Detective Ian 'Shotgun' Jones hunts a sadistic misogynistic maniac.Detective Ian 'Shotgun' Jones hunts a sadistic misogynistic maniac.Detective Ian 'Shotgun' Jones hunts a sadistic misogynistic maniac.
Rif Hutton
- Max Billings
- (as Riff Hutton)
Deniese Payne
- Janice Billings
- (as Nicci Payne)
Paulo Tocha
- Desk Clerk
- (as Pablo Tocha)
Andres Carranza
- Mano
- (as Andres Carraza)
Joe Witherell
- Hold-Up Men #1
- (as Joe Witherall)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaStatuesque blonde who is featured on the film's poster doesn't actually appear on screen. She is the same blonde who was the poster girl for another film called Fortress of Amerikkka (1989), in which she did not appear on screen, either.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Half in the Bag: Slender Man (2018)
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Well-done, basic actioner
My review was written in March 1989 after watching the movie on Raedon video cassette.
"Shotgun" is a lean, mean action pic for video, bringing some good acting and okay technical work to the overworked cops-on-the-vice-beat genre.
Stuart Chapin toplines as Detective Ian Jones, an L. A. cop who gets mighty steamed when his sister, a prostitute, is offed by a sadistic sex maniac. Thrown off the force, he becomes a skip tracer nicknamed Shotgun because of his weapon and his ruthless but efficient methods.
With ex-partner on the force Riff Hutton, Chapin ultimately gets the killer and puts a massive drug ring out of commission. Vigilante payoff scene is something of an anticlimax, but filmmaker Addison Randall keeps things moving otherwise.
Chapin is effective as the antihero, with Hutton (previously teamed with Andy Garcia as test examiner in "Stand and Deliver") scoring as his loyal sidekick.l Poster art and video packaging benefit from spotlighting a beautiful blonde who does not appear in the film proper.
"Shotgun" is a lean, mean action pic for video, bringing some good acting and okay technical work to the overworked cops-on-the-vice-beat genre.
Stuart Chapin toplines as Detective Ian Jones, an L. A. cop who gets mighty steamed when his sister, a prostitute, is offed by a sadistic sex maniac. Thrown off the force, he becomes a skip tracer nicknamed Shotgun because of his weapon and his ruthless but efficient methods.
With ex-partner on the force Riff Hutton, Chapin ultimately gets the killer and puts a massive drug ring out of commission. Vigilante payoff scene is something of an anticlimax, but filmmaker Addison Randall keeps things moving otherwise.
Chapin is effective as the antihero, with Hutton (previously teamed with Andy Garcia as test examiner in "Stand and Deliver") scoring as his loyal sidekick.l Poster art and video packaging benefit from spotlighting a beautiful blonde who does not appear in the film proper.
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- Also known as
- Legea. înainte de orice
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles, California, USA(locations)
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- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
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