#Dead bang 1989 movie#
#Dead bang 1989 professional#

Beck hurls John insults about his brother, and John reciprocates by open firing at him. John emerges from behind and, as he prepares to shoot Beck and Kressler, confesses that it was he who shot the cop to show his brother that he shared his contempt against the police and fidelity to white supremacy. As he lay dying, Burns reveals that he did not kill the Los Angeles cop. A gunfight ensues between him and Burns Beck shoots and fatally wounds him. Beck, though, discovers a concealed door that leads to a bunker. His search for Burns yields no results, which causes hostility between him and Kressler. Along with Kressler, he and Dixon head to a paramilitary training camp which is owned by the Aryan Nations, and ambush Gebhardt and the other members. In Colorado he meets Police Captain Dixon, who entrusts his team of black men on the force to track Burns. A phone call later that day informs him that he is now fit for duty. They recommend he undergo a psychiatric analysis after the session, though, Beck threatens the psychiatrist into letting him pass the evaluation. Back in Los Angeles, Beck's superiors have become frustrated over his performance on the force due in part to his alcoholism and uncouth behavior. During a gunfight, Beck lights a matchbook and sets a car leaking gas on fire, causing Burns to escape with his men after an explosion. As Burns prepares to shoot him, Beck crashes his car into an oncoming police vehicle to escape. That night, Burns springs on Beck while driving his car and holds him at gunpoint. Burns, though, has been hiding near the church and casing the place. Beck is joined by FBI Agent Kressler and they head to Gebhardt's church, where Gebhardt reveals the entity's aim of cleansing America of its 'racial impurities', and denies having seen Burns before. Beck leaves for Oklahoma to track down one of the people listed in the book, Reverend Gebhardt, who is the leader of the religious white supremacist organization Aryan Nations. Beck retrieves a cache of documents Burns dropped, which contains white supremacy propaganda, maps, and an address book. Beck and the chief head to a ranch alleged to be Burns' hideout, where Burns and his men attack the officers by firing automatic weapons they escape driving the Ford. A local police chief informs Beck of the crime and he immediately leaves for Arizona. In Arizona, Burns and his men rob a Mexican bar and kill its patrons. The man tells Beck that he last saw Burns driving a maroon Ford Ranch Wagon en route to Bakersfield.

A man suddenly flees the house and Beck captures him after a chase on foot he turns out to be one of Burns' friend who is also on parole from committing armed robbery. He and a parole officer go to Burns' home only to find his college student brother, John, who claims he has not seen Burns and is only staying for the holidays. While examining police records he comes across a person of interest named Bobby Burns, who has recently been paroled from a four-year robbery sentence. The alcoholic, hard-driven LASD Detective Jerry Beck is tasked with the investigation. QUOTE: 'I got a splitting' headache, I'm seeing double and.s#!t! I think I'm gonna throw up again.On Christmas Eve in Los Angeles, a dispatched LASD Sheriff is shot dead by an armed robber, who early on robbed a convenience store and also killed its African-American owner. Jerry Beck, this is Johnson's only film where he proved to be more than 'an exercise in futility'. Supposedly based on the real life experiences of LA Det.

#Dead bang 1989 professional#

He has been given a solid script to work from, professional direction by old-hand Frankenheimer, and a good supporting cast including John Forsythe as his FBI partner.

Taking his Stubbs character to new heights (or lows for that matter) he plays the consummate 'burn-out cop'. At least he can look back proudly on his work in John Frankenheimer's 'Dead Bang': A slick, old style, slam-bang action film.

#Dead bang 1989 movie#

Since the end of that show, his movie career has been a total loss.well, almost. Stubbs in the hit TV-show Miami Vice (1984-89). With a squeaky voice, boyish looks, and sparse acting (plus an endless array of 'cool' wardrobes), he became something of a cult favorite playing Det.

Critique: 'An exercise in futility', that's how one critic summed up Don Johnson's acting. With the help of an FBI agent, Beck is intent on exposing a network of ruthless criminals. He starts a cross-country chase that inevitably leads him to rural America. The murder has ties to a ruthless and tightly controlled Neo-Nazi sect. Assigned to a cop killing that seems routine, Beck sees his chance at redemption by immersing himself in the case. His wife has just left and his hitting the bottle again. Beck (Don Johnson) is an LA cop whose life is falling to pieces.