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amazing in this flick and I believe this is on the cusp of his stardom with LA Law. He gets nominated from 87-89, and wins the Emmy in 90. But you can see in the scenes he is in, he is a star. The police chief is played by the Dan Hedaya, who is about as recognizable as any actor in movies today. I won’t even begin to list his flicks, but this is technically the next film he makes after 1985 Commando , which I find cool. The drug snitch is played by Joe Pantoliano, but this is before he is anyone. So way before The Sopranos Emmy and Cypher in The Matrix. But he does have some awesome hair. A few more from the cast. The other up-and-coming cop team that is essentially the Crystal/Hines pain in the ass is portrayed by Steven Bauer ( Scarface ) and John Gries (Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite ). Both really great in the bit parts, but the banter between the four cops is always golden. Billy Crystal’s ex wife is played by Darlanne Fluegel, who in this window of time was a leading lady, and in a ton of films. I almost feel bad having her not mentioned earlier.

The next thing to talk about is the soundtrack. I love it so much, it has been a CD I owned, a music from Itunes I purchased, and to this day a saved spotify playlist for me. The gem of the soundtrack is Michael McDonald’s “Sweet Freedom.” It gets played at all the perfect times of the plot and quickly becomes something you are humming as the movie pro gresses. How that song never hit #1 is beyond me, the best it hit was #7, but you can play it today, and it jams. The rest of the soundtrack is great as well, but wanted to highlight the masterpiece. Last is the crew that put this movie together. This is directed by Peter Hyams, who prior to this was taking a bit of a film hiatus post -2010. He has such a solid run with Capricorn One, Outland and then The Star Chamber, before 2010 . The guy is magnificent. I believe after this The Monster Squad the following year is the last film he ever produced. The

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