 | I gave it an extra star for the casting.
rating: 3
Two of my favorite actors, Peter Weller and Sam Elliott, in the same movie it should be great, right? Wrong. Unfortunately the whole is less than the sum of the parts. Not that it's a bad movie. Decent action and a good story, but then some odd quirks, the most egregious of which was the ending when a crane lifts the car over a barrier and ... well, I don't want to ruin the plot, but the ending is almost cartoon-like in sharp contrast to the gritty realism of most of the rest of the movie.
Weller and Elliott do the best they can with the script and direction, and what you have is a half-way decent Saturday afternoon actioner and not much else.
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Get the NEW DVD release!
rating: 4
The new version of the DVD is a ton better then the horrid Goodtimes release. The disc is in Anamorphic Widescreen and the sound quality is really decent. No real extras except a trailer. Not a Blockbuster film but still decent. Hope this helps.
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Great movie released by wrong company
rating: 1
I have the VHS tape of this movie & will continue to own it while this Goodtimes version of this great movie is on the shelf. I have not watched this movie for the fact that Goodtimes will screw up a good movie with bad quality picture, sound, & all around basics. The movie itself is great to watch with Weller & Elliott in the action scenes & the story is just all in your face. The only problem is this movie was not released by MCA Home Video, if it had been you would have a great movie on DVD instead of this blurred & muffled sound version.
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Cuts???
rating: 3
I swear when I saw this in the cinema there was areally hot sex scene between Weller and Charbonneau, but it's been completely cut in the DVD. ...
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"You cops. You're the best that money can buy."
rating: 5
In a year when Die Hard, Midnight Run, and Action Jackson ruled the screens lies an overlooked, underrated film called Shakedown directed by James Glickenhaus. A shining example of what a true star Peter Weller is. And here's something for you movie buffs. When Weller and Elliot are walking out of the movie theater, the two movies that are being shown (The Exterminator and The Soldier) were also directed by Glickenhaus. Great stuntwork and a nice chase scene.
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