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Striking Distance

1993

Rowdy Herrington

Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Brion James ...

4.9

5,678

Action. Thriller 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 then to river duty, the killer taunts Tom.

	Media	Author	Review
		Richard Harrington The Washington Post	"'Striking Distance' is a solid adventure with just enough edge and mystery"
		Brian Lowry Variety	"An OK action movie until it sinks under the weight of implausible plotting and over-the-top direction."
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"If 'Striking Distance' were a book, it could be called a good read. Instead, it's a painless watch"
		David Hunter The Hollywood Reporter	"'Striking Distance' never recaptures the sense of gritty believability that is essential but rarely found in the cops-and-killers genre. Indeed, it quickly sinks into the usual cliches"
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"An exhausted reassembly of bits and pieces from all the other movies that are more or less exactly like this one"
		Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle	"Its whodunit plot is easily figured out, and its story is a mess. Most surprisingly, its star, Bruce Willis, manages to pull off an entirely uncharismatic performance"
		Louis Black Austin Chronicle	"This is pop pornography, sex and violence without meaning. If you can't figure out the way 'Striking Distance' is going in the first few minutes, it just means you've already fallen asleep"

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