"Shakedown" seems to fancy itself a buddy movie even though its public defender and police officer heroes work separately for most of it. And it dances between courtroom drama and cop action movie (with an emphasis on eyebrow-raising stunts), so tonally it's kind of all over the place.
Yet, in the grand scheme of things, that ends up working for this movie because I liked the two leads. Peter Weller's legal angst, the overall '80s-ness and all of the macho dialogue come together into an entertaining movie. And it's a New York that you can almost feel, from the fashionable end to the Times Square cesspool.
7/10
Yet, in the grand scheme of things, that ends up working for this movie because I liked the two leads. Peter Weller's legal angst, the overall '80s-ness and all of the macho dialogue come together into an entertaining movie. And it's a New York that you can almost feel, from the fashionable end to the Times Square cesspool.
7/10