L.A. Heat (1989)

- Directed by
- Joseph Merhi
- Genre
- independent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Los Angeles detective who fancies himself a cowboy hero is assigned to hunt down a dangerous drug dealer. The film mixes police action with the detective's old west fantasies.
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What happens
L.A. Heat is a 1989 police film directed by Joseph Merhi and starring Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Jim Brown. The film follows Detective Jon Chance, a Los Angeles detective who dreams of being a cowboy hero and living by "the code of the West," as he is assigned to track down a violent drug dealer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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