Shakedown

Shakedown

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Shakedown

Antonio Fargas, Blanche Baker, Daryl Edwards, George Loros, John C. McGinley

A public defender (Peter Weller) is torn between doing the right thing and fattening his wallet when he's offered big bucks to defend a scumbag drug dealer who shot a crooked cop. Ultimately, his cons...( read more  read more... )cience wins out and he does the right thing, teaming up with a rogue cop to uncover and bring to justice a ring of corrupt officers. Based on a true story, Shakedown also features Sam Elliot and Patricia Charbonneau.

Id: 10902345

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  • September 30, 2009
    A good old slice of 80's action! It?s one of the cheesiest film I?ve seen and is quite laughable in places, but that is all part of the magic. That ending with Sam Elliott hanging on to the wheel of an aeroplane, absolutely brilliant! It?s UK title is Blue Jean Cop, which is much...( read more) better don?t you think?
  • September 20, 2008
    Should have been better.
  • June 4, 2008
    A hilarious buddy action film with Peter Weller and Sam Elliot, fighting corruption in the police force and crazy drug thugs in New York city. Fun action sequences and dialogue keep the scenes flowing. It's a hoot to watch, feels very 1980's, and has high enough budget to keep th...( read more)e chases, shootouts and explosions spectacular. Sam and Peter play it interestingly enough to make it a fun movie. I laughed many times throughout, especially at the depiction of the drug and sex dens they entered.
  • July 3, 2008
    Good story highlights this well done 80's action movie.
  • August 16, 2009
    Good movie. Some of the performances could have been better but great to say it was an 80s flick
  • May 8, 2009
    Good movie.







    good movie
  • October 23, 2008
    With some wonderful action scenes, some good eproformances especially from sam elliot and peter weller

    a fun 80's action movie. i love it
  • May 19, 2008
    Sam Elliot is awesome in this movie.It never comes on tv but its a good action flick

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