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Original title: Deadly Force

1983
12
1h 35m

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When a friend's daughter gets killed, a former police detective returns to Los Angeles as a private detective and vigilante to catch a serial killer, while trying to rekindle his relationshi... Read allWhen a friend's daughter gets killed, a former police detective returns to Los Angeles as a private detective and vigilante to catch a serial killer, while trying to rekindle his relationship with his estranged wife.When a friend's daughter gets killed, a former police detective returns to Los Angeles as a private detective and vigilante to catch a serial killer, while trying to rekindle his relationship with his estranged wife.

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4.9/10

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Trivia
Producer Sandy Howard had just worked with star Wings Hauser on 'Vice Squad' (1982) and was impressed with his ability and charisma. Howard immediately searched for a vehicle for his star and found it with this film. Howard hoped it would be the beginning of a Dirty Harry-like series, but plans for more Stony Cooper films fell through.

Quotes
[last lines]
Joshua Adams: We're two of a kind Cooper we both know violence is a means to an end... now hand over your gun... do it

Crazy credits
The concluding credits roll over a stilled image of Wings Hauser, Joyce Ingalls and Al Ruscio moving away together outside the Canfield Institute.

Connections
Featured in The Cinema Snob: Deadly Force/The Big Score (2023)

Soundtracks
I Can't Fight It
Music by Lori Lieberman and Gary S. Scott (as Lieberman/Scott)
Lyrics by Janus Cercone (as Janis Cercone)
Performed by Lorraine Devon Wilke (as Lorraine Devon)
Produced by Gary S. Scott (as Gary Scott)

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Featured review

5/10

Promising start then stultifying

This movie drags terribly. I checked the time and couldn't believe I was only 38 minutes in and that there was over an hour left. Slow moving and thats more down to plot and the lengthy character development of Stoney Cooper. That didn't help.

The plot is good standard fare for an action movie. Ex cop turned private detective returns to LA where formerly served to solve the murder of a friend's daughter. He meets up with old enemies and his ex wife while things dont go as planned. The movie would have worked with a good healthy edit and better action sequences like the last one which didn't make sense. Alot of gloating to prolong it too long.

Might have been alot better with a good edit. Wings Hauser was good in the role. Also nice seeing Al Ruscio not playing the stereotypical bad guy for a change.