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Dead Heat

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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.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1988-05-06

Runtime: 84 mins

Director: Mark Goldblatt

Spoken language: English

Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Comedy

Original title: Dead Heat

Production Companies: New World Pictures, Helpern / Meltzer

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Treat Williams

Joe Piscopo

Lindsay Frost

Darren McGavin

Vincent Price

Robert Picardo

Martha Quinn

Keye Luke

Clare Kirkconnell

Mel Stewart

Shane Black

Pons Maar

Professor Toru Tanaka

Jonas

Tom Nolan

Reviews

Finetunes

I love 80's movies but this one would be worth passing on except there is one horror make up scene (Randi dying)that might be worth the view. The dialog is clunky and the acting is pretty poor and that includes Treat Williams, who I normally like, but you can tell he was going through the motions on this one. Personally, I never cared for Joe Piscopo in any movie. But if you enjoy an 80's movie with it's vibe - the music, the fashions, the hair styles and add to it a retro red 1960's Chevy convertible then dive right in.

2022-02-11

JPV852

A bit goofy for sure but a fun horror-comedy, in the vein of Evil Dead 2. The performances from both Treat Williams and Joe Piscopo were fun. Think this is one with some good replay value. **3.5/5**

2022-01-29

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