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Shakedown

Shakedown

5,8 /10 (98 Votes)
1988 EN 93 min

Overview

When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.

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Release date

06/05/1988

Votes

98

Popularity

1.8

In a city where everyone is for sale... They're the best money can't buy.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

93 min

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$10,068,039

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kevin2019

2024-05-03

⭐ 2

"Shakedown" is much too unremarkable for its own good and obviously somebody somewhere must have realised this so in order to effectively remedy such an unwanted situation somebody somewhere has deemed it appropriate that the film ought to be modelled more upon the box office hit "Lethal Weapon" (1987). So this means we are frequently subjected to an assortment of deliberately eye catching action sequences and stunts. No problem there, you might think. After all, the sequences in question have been incredibly well executed and they do successfully enliven what is a generally unmemorable motio…

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