Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Striking Distance (1993)

Striking Distance poster
Directed by
Rowdy Herrington
Genre
action film, crime film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 950 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Pittsburgh police officer is tormented by a serial killer who he suspects murdered his father. He investigates the case while dealing with internal police department conflicts.

tensegrittysuspensefulbroodingmoodyaction-packeddarkurban

What happens

Striking Distance is a 1993 American action thriller film directed and co-written by Rowdy Herrington. The film stars Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina and Tom Sizemore. Harrington co-wrote the script with Marty Kaplan. The film was shot on location throughout Pittsburgh; its early title was Three Rivers. Willis portrays Pittsburgh Police officer Tom Hardy, who is taunted by a serial killer he believes may have killed his father. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on September 17, 1993. It more than doubled its production budget, but received primarily negative critic reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?