Sort of a sleaze takeoff on the surprise hit STAKEOUT (1987), this Canadian-made
policier premiered on the Showtime cable channel.
When Detective Rick Fender (Michael Ironside) collars a burglar in a posh apartment, he discovers the suite being used to store heroin. Police leave the stash untouched and wiretap the rooms. The lease-holder of the apartment is Carlos (Neil Kroetsch), a suspected cop-killer, but it's presently
sublet to a beauty named Rachel (Susan Almgren), a confirmed cop-lover, who's having a fevered affair with Fender's old rival from the force, Detective Eddie Nickels (Christopher Bondy). Nickels vehemently proclaims Rachel's innocence (...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins