Dead Heat is fun campy 80's entertainment. Crossing horror with the buddy cop genre with success, this movie is fast, funny and action packed with a tongue and cheek approach. Treat Williams and Joe Piscopo make a good team and have good chemistry in this. Dead Heat is very 80's and very cheesy, but that is part of the appeal. The concept and story is pretty wild and was written by Terry Black (brother of Shane Black,who was also a screenwriter and was the actor in Predator that made bad jokes until he got killed off). This was directed by Mark Goldblatt, who unfortunately only directed two movies The Punisher with Dolf Lungdren and this. Both films I enjoy, especially The Punisher. Mark Goldblatt is more than familiar with the action genre working as an editor on Commando, Rambo First Blood pt 2 and pretty much every action movie you ever seen. Dead Heat is a cool flick that developed a cult following and is a good watch for some over the top entertainment. Lots of action, one liners and cheesy special f/x, plus it has the final performance of horror icon Vincent Price.
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