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Striking Distance

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Striking Distance (1993)

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Reviews Counted: 18

Fresh: 3

Rotten:15

Average Rating: 3.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Homicide detective Tom Hardy, a fifth generation Pittsburgh cop, is paying dearly for testifying against his partner (and cousin) Jimmy Detillo in a police brutality case. Since spilling the beans, life has been hell for Hardy, and it... Homicide detective Tom Hardy, a fifth generation Pittsburgh cop, is paying dearly for testifying against his partner (and cousin) Jimmy Detillo in a police brutality case. Since spilling the beans, life has been hell for Hardy, and it gets worse when a serial killer murders his chief of homicide father. To top it all off, he's practically kicked off the force for insisting his father's murderer is a cop. Two years later, Hardy's been demoted to the river rescue squad, and all this trauma has almost driven him to an alcoholic state. The black-sheep of the fraternal force, Hardy receives little encouragement from his team-playing uncle Nick Detillo, who has been promoted to chief since his brother's death. But as the killer's body count gets higher, Tom gets closer and closer to the truth. [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore

Starring: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, Robert Pastorelli, Andre Braugher

Director: Rowdy Herrington

Director: Rowdy Herrington
Screenwriter: Rowdy Herrington

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Lori Hoffman
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A troubled production (reshoots, release-date postponements) that turned out to be surprisingly watchable.

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One of Bruce Willis' most disposable and formulaic action potboilers. I'm a big fan of the Willis, and even I have no patience for "Striking Distance."

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Greg Maki
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A mess, although the stars do what they can with the scattershot screenplay

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James Sanford
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Not one of Willis' best efforts; very formulaic and uninteresting.

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03/20/04
Bob Bloom
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Fails to deliver anything remotely original.

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