L.A. Heat (film)

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.

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

Plot Summary

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
  • 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

TV Guide gave the film two stars out fo four, calling it "A reasonably entertaining low-budget crime thriller".[1]

Legacy

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
  1. "L.A. Heat". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.


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