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Striking Distance

Striking Distance

5,9 /10 (927 Votes)
1993 EN 102 min

Overview

Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo Christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies. This time the victims are women Tom knows, he must find the killer to prove his innocence.

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Release date

17/09/1993

Votes

927

Popularity

4.4

They shouldn't have put him in the water, if they didn't want him to make waves.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

102 min

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2018-06-22

⭐ 6

Comic book cop thriller in Pittsburgh with Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker RELEASED IN 1993 and written/directed by Rowdy Herrington, “Striking Distance” stars Bruce Willis as Tom Hardy, a Pittsburgh detective who's demoted to river rescue. A serial killer returns after a two-year absence and bodies of beautiful women start turning up in the river, all women whom Hardy used to date! Sarah Jessica Parker is on hand as Hardy's partner on the river, Jo Christman. The movie has a bad reputation. Roger Ebert tore it to pieces, basically saying it was too derivative and by-the-numbers, a…

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GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

2025-04-20

⭐ 10

I'll be honest, I'm giving this 10 stars because my wife didn't like it... but she liked Hard Rain. So it's a spiteful thing. But it's not bad, sort of my the numbers, and Tom Sizemore actually does a really good job in it. He's certainly the highlight of the film. And you don't really see many police thrillers about boat cops. And Sarah Jessica Parker is super cute in the movie, so it's worth watching for that. That out of the way, you now who the killer is almost from the opening scene. That pretty much establishes more than it should, and then the bigger hints come just a little w…

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