching the crime scene at the garbage dump, the coroner has already laid out a body bag next to the dead body. For the close up however, the same body bag is being placed next to the body.
    • Quotes

      Terry McCain: Give it up.

      Hitman #2: Fuck you!

      Terry McCain: Oh, that's original.

    • Alternate versions
      The UK video was cut by 26 seconds with edits to kicks and punches, a man's head being pushed through a car window, a dustbin lid beating, and a man's legs being hit with a baseball bat. The cuts were fully waived for the DVD release.
    • Connections
      Followed by Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995)
    • Soundtracks
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      Performed by James Early

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    User reviews32

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    5/10
    Well, I guess I enjoyed it...
    I really enjoyed this film. But not because of his action scenes, which action-crime films usually offers. The strongest edge of this film is acting crew. I mean, check it out: Thomas Ian Griffith (known from "Karate Kid 3" and "Vampires", the leading man here, he did a fine job, but on some moments pretty shallow performance, nevertheless, he is good), Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Alien 3, AVP, OK, no surprises here, this commanding and great actor appeared in many low budget films, so it's not surprising at all), Charlotte Lewis ("Pirates" and "Men of War", well, I think she was chosen because of her beauty, nothing more), Burt Young (Rocky films, he is a good actor and I usually expected him in supporting roles in big budget films), W. Earl Brown ("Deadwood", he is great, and this was one of his first works), Tony Todd ("Candyman", great, scary actor, known for his trade mark height and deep, spooky voice, well, he appeared in most of these low budget films, so it's not surprising at all) and James Earl Jones ("Star Wars", now... I was really confused about him here, what a hell? How did he get here, the best actor in the film... in such low budget film, well, maybe he liked the crew too). And I think that acting crew is the best thing in this film and it's worth watching because of it.

    Now, when it comes to script and plot, it's an average revenge seeking film, I mean this film was really unknown, and yet they put a challenging taglines like "Meet the new contender", "In 70s, we had Bruce Lee, 80s Chuck Norris and now in 90s... meet the new guy", all that exaggerated claims... and in the end... no luck. I think that Griffith is a good actor and a good martial artist, but this kind of movies can't do much for you... If you are a fan of these kind of films, you can easily enjoy it.
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    • Oct 15, 2012

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    • Release date
      • May 14, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Den våldsamma hämnden
    • Filming locations
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies
      • 3 Arts Entertainment
      • Ian Page Productions
      • New Line Cinema
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,152,117
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $308,499
      • May 16, 1993
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,152,117
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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