Shakedown

Movie

1988

1h 33m

English

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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6.2

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When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can hap...

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Shakedown

Movie

1988

1h 33m

English

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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6.2

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Cast

Roland Dalton

Richie Marks

Susan Cantrell

Nicky 'N.C.' Carr

Gail Feinberger

Sean Phillips

Michael Jones

Patrick O'Leary

Officer Kelly

Dr. Watson

Ruben

Big Leroy

Mastrangelo

Roadblock Officer

Officer Varelli

Judge Maynard

Irma

Night Court Judge

Steve Rosen

Larry

Bartender

Tommie

Julio

Cab Driver

Speaker

Directed By: James Glickenhaus

Written By: James Glickenhaus, James Borrelli

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Buck Flower Sings says...

4 years ago

Cop drama discovers a whole corrupt system behind the scenes. It's so sleepy and dull for far too much of the runtime. So unlike Glickenhaus' other films. The atmosphere's all here, the city grittiness... but hardly anything else gluing it all together. That one major chase through the city was pretty explosive

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jekyl6669 says...

7 years ago

A lot more dull than I was expecting. The courtroom drama was unexpected, but done well with a nice level of authenticity, until it's intercut with some really ridiculous action sequences, which pulls you right out of the movie. It's like Glickenhaus couldn't decide between which kind of movie he wanted to make. It's a shame too, since he had such a great cast.

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cage says...

12 months ago

You come for the gritty New York setting, car chases, crazy dialogue and even a courtroom drama. I was pleasantly caught off guard with all the varied scenes in this film.

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Spiritualized Kaos says...

2 years ago

A group of policemen apply their own law.

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kevin2019

3 weeks ago

"Shakedown" is much too unremarkable for its own good and obviously somebody somewhere must have realised this so in order to effectively remedy such an unwanted situation somebody somewhere has deemed it appropriate that the film ought to be modelled more upon the box office hit "Lethal Weapon" (19 More

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