Striking Distance

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Striking Distance (1993)

R 09/17/1993 (US) Crime, Action, Mystery, Thriller 1h 42m

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They shouldn't have put him in the water, if they didn't want him to make waves.

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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.

Rowdy Herrington

Director, Screenplay
Marty Kaplan

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Bruce Willis

Det. Tom Hardy
Sarah Jessica Parker

Jo Christman
Dennis Farina

Capt. Nick Detillo
Tom Sizemore

Det. Danny Detillo
Brion James

Det. Eddie Eiler
Robert Pastorelli

Det. Jimmy Detillo
Timothy Busfield

Tony Sacco
John Mahoney

Lt. Vince Hardy
Andre Braugher

Dist. Atty. Frank Morris
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A review by Wuchak

60%

Written by Wuchak on June 22, 2018

Comic book cop thriller in Pittsburgh with Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker

RELEASED IN 1993 and written/directed by Rowdy Herrington, “Striking Distance” stars Bruce Willis as Tom Hardy, a Pittsburgh detective who's demoted to river rescue. A serial killer returns after a two-year absence and bodies of beautiful women start turning up in the river, all women whom Hardy used to date! Sarah Jessica Parker is on hand as Hardy's partner on the river, Jo Christman.

The movie has a bad reputation. Roger Ebert tore it to pieces, basically saying it was too derivative and by-the-numbers, an... read the rest.

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