Dead Bang (1989)

"I want you to find the man who killed Gary. Find him and kill him." nobody worthy of that kind of vengeance was ever named Gary, but that line weirdly illustrates an occasionally clumsy way this indulges in the tropes of a lone-wolf tough cop movie while also injecting…

matt lynch

Crazy that Don Johnson picked THIS role as his launching pad for big screen action movie stardom (though, in fairness, MIAMI VICE got in the way of him playing Elliot Ness and John McClane). Maybe it's the fact that the movie is co-written by the real Jerry Beck (an LAPD…

Jacob Knight

Don Johnson as a cop out to avenge the death of a fellow officer in this John Frankenheimer directed action adventure. Yo-Yo killer. High-tech computer. Ice cold Coors beer. The way people danced in the 80's. Tracksuit pimpin'. Flashlight beatdown. Sleepyhead Ron Jeremy?…

Todd Gaines

Stripped down detective neo-noir starring a hung-over Don Johnson hunting down a gang of Nazis across America. Funny, fast-moving and set during the Christmas season. It's not a big slam-bam action movie, but the few gunfights that do pop-up are mighty suspenseful and…

Justin Decloux

Another entry in the John Frankenheimer quest with Nick Langdon! Peruse over his thoughts on this lesser known JF film too.  On top of some expertly blocked chase sequences and some unique set-pieces, John Frankenheimer makes it a point to give us an action star who is…

Ziglet_mir

I hit the snooze button dead on—bang, five more minutes of bliss! Christmas Vice.

One Godfella 侍

Don Johnson as a grossly-drunk train-wreck detective versus gun-blazing neo-nazis, courtesy of John Frankenheimer. Dead Bang feels practically quaint today with Johnson’s Jerry Beck shocked that well-organized well-armed white supremacy groups exist. But besides that…

More_Badass

🎄Christmas 2024 Bringing a whole new and more visceral meaning to the dirty cop archetype, Don Johnson sweats and grimes up the screen as he chases down a Nazi serial killer, and pukes up on suspects and offends FBI agents with his bad language along the way. Don…

SubToretto

Top tier John Frankenheimer action thriller starring Don Johnson as a drunk L.A. cop on the hunt for neo nazis. Tight script, outstanding performance by Johnson and at least three of the best action set pieces I've seen this year. This should be a classic.

Dennis Vehlen