Sharky's Machine

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Action
  • Thriller
12/18/1981
122
R

Nobody leans on Sharky's Machine.

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.

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Revenue:
$35,610,100
Budget:
$17,500,000

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  • GenerationofSwine

    It was made in '81 and is actually a pretty solid police film. It's not great, it's not Chinatown, but it also is pretty far from horrible.

    The dialogue is absolutely fantastic, and even in the throw away moments, there is a humor that seems very human. It's Hollywood sharp and witty to the point where it's almost too good to be realistic, it's just, human. There are a lot of little throw away conversations that seem like the kind of thing you'd hear in your everyday life.

    And that adds a nice touch of realism to what is otherwise a cop film, and those are always pretty unrealistic.

    The sound track is a little dated, a little 70s Adult film in places, but that was just a trope of the era and even great films like Three Days of the ...

    January 12, 2023

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