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CrapScore 70, Premium Crap

Dead Heat

“You can't keep a good cop dead.”

Premium Crap. CrapScore 70, rated by 1 admin.

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Why it’s crap
A murdered cop returns to work with a limited shelf life and a partner who will not stop joking. The undead buddy-cop premise is gleefully excessive, and the grotesque practical effects give the thin mystery more personality than it deserves.

Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones

The club’s verdict

Acting
6/10
Plot
7.5/10
Effects
6/10
Dialogue
7.5/10
Rewatchability
8/10
  • “Death is no excuse for missing your next shift.”

    @flabbergasted_jones, scored it 70

Synopsis and movie facts

Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology. Now he has twelve hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.

Released
1988
Directed by
Mark Goldblatt
Running time
86 min

Starring

  • Treat Williams as Det. Roger Mortis
  • Joe Piscopo as Det. Doug Bigelow
  • Lindsay Frost as Randi James
  • Darren McGavin as Dr. Ernest McNab
  • Vincent Price as Arthur P. Loudermilk
  • Robert Picardo as Lt. Herzog
  • Martha Quinn as Newscaster
  • Keye Luke as Mr. Thule

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