Murder Me, Murder You (1983 TV Movie) User Reviews (3)

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[kapelusznik18 · 6/10 · 2 August 2015]

****SPOILERS**** Debut of the "New Mike Hammer" with Stacy Keach in the leading role as the tough take no BS private eye Mike Hammer who gets involved with an all women currier service that's a front for illegal drug trafficking from South America to the US. It turns out that the co-owner of the delivery service is an old flame of Mike's Chris Jamerson, Michelle Phillips, before he went to Vietnam as an adviser to the South Vietnamese military back in 1962. It turns out that Mike unknowingly, he didn't use protection, had a daughter with Chris Michelle, Lisa Blount, who's existence she kept from him all these years. It's later that Michelle got in with the wrong crowd and ended up a junkie as well as porno actress who dropped out of sight and is now possibly dead! Having to testify in court about what she knows about her curries business Chris in the middle of her being asked questions unexpectedly drops dead, after taking her heart medication, of a massive heart attack to a both stunned and shocked courtroom!

Mike going all out to find not only what or who killed Chris but his long lost daughter, if she's still alive, Michelle as well soon tracks down multi millionaire helicopter manufacturer as well as Vietnam war hero Jack "The stutterer" Vance, Tom Atkins, who was somehow connected with Chris's currier service. Getting nowhere with the elusive Vance who's stuttering, a result of a war injury, makes his answers almost unintelligible soon drops the attempt of getting anything out of him altogether. Mike against is better judgment goes to see the co-owner of the currier company the creepy looking Isadora Shepperton, M.A Andrews, who's partner Janice Wells, Ave Lazar, was killed where her car, with what possibly turned out to be Michelle as her passenger, was forced off the road. It later turns out that Isadora was behind a string of murders to keep total control of her business and it's Hammer's long lost daughter Michelle, if she turns out to be alive, that's a threat in her being the late Chris's daughter to her total control of it!

***SPOILERS*** Hammer after a number of beatings shootings as well as over the top and exciting bar room brawl-much like the one that actor Stacy Keach was involved in the movie" Twinkle Twinkle Killer Kane" three years earlier- finally tracks down the man or woman behind all this mess which has his long lost and now found daughter Michelle get killed in the cross-fire. Hammer never realized, like us watching, what a first class and dangerous psycho he was up against and it took all his knowledge of the sweet science, modern boxing, as well as martial arts and a bit of dirty fighting, when that didn't quite work, to subdue and take out the out of control and dangerous lunatic! The saddest part of the movie was the fact that Mike who never knew that had a daughter and, in no fault of his own, never kept in touch with her only got to know her for a few days before she was killed on what was to be her 2Oth birthday November 19, 1982! Unhappy birthday Michelle!

Interesting Thriller

[wolfhell88 · 3 January 2002]

Very interesting Thriller, a Mike-Hammer TV-Special. The plot is excellent and has a few surprises and the cast is brilliant. Stacy Keach plays Mike Hammer as always but Tanya Roberts as his secretary Velda is a real pleasure. She bewitches us with her girlie-like charme and her soft sex-appeal.

An inauspicious beginning.

[planktonrules · 5/10 · 12 January 2024]

"Murder Me, Murder You" is the first Mike Hammer starring Stacy Keach. Following this film, they made a couple more as well as a series. Then, a few years later, the series returned. So this makes "Murder Me, Murder You" the grandaddy of all these Stacy Keach/Hammer films and movies.

Compared to the few other installments I've seen, this first one is VERY weak. The biggest problem is that someone thought that EVERY woman in the story had to be incredibly hot and attractive. Now, I've been to New York City many times and NEVER saw women like these! There's even a dopey courier company where EVERYONE is a hot and sexy lady...sort of. I think Matt Helm films have less gorgeous women who want the hero than this film! It unfortunately made the film ridiculous at times.

In this story, an old flame of Mike's returns to his life. You learn they haven't seen each other in about 20 years and the ex-fiancee has a secret...she bore Mike's love child and never told him. After this ex- is murdered, Mike tries to find his daughter but the trail is quite cold. Apparently she doesn't want to be found because some folks are chasing her.

The death scene involving this ex- was incredibly poorly done. First, the EMTs used the defribulator on her wrong. Second, after only attending to this woman with a stopped heart for 30 seconds, they gave up and tossed a blanket over her...declaring her dead. EMTs do NOT declare anyone dead...that's a doctor's job. And, standard practice is to work on the victim and get them to the hospital as quickly as possible! Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy and it shows the writer had no idea what they were talking about in this scene.

Overall, while I enjoyed Keach playing Hammer, the rest of the film was pretty limp. It does get better later...believe me.