Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

ivo-cobra8 Striking Distance (1993) is underrated Bruce Willis action film from the 90's with Director Rowdy Herrington (Road House) who wrote the screenplay for the film with producer Marty Kaplan. After the success of Die Hard (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990) and The Last Boy Scout (1991) Bruce Willis made another action film in which he plays another cop from Pittsburgh Tom Hardy. This is my favorite Bruce Willis action film alongside with Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard With A Vengeance, Live Free or Die Hard, The Last Boys Scout and Sin City. I can't believe that this movie has such a bad reputation. I love this movie I love it. I don't know what's wrong? It is a damn solid action mystery flick and that a good one. Bruce Willis does a solid job and so does Sarah Jessica Parker as Tom Hardy's partner. It is a rated Hard-R action film with action scenes and a good gun shutouts. I wish that Bruce Willis would make such a good movies today but he doesn't he is a washed up actor now."Who's the best cop now?" Plot: A serial killer is back in Pittsburgh to torment the former homicide detective who was on his trail years before. Tom Hardy, who has been relegated to water-way duty, along with new partner Jo Christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies. This time the victims are women Tom knows, he must find the killer to prove his innocence.This time Bruce Willis is a homicide detective to solve a case of a serial murders. A serial killer strangler is on the loose called Polish Hill, he murders women and the cops has no clue who's doing it. After the car chase with his dad Capt. Vincent Hardy (John Mahoney) and an accident leave's Tom's dad dead and his partner Jimmy Detillo (Robert Pastorelli) jumps off the bridge in the river, Tommy (Bruce Willis) loses everything including his job. Two years later Tommy is now a river duty cop but his still believes the killer was a another cop but no one believes him. The killer Polish Hill returns, he taunts Tom taunts by killing his ex-girlfriends one by one and dumping them in the river. Now it is up to Tom to solve the mystery.What's wrong? This movie has a good action scenes: you have a car chases, boat chases, action scene on the boat. Hardy prevent's an armed robbery on the boat and he saves a hostages. Tom Hardy fights the strangler Jimmy in the river and he tasering him in the mouth with a stun gun and we have a mystery about the identity of a serial killer. We have a good dialogues Who's the best cop now?" Good acting from actors Tom Sizemore, Robert Pastorelli and Dennis Farina who are no longer with us anymore RIP you will be both missed.Here we have a great music score from Brad Fiedel who made music scores also for The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Let's Get Harry, Fright Night 1,2 , The Serpent and the Rainbow, Blue Steel, True Lies, and Johnny Mnemonic.The movie is directed by Rowdy Herrington who also directed my favorite Patrick Swayze film Road House (1989). This is my second favorite film of his. I have this movie on Blu-ray disc and it was a long time since I have seen this movie. But no one talk's today about this movie no one even mention's it anymore it is a really shame and I don't know why.I have enjoyed Bruce Willis and I have enjoyed Sarah Jessica Parker it was a solid good fun mystery action film and I don't know why the lower rating for it or why people are bashing it.I love this movie it is my favorite Bruce Willis movie I wish they would make movies like this are today I really do wish. The rating I give to this film is 8/10. Anything under 7 would be ridiculous, as anyone claiming this isn't at least a GOOD action film (it is sure as hell better than all the movies Bruce Willis is doing today including A Good Day to Die Hard that movie was a peace sh**t film!) I recommend to all action and Bruce Willis fans.Striking Distance is a 1993 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis as Pittsburgh Police homicide detective Thomas Hardy. The film co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, and Tom Sizemore. It was directed by Rowdy Herrington and written by Herrington and Marty Kaplan. The film was shot on location throughout Pittsburgh; its early title was Three Rivers.8/10 Grade: B+ Studio: Columbia Pictures Starring: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, Brion James, Robert Pastorelli, Tom Atkins Director: Rowdy Herrington Producers: Marty Kaplan, Arnon Milchan Screenplay: Rowdy Herrington, Marty Kaplan Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 42 Mins. Budget: $30.000.000 Box Office: $24,107,867

Python Hyena Striking Distance (1993): Dir: Rowdy Herrington / Cast: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tom Sizemore, Robert Pastorelli, Dennis Farina: Cliché filled mess that misses its mark. Bruce Willis stars as a homicide detective whose father was murdered by a serial killer. An innocent victim faces death row and Willis suspects a cop. This decreases his popularity amongst the other officers and leads to a demotion to a river rescue squad with Sarah Jessica Parker. Suddenly women he knows are found in the river and he suspects that it could be linked to his father's murder. Plot is as dead as the victims with a climax wallowing in its violent muck. Director Rowdy Herrington handles the plot twists as well as high powered action sequences but the screenplay provides nothing that hasn't been done countless times. Willis survives the dread as he accepts his demotion as a trespass to further clues involving his past. Sarah Jessica Parker only exists as a possible love interest. Not to sound sexist but generally the females in these films are there more or less for physical encounters with the hero. Parker is far above this material but is wasted in a role that is presented pretty much so to put a female in the film. She lucked out and got cast in this junk. Tom Sizemore and Robert Pastorelli surrender to useless stereotypes. A pointless noise that misses its mark by a long shot. Score: 2 / 10

Wuchak RELEASED IN 1993 and written/directed by Rowdy Herrington, "Striking Distance" stars Bruce Willis as Tom Hardy, a Pittsburgh detective who's demoted to river rescue. A serial killer returns after a two-year absence and bodies of beautiful women start turning up in the river, all women whom Hardy used to date! Sarah Jessica Parker is on hand as Hardy's partner on the river, Jo Christman.The movie has a bad reputation. Roger Ebert tore it to pieces, basically saying it was too derivative and by-the-numbers, and Willis himself said he hated it. I can understand criticism to a point. The story has a melodramatic comic-book vibe, which is obvious in the opening act, almost like a TV production except with a superior cast and action scenes. But, and this is an important "but," I found myself drawn into the story & the characters and greatly enjoyed the rare Pittsburgh locations, as well as the (melo)drama and thrills. In other words, the movie is entertaining and entertainment is the name of the game.This is a cop thriller in the manner of the Dirty Harry series, especially "The Dead Pool" (1988), except it's more comic booky and taking place in Pittsburgh rather than San Francisco. It's also reminiscent of films like "The General's Daughter" (1999). Although not technically as good as the Dirty Harry movies or "The General's Daughter" due to its cartoonish-ness, "Striking Distance" nevertheless pulled me into the lives of the characters and, for the most part, furnished the requisite thrills.The generically-named movie (also akin to the Dirty Harry franchise) was originally called "Three Rivers," a much better title simply because it's more specific, but was changed at the last minute because the marketing department feared people would think it was a sports movie due to Three Rivers Stadium, so they switched it to "Striking Distance." Why "Striking Distance"? The first hint is at the beginning of the movie when the title card shows two electrical bolts coming out from either side of the title. Later we observe the mysterious killer using a stun gun before killing his victims and, with a stun gun, you must of course be within... striking distance!Speaking of the killer, one element of the plot I haven't mentioned is that this is a whodunit. Someone is charged with being the killer early on but Hardy knows it's the wrong guy; he and others are sure it's a cop or ex-cop doing the killings. There are a few suspects, including Hardy himself, but I honestly was unable to guess the right person. There's another twist late in the story that also took me by surprise."Striking Distance" may not be exceptional and is marred by cartoonish exaggeration, but it entertains as a cop thriller and that's what's most important when it comes to these types of flicks. Plus it was shot in Pittsburgh, a refreshing change.THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 42 minutes. ADDITIONAL WRITER: Martin Kaplan.GRADE: C+/B-

glennataylor I would rather watch reruns of the Smother's brothers. This movie is beyond pathetic. SJP is hideous, i wouldn't sleep with her for $5000. I actually met Demi and her mother during the filming of this movie, I served her lunch. They were both beautiful and delightful. If this (SJP) bitch could be more annoying and ugly it would be difficult, I would rather sleep with Oprah. Hideous, ugly, nasty, no-talent Pig.Behind that is the bad, really bad acting of the rest of the 'cast". No plot, bad acting, predictable scenes, it's like Woody Allen decided to make another bad movie that wasn't "supposed" to be funny. It is so contrived and horrid it's ridiculous, I want to vomit when i SEE HER. If I could break her face with a hammer I would be the happiest man on Earth. She can't act, she is ugly, she is pathetic. F>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I hate her guts.