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L.A. Heat (film)

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L.A. Heat
Directed byJoseph Merhi
Written byCharles T. Kanganis
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Produced byJoseph Merhi
Richard Pepin
StarringLawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Jim Brown
CinematographyRichard Pepin
Edited byPaul G. Volk
Music byJohn Gonzalez
Production
company
Distributed byPM Video
Release date
  • February 1989 (1989-02)
Running time
1hr 25min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$135,000 (estimated)

L.A. Heat is a 1989 police film directed by Joseph Merhi and starring Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Jim Brown. The film follows Detective Jon Chance, a Los Angeles detective who dreams of being a cowboy hero and living by "the code of the West," as he is assigned to track down a violent drug dealer.[1]

Plot summary

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Jon Chance, an L.A. vice cop who is a man who dreamed of being a cowboy hero. He saw himself as an exemplary hero who always felt that the use of guns was not a necessity. However, Chance needs to stop dreaming. He needed to return to the real world! Jon Chance gets an assignment which he can't say no to and has to accept, to bust a drug dealer named Clarence. The case later gets personal when Carl, Chance's partner get killed by Clarence during a routine drug bust. A drug war will soon ensue between Clarence, who is trying to retrieve his drugs and money, and the police...

Cast

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  • Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Jon Chance
  • Jim Brown as Captain
  • Kevin Benton as Clarence
  • Myles Thoroughgood as Spyder
  • Trish Johnson as Jane
  • John Henry Richardson as Boris
  • Robert Gallo as Sylvio

Reception

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TV Guide gave the film two stars out of four, calling it "A reasonably entertaining low-budget crime thriller".[2] Variety called the film "an okay made-for-video feature", praising Jacobs' "ernest performance" but describing the sound recording as "a bit rough and ready".[3]

Legacy

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The film was a success on home video and was followed by three sequels, Angels of the City (1989), L.A. Vice (1989), and Chance (1990), in which Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs reprises his role as Detective Jon Chance.

References

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  1. ^ "Film Reviews L.A. Heat". Variety. Retrieved Feb 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "L.A. Heat". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  3. ^ "Film Reviews L.A. Heat". Variety. Retrieved Feb 28, 2024.
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