Review of Dead Heat (1988) by Jimmy M — 06 Jan 2008
A disappointment in terms of guilty pleasures and overall a poor movie, but some set pieces save it from being a clunker. Treat Williams is lame in his role. He doesn't ham it up like he did in the 90's, but my theory is that his career was still intact when this was made and he wanted to play it straight.
Joe Piscopo is simply atrocious. Every single line he has is a one-liner, and not once did I laugh. He was like Ronny Cedeno with runners in scoring position with two outs. Just a terrible 0-fer. There's a scene where Treat is attacked by a liver and Joe is attacked by a headless cow.
These parts keep the movie from being a colossal failure and make it just a regular failure.
This review of Dead Heat (1988) was written by Jimmy M on 06 Jan 2008.
Dead Heat has generally received positive reviews.
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