Blue Heat - lonely time for heroes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Blue Heat - lonely time for heroes |
| Original title | The Last of the Finest |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Mackenzie |
| script |
George Armitage , Jere Cunningham , Thomas Lee Wright |
| production |
Jere Cunningham , John Davis |
| music |
Michael Hoenig , Jack Nitzsche |
| camera | Juan Ruiz Anchía |
| cut | Graham Walker |
| occupation | |
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Blue Heat - Lonely Time for Heroes (Original Title: The Last of the Finest , Alternative Title: Blue Heat , Street Legal ) is an American action film from 1990 . The Director led John Mackenzie , the writer wrote George Armitage , Jere Cunningham and Thomas Lee Wright . The main roles were played by Brian Dennehy , Joe Pantoliano , Jeff Fahey and Bill Paxton .
action
Frank Daly, considered a workaholic , heads a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department's drug division . His unit is investigating Anthony Reece and his organization for drug dealing and money laundering . When two police officers die during an operation, a butcher shop goes up in flames and the suspects are able to escape, the police officers are suspended.
Four of the police officers then submit their resignation and investigate on their own to find out that a government agency is involved in the drug deal. The money will be used to finance arms deliveries to Central America .
During a chase, her partner Howard Jones is fatally wounded by the persecuted gangster in a dark park with an iron bar and succumbs to his injuries.
The ex-police officers find out that a large amount of laundered money is about to change hands at the pier. They manage to get the money into their possession and ease the drug traffickers by 22.5 million US dollars . Since these are unregistered bills, there is a great temptation not to hand the money over to the police, especially since the four of them have quit their active police service. To gain time and decide how to deal with the unexpected wealth, the money is hidden in a sewer that the men dug for the children of their neighborhood when building a baseball stadium.
When an unknown perpetrator threatens Frank Daly's family in his own home, the former police officers flee with their wives and children to an industrial building expropriated by the government. There they decide not to hand over the money to the government, but to return it to its owner, Norringer, so that he no longer threatens their families. They devise a plan to personally lure Norringer to hand it over, given the large sum.
On the field of the baseball stadium, which is under construction, there is a fight in which the ex-police officers can assert themselves against the crooks and kill them.
Finally, Howard Jones is ceremoniously buried and the baseball stadium dedicated to him and financed by the stolen money is inaugurated.
Reviews
Janet Maslin wrote in the New York Times on March 10, 1990 that the film contained a dash of idealism. She praised the " impressive " performance by Brian Dennehy and the " clear " camera work.
The magazine TVdirekt wrote in its 18/2006 issue that the film “remains undecided”.
Save.TV judged the film to be “gripping” and the plot “complex”.
Awards
John Mackenzie was nominated in 1990 for a prize at the Internazionale del Giallo e del Mistro Cinema Televisione Letteratura (MystFest) festival .
background
The film grossed around $ 1.5 million in US cinemas .
It premiered on March 9, 1990 in the USA and was shown for the first time in Germany on August 1, 1991.
Individual evidence
- ^ New York Times , Janet Maslin, March 10, 1990
- ↑ TVdirekt 18/2006
- ↑ Film review ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Save.TV
- ↑ Box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Start dates according to the Internet Movie Database
Web links
- Blue Heat - Lonely Time for Heroes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Blue Heat - Lonely Time for Heroes at Rotten Tomatoes (English)