Sharky's Machine (1981)
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Overview
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.
Burt Reynolds
DirectorGerald Di Pego
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A review by GenerationofSwine
Written on January 12, 2023It 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 Condor had that 70s had that "I expect John Holmes...
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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.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller
Sharky's Machine was released on December 18, 1981.
Runtime: 2h 2m
The main cast of Sharky's Machine includes:
- Burt Reynolds as Tom Sharky
- Rachel Ward as Domino
- Henry Silva as Billy Score
- Brian Keith as Papa
- Vittorio Gassman as Victor Scorelli
Sharky's Machine was directed by Burt Reynolds.
Sharky's Machine has a rating of 6.1/10 based on 107 user votes.
Content Rating: R
About Sharky's Machine (1981)
Movie Information
- Title:
- Sharky's Machine
- Release Date:
- December 18, 1981
- Duration:
- 2h 2m
- Genres:
- Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller
Production
- Production Companies:
- Deliverance Productions, Orion Pictures
- Production Countries:
- United States of America
- Budget:
- $17,500,000
- Revenue:
- $35,610,100
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