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Cop Target

  • 19901990
  • 1h 29m
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4.4/10
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Cop Target (1990)
  • Action
  • Crime
  • Thriller
Farley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San Cristobal. The widow needs protection from a gang of international terrorists and her esc... Read allFarley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San Cristobal. The widow needs protection from a gang of international terrorists and her escort soon suspects that the deceased husband was involved in dirty drug dealings. While on ... Read allFarley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San Cristobal. The widow needs protection from a gang of international terrorists and her escort soon suspects that the deceased husband was involved in dirty drug dealings. While on the island, the daughter is kidnapped by a group of seedy South American thugs and held fo... Read all
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Umberto Lenzi
  • Writer
    • Raimondo Del Balzo(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Ginty
    • Barbara Bingham
    • Charles Napier
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  • Director
    • Umberto Lenzi
  • Writer
    • Raimondo Del Balzo(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Ginty
    • Barbara Bingham
    • Charles Napier
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    • 8User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Robert Ginty
    Robert Ginty
    • Farley Woodas Farley Wood
    Barbara Bingham
    Barbara Bingham
    • Deborah Kentas Deborah Kent
    Charles Napier
    Charles Napier
    • John Grangeras John Granger
    Nina Sue Borrel
    • Priscilla Kentas Priscilla Kent
    Jeff Moldovan
    Jeff Moldovan
    • José Peynadoas José Peynado
    • (as Jeff Maldovan)
    Bradford DeVine
    Tommy Bull
    Tommy Bull
      Bruce Bartlett
      Harry Schreiber
      Terri Baer
      Alain Marino
      Stephen Mignon
      Kelly Barnes
      Alan Seigel
      Marc Macaulay
      Marc Macaulay
      Terry Conforti
      Terry Conforti
      • Airport Employeeas Airport Employee
      • (uncredited)
      Franklin Dominguez
      • Rodriguez, the Chief of Policeas Rodriguez, the Chief of Police
      • (uncredited)
      Franco Fantasia
      • Garcia, assistant to the Chief of Policeas Garcia, assistant to the Chief of Police
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Umberto Lenzi
      • Writer
        • Raimondo Del Balzo(screenplay) (story)
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        Never given a VHS or DVD release in the United States.
      • Connections
        Edited from Final Score (1986)

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      5/10
      I want an automatic cat-feeding machine!
      Umberto Lenzi was perhaps the busiest Italian director of his generation. With more than 65 films on his repertoire, he was a pioneer, trendsetter, master-imitator and overall great entertainer! Just think of all the brilliant Poliziotesschi, Gialli and cannibal exploitation movies he made. By the time of the late 80s/early 90s, however, it looked as if Lenzi's batteries were running low. He was still making lots of movies, but they weren't so virulent, explosive and insane anymore. "Cop Target" is representative of the final Lenzi movies. True fans of his work will still enjoy it, but the vast majority of neutral viewers is likely to label it as dull, uninspired and redundant. Not me, though! It's a fun, albeit insignificant, actioner/thriller starring the great (late) Robert Ginty and Charles Napier in a sleazy supportive role. Plus, the story takes place in the Dominican Republic, in the sunny area of San Cristóbal, so Lenzi and his crew got at least a good vacation out of it!

      Farley Wood is a loner Miami cop, assigned to escort a diplomate's widow and her daughter to a ceremony to honor her husband who supposedly got murdered whilst cleansing out the drug cartels of San Cristóbal. Wood and the widow, Deborah Kent, don't get along very well, so he remains in the background. Barely arrived at the island, the 8-year-old daughter is brutally kidnapped by drug lords. Wood quickly discovers that the dead diplomate wasn't the hero everybody claims he was, and that all authority figures on the island are utterly corrupted. There are a handful of great action sequences, like the beach kidnapping and the shootout at the abandoned factory, but admittedly there are slightly too many sequences with Ginty just sitting at a bar drinking Coca-Cola's and bickering with the widow. The most remarkable scene, in fact, is still at the beginning, when Farley prepares for his couple of days of leave and activates his "automatic cat-feeding machine" for his pet Arthur. I surely need to get one of those!
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      • Release date
        • November 20, 1990 (United Kingdom)
      • Countries of origin
        • Italy
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Dinero sucio
      • Filming locations
        • Miami, Florida, USA
      • Production companies
        • Europa
        • Golden Harvest Company
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 29 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.78 : 1

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