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Chicago cops' $3M disappears during raid. Mob seeks vengeance, bodies pile up. New chief gives last cop leeway for vigilante justice against mob.Chicago cops' $3M disappears during raid. Mob seeks vengeance, bodies pile up. New chief gives last cop leeway for vigilante justice against mob.Chicago cops' $3M disappears during raid. Mob seeks vengeance, bodies pile up. New chief gives last cop leeway for vigilante justice against mob.
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- TriviaNew Line Cinema were hoping that lead actor Thomas Ian Griffith would become a studio/stable star, similar to then-future owner Warner's then-arrangement with Steven Seagal.
- GoofsWhen approaching the crime scene at the garbage dump, the coroner has already laid out a body bag next to the dead body. For the close up however, the same body bag is being placed next to the body.
- Alternate versionsThe UK video was cut by 26 seconds with edits to kicks and punches, a man's head being pushed through a car window, a dustbin lid beating, and a man's legs being hit with a baseball bat. The cuts were fully waived for the DVD release.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995)
- SoundtracksThe Pigeon On The Gate
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Performed by James Early
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Thomas Ian Griffith (who was introduced to film audiences as the slimy Terry Silver in The Karate Kid part III) wrote, produced and stars in this action flick about Terry McCann, a Chicago cop with a short fuse (and one hell of a kick) who becomes engulfed in an inside plot to steal $3 million in mob money from a crime scene. They don't like that. He now has to unravel the plot before it gets him killed and those he loves around him.
I really enjoyed Excessive Force (1993). Griffith is a very likable and watchable action hero. The plot isn't the most original thing going for it but it moves fast and has good energy. An interesting cast was assembled for the film which included genre fave Lance Henrikson, Vader's voice James Earl Jones, Candyman himself Tony Todd, Rocky's brother-in-law Burt Young and the exotic Charlotte Lewis. The cast I think is what saved it from becoming standard action fare.
I really enjoyed Excessive Force (1993). Griffith is a very likable and watchable action hero. The plot isn't the most original thing going for it but it moves fast and has good energy. An interesting cast was assembled for the film which included genre fave Lance Henrikson, Vader's voice James Earl Jones, Candyman himself Tony Todd, Rocky's brother-in-law Burt Young and the exotic Charlotte Lewis. The cast I think is what saved it from becoming standard action fare.
- suspiria10
- Mar 13, 2005
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,152,117
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $308,499
- May 16, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $1,152,117
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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