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No Man's Land
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.
Release : | 1987 |
Rating : | 6.1 |
Studio : | Orion Pictures, |
Crew : | Assistant Art Director, Production Design, |
Cast : | Charlie Sheen D.B. Sweeney Lara Harris Randy Quaid Bill Duke |
Genre : | Drama Action Crime |
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Just what I expected
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
I guess the best way to describe "No Man's Land" is to say it's an '80s "The Fast and the Furious" (only easier to stomach). Charlie Sheen is the big bad purveyor of stolen Porsches. D.B. Sweeney is the rookie cop tasked with infiltrating the organization and nailing Sheen. Sweeney's an off-hours mechanic, so he fits right in at the chop shop, even cozying up to Sheen's sister. Both actors are fresh0faced, though Sheen has the swagger to pull off the bored rich kid who steals cars act. Sweeney, on the other hand, is so baby-faced that he looks more like the starting high school quarterback than any police officer. What's peculiar about Sheen's side of the story is that Sweeney is almost welcomed into his family with open arms. In no time, they're great friends, going clothes shopping, and Sheen practically gives his sister away to this grease monkey he didn't know three weeks ago. I dunno, maybe I've seen too many cop-who-cagily-burrows-into-the-enemy's- camp, but this just seemed deceptively easy. There are a couple decent car chases that keep things moving, although the proceedings are sluggish, overall. Penned by "Law & Order" impresario Dick Wolf, the movie has that look and feel of an episode of "Miami Vice", but doesn't measure up to most of the better ones.5.5/10
Charlie Sheen and Little known actor DB Sweeney star in this excellent thriller about a cop who is sent undercover at a chop shop to find out who murdered another undercover officer.DB Sweeney is not bad as the cop who ends up blurring the line and whose loyalties become divided. Benjy (DB Sweeney) gets in way over his head when he falls for the prime suspects sister(Lara Harris), and becomes buddy's with the suspect.Charlie Sheen is at his super smooth and sleek best as the extremely affable but ultimately very cunning Ted Varrick. A well respected guy who has cops on the payroll, steals Porsche's and still has time for lavish party's at his home. As Sheen tell's Sweeney "Welcome to the lifestyles of the rich and aimless" ! There is a lot to like about this film. The performances range from excellent (Charlie Sheen & Randy Quaid as Sweeney's boss) to good (DB Sweeney) to not so good (Lara Harris). The Car Chases are well filmed and exciting as well as pretty believable as is the storyline and the actions of the characters. The Tension between Sweeney & Sheen and the ending are well handled and leaves you satisfied at the end.I was surprised that Character actor George Dzundza was uncredited as Benjy's Uncle Mike and he is not even listed on IMDb (I have sent a cast update to IMDb).I highly recommend this film and would rate it 7/10
I will preface this by saying I am an '88 Porsche 930 Turbo owner here. That's the silver car in the chase scene with the Camaro. Biased opinion I'll admit. I think this movie pretty much holds it's own as far as the story line goes. I love it, being a Porsche fanatic.D.B. Sweeney is perfect in this role. Outside of Platoon, I think this is the best Charlie Sheen. But, let's face it. The star of this movie is the drop dead sexy Porsche 911! "The Fast And The Furious" completely stole from this movie. They substituted hopped up Hondas and Mazdas for the Porsches.If you are looking for my opinion, watch this movie. If you want a good story line, great driving scenes, this is your movie.If you are a Porsche fan, you probably have already watched this 100 times like me!
In No Man's Land, Charlie Sheen returns for another action flick about high-stakes car theives, having previously co-starred in Clint Eastwood's high action thriller, 'The Rookie.' But, whereas before he was a cop, here he plays one the primary villain, a wealthy Porsche thief who proves to go too far to protect his interests. A young D.B. Sweeny is Billy Isle, a rookie cop hired by a Lieutenant (Randy Quaid) to work undercover at a suspected chop shop that deals exclusively in Porsches. His assignement is to track Ted Varrick (Sheen), the wealthy hot shot behind the business, who the Lieutenant suspects is guilty of murdering a cop. However, Billy, after befirending Varrick and often forgetting he is a cop as he embraces the fast times of Porsche stealing and wealthy parties and carefree lifestyle Varrick introduces him to, clouding his judgment of Varrick, who he claims could not possibly be responsible for the cop's death, let alone anyone else's. But Billy begans to realize Varrick places no limits on how far he's willing to go to protect himself when the undercover operation is jeopardized, exposing high-level police corruption. And after Varrick gets wind of it, the body count starts mounting. Billy's trust of Varrick is tested when he becomes Varrick's next target. Billy's just got to wake up and get real when it comes to Ted. It is a pretty good story, though initially slow moving. That is, until the Ted Varrick character enters the scene. D.B. Sweeny does a good job with the lead as the impressionable young cop, and Sheen plays his usually monotonous toned hot shot. Often, it is the lengthy big-action car chase scenes that propels through the repetition. Good stuff highly recommended for 80s action fans.