As of this writing, I have not seen the original version of I, The Jury for which this movie is a remake. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen Mike Hammer-based movies before. But holy cow, this movie was just absolute crap.
Mike Hammer's friend, Jack, a one-armed man, is murdered. Investigator Hammer, an unorthodox cop (so unorthodox that he freely contaminates crime scenes), is on the obvious mission to uncover the culprit. As Mike Hammer, Armande Assante, hardly seemed even bemused by the government/military corruption behind the murder. Nor the links to the mafia. Not even as it involved the sex clinic doctor. Neither was I given, the ridiculously mounting body count--both in terms of murders and the sex scenes until reaching an even more ridiculous ending.
I wouldn't recommend this movie to people interested in a good murder mystery. Although, I don't know how Mike Hammer fans would react to this movie, or whether they'd want to watch more Mike Hammer in action.
Mike Hammer's friend, Jack, a one-armed man, is murdered. Investigator Hammer, an unorthodox cop (so unorthodox that he freely contaminates crime scenes), is on the obvious mission to uncover the culprit. As Mike Hammer, Armande Assante, hardly seemed even bemused by the government/military corruption behind the murder. Nor the links to the mafia. Not even as it involved the sex clinic doctor. Neither was I given, the ridiculously mounting body count--both in terms of murders and the sex scenes until reaching an even more ridiculous ending.
I wouldn't recommend this movie to people interested in a good murder mystery. Although, I don't know how Mike Hammer fans would react to this movie, or whether they'd want to watch more Mike Hammer in action.