L.A. Takedown (Crimewave) (1989)

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Producer/director Michael Mann, kappelmeister of the trendy TV series Miami Vice, tried to impose his MTV mentality on Tinseltown with L.A. Takedown. Los Angeles cop Scott Plank is on the trail of master thief Alex McArthur. After McArthur pulls off "the score of a lifetime," the crook and the cop… More Producer/director Michael Mann, kappelmeister of the trendy TV series Miami Vice, tried to impose his MTV mentality on Tinseltown with L.A. Takedown. Los Angeles cop Scott Plank is on the trail of master thief Alex McArthur. After McArthur pulls off "the score of a lifetime," the crook and the cop spend the rest of their screen time in a deadly game of one-upsmanship. The usual Michael Mann trademark of style over substance prevails throughout L.A. Takedown. But the vogue had passed, and this TV pilot film failed to graduate into a series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By: Michael Mann
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Television, Mystery & Suspense

In Theaters: Aug 27, 1989 Wide

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Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
A film much better written than executed... has the appearance at every moment of a hatchet job that got cranked out in record time because nobody involved had any real desire to make it.

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Anthony L

I actually really liked this film. Maybe a little bit more than Heat, its fancy remake had it not been for the much better cast!.

Cast
            
            Daniel Baldwin
            
            Xander Berkeley as Waingro

            R.D. Call as Harry Dieter

            Richard Chaves as Casals

            Ed de Fusco as Soleneo?

            Peter Dobson as Chris Sheherlis

            Clarence Gilyard Jr. as Mustafa

            Donald Grant as Dr. Bob

            Vincent Guastaferro as Michael Cerrito

            Laura Harrington as Eady

            Leo Lee as Detective #_

            Alex McArthur as Patrick McClaren

            Scott Plank
            
            Ely Pouget as Lillian

            Victor Rivers as Arriaga

            Michael Rooker as Bosko

            John Santucci
            
            Dennis Scott as Guard #2

            Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Hugh Denny

            Daniel Villarreal as Raoul

            Robert Winley as Nate

            Anthony Winters as Ritchie

            Aixa Clemente as Black Mother

            Mimi Lieber as Elaine Cerrito

            Jan Munroe as Forensic Technician

            Gil Parra as Lt. Heinz

            Al Jones as Bank Guard
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