L.A. Takedown
If you thought Miami was rough, you haven't worked the streets of L.A.
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8/27/1989Runtime
97 minsOverview
Michael Mann's gutsy telefilm tells the tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think. Vincent Hanna is an intense cop on the trail of ruthless armed robber Patrick McLaren. After a botched heist, the two men confront each via a full scale battle on the seedy streets of Los Angeles.
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A taut, propulsive cat-and-mouse between a cop and a criminal where neither man is clean enough to be a hero. Mann constructs the LA streets as a pressure cooker, ratcheting tension through meticulous professional detail and the creeping realization that these enemies are mirror images.
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Scott Plank
Vincent Hanna
Alex McArthur
Patrick McLaren
Michael Rooker
Bosko
Ely Pouget
Lillian Hanna
Vincent Guastaferro
Michael Cerrito
Richard Chaves
Lou Casals
Victor Rivers
Detective Arriaga
Laura Harrington
Eady
Daniel Baldwin
Bobby Schwartz
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Mustafa Jackson
R. D. Call
Harry Dieter
Peter Dobson
Chris Sheherlis
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