L.A. Heat (film)
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Directed by | Joseph Merhi |
Written by | Charles T. Kanganis Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs |
Produced by | Joseph Merhi Richard Pepin |
Starring | Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Jim Brown |
Cinematography | Richard Pepin |
Edited by | Paul G. Volk |
Music by | John Gonzalez |
Production company | |
Distributed by | PM Video |
Release date | February 1989 |
Running time | 1hr 25min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $135,000 (estimated) |
L.A. Heat is a 1989 police film directed by Joseph Merhi and starring Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Jim Brown. The film follows Detective Jon Chance, a Los Angeles detective who dreams of being a cowboy hero and living by "the code of the West," as he is assigned to track down a violent drug dealer.[1]
Plot summary[edit]
Jon Chance, an L.A. vice cop who is a man who dreamed of being a cowboy hero. He saw himself as an exemplary hero who always felt that the use of guns was not a necessity. However, Chance needs to stop dreaming. He needed to return to the real world! Jon Chance gets an assignment which he can't say no to and has to accept, to bust a drug dealer named Clarence. The case later gets personal when Carl, Chance's partner get killed by Clarence during a routine drug bust. A drug war will soon ensue between Clarence, who is trying to retrieve his drugs and money, and the police...
Cast[edit]
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Jon Chance
- Jim Brown as Captain
- Kevin Benton as Clarence
- Myles Thoroughgood as Spyder
- Trish Johnson as Jane
- John Henry Richardson as Boris
- Robert Gallo as Sylvio
Reception[edit]
TV Guide gave the film two stars out of four, calling it "A reasonably entertaining low-budget crime thriller".[2] Variety called the film "an okay made-for-video feature", praising Jacobs' "ernest performance" but describing the sound recording as "a bit rough and ready".[3]
Legacy[edit]
The film was a success on home video and was followed by three sequels, Angels of the City (1989), L.A. Vice (1989), and Chance (1990), in which Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs reprises his role as Detective Jon Chance.
References[edit]
- ^ "Film Reviews L.A. Heat". Variety. Retrieved Feb 28, 2024.
- ^ "L.A. Heat". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Film Reviews L.A. Heat". Variety. Retrieved Feb 28, 2024.
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