ActionComedy

Downtown

- When you pound this beat, it pounds you back.

Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now work in the deadliest precinct in Philly, where he is partnered with tough veteran cop Dennis Curran. Tensions are high between them, but Kearney soon proves he can play just as rough as the crooks.

Release Date : 1990-01-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Alex Kearney

Original Name : Anthony Edwards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dennis Curren

Original Name : Forest Whitaker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lori Mitchell

Original Name : Penelope Ann Miller

Gender : Female

Character Name : White

Original Name : Joe Pantoliano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jerome Sweet

Original Name : David Clennon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Coleman

Original Name : Art Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mickey Witlin

Original Name : Rick Aiello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Luisa Diaz

Original Name : Wanda De Jesus

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lt. Sam Parral

Original Name : Roger Aaron Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lowell Harris

Original Name : Ron Canada

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Ben Glass

Original Name : Francis X. McCarthy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Christine Curren

Original Name : Kimberly Scott

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ephraim Cain

Original Name : Ryan McWhorter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Skip Markowitz

Original Name : Danuel Pipoly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man with Dog

Original Name : Maurice Hill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gloria Anderson

Original Name : Gwen E. Davis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wayne

Original Name : Stefanos Miltsakakis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minnie

Original Name : Homeselle Joy

Gender : Female

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Cop out of water - big time! Police Officer Alex Kearney is a keen by the book cop who's happy with his beat in a nice part of Philadelphia. Unfortunately his adherence to the rules lands him in trouble with his chiefs after he tries to arrest an important businessman who has long standing police connections. When his side of the story is not believed, he is given the choice of suspension or a transfer to downtown. Choosing the transfer, Kearney isn't quite prepared for just how dangerous and crime filled downtown actually is. Worse still, his new tough no nonsense partner positively hates him! It's churlish to suggest that Downtown is merely a cash in of the buddy buddy inter racial cop movies, that, as we know, were made viable entertainment fare by the likes of Lethal Weapon and Beverly Hills Cop. Starring Forest Whitaker (Dennis Curren) and Anthony Edwards (Alex Kearney), Downtown is as much about a fish out of water scenario than it is polar opposite cops working together. With both things dovetailing together to create an engaging actioner that's worth the time of those who are stuck for something light to watch. Suffering a touch in the last finale due to an inevitable mawkish character strand, some minor irks stop this from reaching greater heights, chiefly that David Clennon's barely grumpy villain is just not strong enough for some dramatic heft. However, there's some genuinely funny scenes between Edwards and Whitaker, the action set-pieces are well staged and thus Downtown gets most of the genre's requisites right. Nice Nice support comes from Joe Pantoliano as a bizarre looking hit-man and Penelope Ann Miller as Kearney's fraught girlfriend, Lori Mitchell. 6.5/10