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Movie poster: Shakedown (1988)
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Shakedown

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1988 · 93 min Action Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
5.8 / 10 · TMDB

When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.

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Year 1988
Country United States of America
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Director James Glickenhaus
Runtime 93 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.8/10 (95 votes)

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The film constructs a gritty thriller around a familiar frame of a common man against the system, yet saturates it with the bleak texture of its era. It explores corrupt mechanisms where the line between law enforcement and crime blurs, and justice becomes a commodity.

What lingers after viewing is a sense of pervasive moral decay, punctuated by sharp plot twists and a climax that questions the very possibility of integrity in a corrupt world. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: James Glickenhaus

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Watch in a dimly lit room to fully absorb the tense, cynical atmosphere of a world where every principle has a price.

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