A three-person squad of former criminals is tasked with undercover missions infiltrating clubs and other "cool" places cops can't go under the supervision of Detective Greer (Dennis Farina). When Greer is murdered, the three must investigate his death and the connect theft of drugs from evidence lockup.
This was not a great movie when it came out and it has not improved over time. It feels decidedly unfinished, like it was held back from achieving its full potential but whether that is a writing mistake, a studio mistake, or a directing mistake is hard to tell. The plot is very basic, the characters one-dimensional, and as much as it wishes it had some, there's no style. It's just 90s cliches spouting 60s cliches and hoping that counts as character development. If it were funny maybe it could get a nod into the so-bad-it's-good bin but it's not. Giovanni Ribisi is just annoyingly slapstick and the running joke about the car being damaged lands flatter than an Acme anvil. Also, this has one of the worst romantic subplots I've ever seen. But hey Josh Brolin!
It's available on Amazon Prime and Tubi but why?
In happier news, I finally finished season 2 of Once Upon a Time. It was kind of a slog in the back half. I also decided to give the NBC streaming service, Peacock, a try. The test case will be Battlestar Galactica. I am currently about halfway through season 2 of that. It's a show I never got to finish while it was on so I'm looking forward to catching up a little.
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