Sweeper (1996)
- Original title
- The Sweeper
- Directed by
- Joseph Merhi
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 4.6 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A police officer deals with trauma from his father's violent death. A veteran cop recruits him for a secret vigilante squad that breaks the law to fight crime.
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What happens
The Sweeper is a 1996 American action film produced and directed by Joseph Merhi, starring C. Thomas Howell, Ed Lauter, Kristen Dalton, Janet Gunn and Jeff Fahey. Howell plays a cop haunted by the early loss of his father (Fahey), whose unhinged behavior makes him a prime recruit for the vigilante unit assembled by a hardline LAPD veteran (Lauter). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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