The read
A Balasaur Score of 50 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 41%, Metacritic 31/100. Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do. Most of the 753 1980s action movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders that cross jurisdictions force them to work together again. That Austin is now dating Caldwell's daughter is not helping their relationship.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes41%
Metacritic31/100
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
383 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter HyamsDirector
- Bruce BroughtonOriginal Music Composer
- Larry FergusonScreenplay
Cast
- Sean ConneryLt. Col. Alan Caldwell
- Mark HarmonJay Austin
- Meg RyanDonna Caldwell
- Jack WardenSgt. Maj. Ross Maclure
- Mark BlumArthur Peale
- Dana GladstoneCol. Paul Lawrence
- Jenette GoldsteinPatti Jean Lynch
- Marvin J. McIntyreMP Zeke
- Don CalfaHoward Buckely
- John DiSantiDet. Marvin Powell
- Robert LesserSgt. Mueller
- James Hooks ReynoldsGeorge Spota
