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Dead Heat

2002, Movie, R, 97 mins

Dead Heat: Review

DEAD HEAT
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This soft headed melodrama throws in everything but the kitchen sink in its feebly attempts to ape tough-minded crime dramas and comment on the human condition. Forced into early retirement by a heart condition, Boston detective Pally Lamarr (Kiefer Sutherland) feels doubly rejected when his wife Charlotte (Radha Mitchell) requests a separation. Desperate for validation, Pally ignores his intuition and falls for a get-rich-quick scheme hatched by his ne'er-do-well brother, Ray (Anthony LaPaglia). Even knowing that Ray can get himself into hot water even when he's acting entirely on the up-and-up, Pally agrees to purchase Top Gallant, a defective racehorse Ray plans to rehabilitate. Seeking a cheap jockey, Ray hires his old buddy Tony LaRoche (Lothaire Bluteau). Unfortunately, Tony is in hock to loan shark Frank Finnegan (Daniel Benzali), who appropriates Top Gallant in lieu of the cash Tony owes. While stealing back their own steed, Ray and Pally accidentally kill Finnegan's bodyguard. Meanwhile, Pally distances himself further from his estranged wife by throwing a fit over her new boyfriend and Finnegan tricks Tony into another card game; Tony's losses ensure that he'll be in Finnegan's pocket forever. Finnegan than orders Tony to throw an upcoming race in which the Lamarr brothers have staked their life savings on Top Gallant, threatening Tony's young daughter to guarantee his complicity. Rife with unbelievable plot developments, film noir manquee shifts from drama to black comedy by accident rather than design, and lacks credible psychological explanations for what makes its characters tick. leave a comment --Robert Pardi
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