Synopsis
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo Christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies. This time the victims are women Tom knows, he must find the killer to prove his innocence.
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Cast
- Bruce WillisDet. Tom Hardy
- Sarah Jessica ParkerJo Christman
- Dennis FarinaCapt. Nick Detillo
- Tom SizemoreDet. Danny Detillo
- Brion JamesDet. Eddie Eiler
- Robert PastorelliDet. Jimmy Detillo
- Timothy BusfieldTony Sacco
- John MahoneyLt. Vince Hardy
- Andre BraugherDist. Atty. Frank Morris
- Tom AtkinsSgt. Fred Hardy
Recommandations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Striking Distance opens and closes with a pair of jolting high-speed chases, the first over Pittsburgh streets, the second over the rivers that encircle the city’s center. In between is a lively mystery thriller that hurtles past plot contrivances and unintended laughs to deliver the goods as a satisfying escapist diversion. Like a paperback purchased at an airport just before you board a plane, it serves well its time-killing purpose but isn’t designed to stand up under close scrutiny. - 60
The New York Times
If Striking Distance were a book, it could be called a good read. Instead, it's a painless watch. - 60
IGN
Willis and Parker are fine in their respective roles, but neither character is given much spark. Willis sulks for most of the picture, grimacing at his enemies and drinking his way through scenes. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
The plot of STRIKING DISTANCE is full of implausibilities, but they're entirely beside the point, since the film delivers what it promises: tough talk, chase scenes by land and by water, plenty of explosions, and pretty girls murdered in nasty and imaginative ways, served up with a dash of sex and a generous helping of knee-jerk cynicism. - 40
Empire
Herrington stages his action efficiently enough - the opening car chase manages to put a couple of spins on a hackneyed cinema staple - but is let down by his own script which seems to have been hanging around in the water so long it's become bloated. - 40
Variety
Columbia apparently dragged the river to come up with the script for this Bruce Willis vehicle -- an OK action movie until it sinks under the weight of implausible plotting and over-the-top direction. - 40
Time Out
His unauthorised investigation, with partner Jo Christman (Parker), is a routine affair, the film's familial and professional tensions sunk by a script that's all development and no pay-off. - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
Striking Distance is an exhausted reassembly of bits and pieces from all the other movies that are more or less exactly like this one.
