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Pour la mort d'un flic

Original title: L.A. Heat
  • 1989
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
193
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Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs in Pour la mort d'un flic (1989)
B-ActionAction

L.A. vice detective dreams of becoming a cowboy hero.L.A. vice detective dreams of becoming a cowboy hero.L.A. vice detective dreams of becoming a cowboy hero.

  • Director
    • Joseph Merhi
  • Writers
    • Charles T. Kanganis
    • Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
  • Stars
    • Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
    • Jim Brown
    • Kevin Benton
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
    193
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joseph Merhi
    • Writers
      • Charles T. Kanganis
      • Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
    • Stars
      • Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
      • Jim Brown
      • Kevin Benton
    • 11User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
    Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
    • Jon Chance
    • (as Lawrence Hilton Jacobs)
    Jim Brown
    Jim Brown
    • Captain
    Kevin Benton
    Kevin Benton
    • Clarence
    Myles Thoroughgood
    • Spyder
    Trish Johnson
    Trish Johnson
    • Jane
    • (as Pat Johnson)
    John Henry Richardson
    John Henry Richardson
    • Boris
    • (as Jay Richardson)
    Robert Gallo
    • Sylvio
    • (as Bob Gallo)
    Raymond Martino
    • Raymond
    Joe Verroca
    • Bobby
    • (as Joe Vance)
    Gretchen Becker
    Gretchen Becker
    • Tina
    Jamie Baker
    • Bill
    Pamela Dixon
    • Mary
    Crystal Dawn
    • Mary's child
    Renny Stroud
    • Rollo
    Carl Augustus
    • Stick
    • (as Carl C. Augustus)
    Wardell Jackson
    • Gang Member Blade
    Troy Garrison
    • Gang Member Rock
    Nat Moore Jr.
    • Gang Member Burn
    • Director
      • Joseph Merhi
    • Writers
      • Charles T. Kanganis
      • Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
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    6Bezenby

    Cut!

    Oof! Check out the norks on this crapfest! This early PM film suffers from some of the worst editing I've ever laid my eyes on…which of course just adds to the enjoyment.

    Some cop guy who dreams he's a cowboy is after a drug dealer who just loves killing cops. This dealer guy then gets kidnapped by another guy while the mafia are trying to waste everyone involved in the drug deal as dead cops are bad news. Meanwhile, back at the cop shop, big Jim Brown is on the cop's case due to the aforementioned dead cops (mostly this guy's partners), and there's some business about the guy's wife and maybe kids. I can't remember even though I just watched it last night.

    What will really grab your attention is how half-arsed this film is. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of second takes. The story kind of lurches along, and the cowboy thing is just another layer in the crap-cake this film is. The best bit is either that terrible editing (people starting lines in one shot only to start them again in another), or the constant shouts of 'cut' and stage direction from the man in charge. I'm no editor by trade by I have edited short films together – it's not hard to cut out that stuff or even add on a new audio channel. Weird man.

    This is one of those truly bad films that litter the late eighties and early nineties, and there's loads of them about! Fearless Tiger! Shotgun! Anything Godfrey Ho made!
    Wizard-8

    Filmmaking at its most primitive

    In 1989 to 1990, Lawrence Hiton-Jacobs starred in three movies as detective Jon Chance: CHANCE, L.A. VICE, and L.A. HEAT. All three of these movies were also early efforts by the studio PM Entertainment. If you've seen any of the other Jon Chance movies - or any PM Entertainment movies made during this same period - I think you'll have a good idea what to expect with this movie. The production values are unbelievably low - it looks like they shot on videotape and transferred it to film. A lot of dialogue was obviously looped in post-production. The script and direction are awful; scenes end abruptly before the viewers get all the information they need, the dream sequences are goofy in nature, and for the longest time the story comes to a complete halt and the characters do nothing important at all. There is an occasional chuckle from the utter lameness, but for the most part the movie is painful to watch. If you do decide to watch the movie, beware of the DVD - the DVD manufacturer used a TV print of the movie, which not only results with all the foul language being bleeped out, but with some video glitches. Obviously, quality control was not a high priority for the DVD manufacturer, though seeing the movie one can understand why.
    lor_

    Grade-B action

    My review was written in January 1989 after watching the film on Raedon video cassette.

    Jim Brown fans will be happy to see him back in straight-ahead fashion -after the self-spoofing of "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" -in "L. A. Heat", an okay made-for-video feature.

    Pic benefits from an earnest performance by Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs as cop Jon Chance, who's having plenty of trouble with his captain (Brown) over a drug case.

    Actually Chance dreams of being a Wild West gunfighter (illustrated in fantasy inserts), but Brown keeps giving him deadlines to catch the violent dealer (Kevin Benton) who's making fools out of the L. A. police.

    Trademark exploding blood-packs (by Judy YHonemoto) punctuate Joseph Merhi's B-picture. Tech credits are acceptable, though the sound recording is a bit rough and ready.
    1danichi

    Absurdly Bad

    This film either gets one star based on objective merit, or ten stars on how well it infringes on the rarefied thin air of Ed Woodish pretensions to greatness. I mean, I think it tried to be good. Everybody seemed pretty earnest. But what a POS.

    I saw this movie a while back, but just saw it again on Action Channel. Missed the classic beginning chase. Comments follow on what I did catch this time around...

    This movie is like a lesson on how not to make a movie. Major points of incompetence...

    EDITING: Typical scene starts off with a coffee pot on a kitchen counter. Girlfriend walks into scene, gets a mug and glass from the cupboard, pours a coffee, then opens fridge to fill glass with orange juice, then walks out of frame. Empty kitchen. Continuous shot, static camera. What's the point? Why did we have to see this? For real, I was actually starting to fall asleep.

    Over and over we see an empty room, characters walk in, barely ever a cutaway during conversation (and usually to a person not speaking???), then characters leave, and we see an empty room again. Why? About eight consolidated minutes of empty room shots. What the hell.

    CINEMATOGRAPHY: There's this scene where Jacobs sneaks up on his girlfriend on the couch. Lazy ass director/DP never moves the camera. So the whole time the girl is talking to Jacobs, you only see the side/back of her head via this wacky low-angle shot that is dominated by a couch...the bottom part of the couch. In another scene where this mobster is talking to his girlfriend (just before he kills her!), there are weird stick-like shadows all over his face. Didn't anyone notice this during filming?

    AUDIO: Frankly, I never clearly heard the director comments others have noted because he was drowned out by other ambient noise. Noises like feet shuffling, traffic, airplanes flying overhead. Makes you really appreciate the sound design on auto dealership commercials, etc., where you hear the talent and only the talent.

    ACTION SEQUENCES: Hard to believe this film is a contemporary of Hard Boiled. In one ambush scene, three killers with M-16's and Uzis fire a total of five shots, sequentially, of course. One of the bloodpacks doesn't blow, so you just see this wad of white fabric explode out of one victim's shirt. Just before they're shot, all the actors look like you do when you're going to pop a balloon, stiff and all, cus you know the bang is coming. One of the urban gangster killers then actually slings his M-16 before hopping off the backyard deck. Surreal.

    WRITING: There are too many inexplicable nonsense scenes, like when the urban gangster punks bust into the cop's house and play darts with the lights off. Huh? Was ist das? It's like, wow, maybe i did fall asleep because this stuff is so complex. I don't understand!

    Actual dialogue sample from another scene: "I'm gonna cut you, man!"

    Eh, all the rest is on a similar level. The actors seemed into it, as if they cared, but the performances were bad. I guess you gotta lay that on the director. So there: horrible, lazy DIRECTION. As actors, only Jacobs seemed to mail it in, but I think he was trying to play his character just a bit too cool, so it just seemed like he was sleepwalking. His name is in the end credits like six times, so he must've made an effort.

    After watching this, you will want to buy a handycam just to prove anybody off the street could do better. And, yes, you would.
    10dave1x

    Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs is a great action movie hero.

    Whenever Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs plays the character "Jon Chance" It's a helluva good show. I've seen several of these movies on late night TV and they're really good. I'm gonna try to get his works on dvd or video tape soon.

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    • Trivia
      The first film from PM Entertainment Group.
    • Connections
      Followed by Angels of the City (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      L.A. Heat
      Words & Music by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (as Lawrence Hilton Jacobs) and Jastereo Coviare

      Performed by Jastereo Coviare (as Jasterio) and The Fourth Element (courtesy of Azelie Records)

      Recorded at Tribal Music Studio

      Re-mixed by Jastereo Coviare

      Engineered by Jastereo Coviare

      Assistant engineer Chenoa Natani Coviare

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    • Release date
      • February 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • L.A. Heat
    • Filming locations
      • California, USA(Location)
    • Production company
      • PM Entertainment Group
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    • Budget
      • $175,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 25m(85 min)
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