Synopsis
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
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Cast
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerMark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner
- Kathryn HarroldMonique
- Sam WanamakerLuigi Patrovita
- Paul ShenarPaulo Rocca
- Robert DaviMax Keller
- Ed LauterBaker
- Darren McGavinChief Harry Shannon
- Joe RegalbutoMarvin Baxter
- Mordecai LawnerMarcellino
- Steven HillMartin Lamanski
Recommandations
- 63
Miami Herald
It helps that Raw Deal works, for a time at least, as a first-rate cop movie. It is violent to excess -- more graphic by far than Stallone's films, and bloodier, too -- but it's a real movie. [07 June 1986, p.D1] - 60
The New York Times
Though the language is vulgar, the macho posturing absurd and some of the plotting inscrutable, Raw Deal has a kind of seemliness to it. It delivers every punch it promises. - 60
Los Angeles Times
John Irvin has a nice eye for irony and for the larger- (and funnier-) than-life trappings of the genre. He doesn't have enormous opportunities to exercise this bent, since Raw Deal is constructed like a serial bomb: It goes off roughly every 12 1/2 minutes, littering the landscape with corpses. But you can detect an adult hand at work here, which could never be said for Cobra's arrogant and inept childishness. - 50
Washington Post
Raw Deal is not as reactionary as Cobra but it's just as violent, maybe even bloodier, with its graphic gun fights and bullet-spattered, shattered bodies blasted before our eyes. Still it's also a quality project -- the look and sound of the film are first rate. - 50
Washington Post
A mostly tedious, cheaply made shoot-'em-up from the always classy Dino De Laurentiis. [07 June 1986, p.D5] - 40
Empire
A sadly lightweight spar through rule-breaking cop conventions that doesn't utilise it's star's bulk to any great effect. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
John Irvin's direction is rudimentary for an action film and adds little excitement to the proceedings. There's not much suspense, with good guys and bad guys clearly drawn, and the final shootout is all too routine. - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
You want to see guys with muscles shooting machineguns at guys without muscles? These are the movies for you. You have more than muscles between your ears? Try something else.
