Showdown in LA
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Showdown in LA |
| Original title | LA takedown |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Mann |
| script | Michael Mann |
| production | Patrick Markey |
| music | Timothy Truman |
| camera | Ronald Víctor García |
| cut | Dov Hoenig |
| occupation | |
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Showdown in LA (Original Title: LA Takedown ) is an American television film directed by Michael Mann from 1989 .
Alternate original titles for the film are LA Crimewave and Made in LA
action
Gangster Patrick McLaren is an intelligent man who plans a major bank robbery for the last time and then retires. The cop Vincent Hanna is hot on his heels and obsessed with the case. As a result, his girlfriend feels neglected. McLaren, who was kicked out by his buddies and who also has relationship problems, works with an insurance agent who in turn is a police agent. When the bank robbery fails, only Patrick can escape. Shortly before leaving for safe New Zealand, he is shot.
Remarks
Based on the same script, director Michael Mann later directed the star-studded and far more successful film Heat (1995). Xander Berkeley , who plays Waingro in Showdown in LA , has the role of Ralph in Heat .
criticism
The Lexicon of International Films rated the film as “routine action entertainment without exaggerated suspense content, which at times juggles the extensive arsenal of people all too confusingly.” The US film scholar Steven Rybin found that the film was above all visible evidence that “like an epic one Script can be dramatically reduced by limited filmmaking resources. "
Web links
- Showdown in LA in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Showdown in LA In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Steven Rybin : The Cinema of Michael Mann. Lexington Books, Lanham 2007, ISBN 978-0-7391-2042-2 (English, also dissertation), p. 112, original quote: “how an epic screenplay can be dramatically reduced by limited filmmaking resources.”