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 has two sequels, L.A. Vice (1989), and Chance (1990), which Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs reprises his role as Jon Chance.
L.A. Heat | |
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Directed by | Joseph Merhi |
Produced by | Joseph Merhi Richard Pepin Charla Driver (co-producer) Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (associate producer, as Lawrence Hilton Jacobs) Addison Randall (co-producer) |
Written by | Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (additional dialogue) (as Lawrence Hilton Jacobs) Charles T. Kanganis |
Starring | Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Jim Brown Kevin Benton |
Music by | John Gonzalez |
Cinematography | Richard Pepin |
Edited by | Paul G. Volk (as Paul Volk) |
Production company | |
Distributed by | PM Video |
Release date | February 1989 |
Running time | 1hr 25min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $175,000 (estimated) |
- For the unrelated 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 back 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...