Murphy's Law (1986)

Directed by

J. Lee Thompson

Genre

drama film, action film, crime film, buddy cop film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 175 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A disgruntled Los Angeles detective gets framed for murder by an old enemy. He must go on the run while reluctantly working with a small-time thief he arrested earlier.

grittytensefrustratedaction-packedbleakrevenge-drivenslow-burnsuspenseful

What happens

Murphy's Law is a 1986 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Gail Morgan Hickman. It stars Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, and Carrie Snodgress, with a supporting cast featuring Robert F. Lyons, Richard Romanus, Angel Tompkins and Lawrence Tierney. Bronson plays an antisocial detective of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) who is miserable due to the failures of both his marriage and his career. His former foe returns to seek revenge, framing the detective for the murders of his ex-wife, her boyfriend, and several of his own associates. On the run from the police, the detective teams-up with a petty thief who he had earlier arrested. Murphy's Law was released by Cannon Films on April 18, 1986. The film marked the sixth collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson (following 1976's St. Ives, 1977's The White Buffalo, 1980's Caboblanco, 1983's 10 to Midnight, and 1984's The Evil That Men Do). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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