Anything but a dead bang....
Another one of those TV stars who moved into movies this sadly has been put alongside with Caruso's JADE but on closer inspection all movies are not that bad..... Dead Bang is a fairly run of the mill cop against bad guys type thing but what takes it out of the run of the mill is the direction from Frankenheimer & the star turn from Johnson. Johnson gives a great performance as the stressed cop,we can see the frustration in Beck's life either doing his job or trying to see his kids,his acting is done very well & not over the top..in particular the xmas morning bust Beck makes..the start of the scene we see the alcoholic sweats to later on being sick all over the suspect. The supporting cast however do not raise their game to give the support Johnson needs with William Forsythe in particular giving a completely wooden performance which is surprizing as he has been so much better.The action scenes are handled very well indeed...The gunfights(are they're are a few) are not to Hollywood for my liking.
On the whole a very enjoyable movie & it shows that Don Johnson should have been a movie star.
score 7/10
g-amp-smckenzie 4 August 2004
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0268694/35759
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