Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted then to river duty, the killer taunts Tom.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Bruce Willis | ... | Det. Tom Hardy | |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | ... | Jo Christman | |
| Dennis Farina | ... | Capt. Nick Detillo | |
| Tom Sizemore | ... | Det. Danny Detillo | |
| Brion James | ... | Det. Eddie Eiler | |
| Robert Pastorelli | ... | Det. Jimmy Detillo | |
| Timothy Busfield | ... | Tony Sacco | |
| John Mahoney | ... | Lt. Vince Hardy | |
| Andre Braugher | ... | Dist. Atty. Frank Morris | |
| Tom Atkins | ... | Sgt. Fred Hardy | |
| Mike Hodge | ... | Capt. Penderman, River Rescue Commandant | |
| Jodi Long | ... | Officer Kim Lee, River Rescue Dispatcher | |
| Roscoe Orman | ... | Sid, Eddie Eiler's Partner | |
| Robert Gould | ... | Douglas Kesser | |
| Gareth Williams | ... | Chick Chicanis | |
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Tom Hardy (Bruce Willis) is a maverick cop in pursuit of a sadistic serial killer. Demoted to river patrol after suggesting to the press the killer may be a police officer, he initiates an unauthorized investigation with his new partner (Sarah Jessica Parker). Written by AYM Films
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They shouldn't have put him in the water, if they didn't want him to make waves. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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17 September 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Hall of Justice - 211 W. Temple Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
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Theatrical trailer shows lot of deleted, extended and alternate scenes, probably ones which were decided to be cut or changed after bad test screening of the original cut. There are also lot of promotional stills which show several other deleted scenes, like Tom and Jo pulling some man out of the water while group of people watches them or deleted part from the ending showing Tom kneeling over Nick's body. See more »Goofs
When Jo reaches for the case files inside Tom's house boat, you can clearly see a clothes pin (peg) holding back the shirt, probably due to it being another person standing in for her. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Newscaster: The search for the Polish Hill Strangler continues in the wake of the discovery of yet a fourth victim early this morning.
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FEEL LIKE A NUMBERWritten by Bob Seger
Performed by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
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Great support cast. Dialogue between Farina & Willis is as real as it gets. Irish vs Italian is always interesting. Needed more of those scenes. Some cliché movie lines but storyline hides the cheese. Location, Location, Location. All things being equal, I'd rather be in Philadelphia (right: Willis from Die Hard). I prefer Philly movies, but Pittsburgh is a great setting. Not NY. Not LA. I'll take it and it works. Every other profession has been glammed up by Hollywood so river police was a refreshing change.
Getting back to the cast, most of them are interchangeable with other actors. But there is no substitute for Dennis Farina as tough cop. He ad libs in his own way as well as Hackman & Matthau. If he's a non-smoker in real life, he should have won an Oscar for this role. This is one of those movies where the pre-quels would be just as action packed. Yeah I know the Episode IV thing has been done before in a galaxy far far away. But these characters would be interesting in their younger years.