They shouldn't have put him in the water, if they didn't want him to make waves.
Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.
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- resolvedopen-ended
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- classical in formformally daring
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- GenerationofSwineon TMDB · Apr 202510/10
I'll be honest, I'm giving this 10 stars because my wife didn't like it... but she liked Hard Rain. So it's a spiteful thing. But it's not bad, sort of my the numbers, and Tom Sizemore actually does a really good job in it. He's certainly the highlight of the film. And you don't really see many police thrillers about boat cops. And Sarah Jessica Parker is super cute in the movie, so it's worth watching for that. That out of the way, you now who the killer is almost from the opening scene. That pretty much establishes more than it should, and then the bigger hints come just a little while later, so by the time you get into the bulk of the film, you already know who did it. And by the way, did you know that you can blow up a car by shooting a flair into the back window? It doesn't really work as a who done it sort of film, and there isn't enough action to be an action movie. Basically, you're waiting around to see how they solve it, sort of like Colombo, only you're doing it with the feeling that you're supposed to be guessing. So it's like you're at a murder-mystery dinner and no one else really reads or analyzes movies, so you're sitting there being polite because you solved it an
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Comic book cop thriller in Pittsburgh with Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker RELEASED IN 1993 and written/directed by Rowdy Herrington, “Striking Distance” stars Bruce Willis as Tom Hardy, a Pittsburgh detective who's demoted to river rescue. A serial killer returns after a two-year absence and bodies of beautiful women start turning up in the river, all women whom Hardy used to date! Sarah Jessica Parker is on hand as Hardy's partner on the river, Jo Christman. The movie has a bad reputation. Roger Ebert tore it to pieces, basically saying it was too derivative and by-the-numbers, and Willis himself said he hated it. I can understand criticism to a point. The story has a melodramatic comic-book vibe, which is obvious in the opening act, almost like a TV production except with a superior cast and action scenes. But, and this is an important “but,” I found myself drawn into the story & the characters and greatly enjoyed the rare Pittsburgh locations, as well as the (melo)drama and thrills. In other words, the movie is entertaining and entertainment is the name of the game. This is a cop thriller in the manner of the Dirty Harry series, especially “The Dead Pool” (1988), except i
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Cast
- Bruce WillisTom Hardy
- Sarah Jessica ParkerJo Christman
- Dennis FarinaNick Detillo
- Tom SizemoreDanny Detillo
- Brion JamesEddie Eiler
- Robert PastorelliJimmy Detillo
- Timothy BusfieldSacco
- John MahoneyVince Hardy
- Andre BraugherDistrict Attorney
- Tom AtkinsUncle Fred
Crew
- Rowdy HerringtonDirector
- Marty KaplanWriter
- Rowdy HerringtonWriter
- Mac AhlbergDirector of Photography
- Brad FiedelOriginal Music Composer
- Pasquale BubaEditor
- Mark HelfrichEditor
- Marty KaplanProducer
- Arnon MilchanProducer
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