Showdown in L.A.

Rain-soaked L.A. alleys at 3 AM. A police radio crackles, the same static that hums in a getaway car’s engine. Vincent Hanna clocks the pattern, Patrick McLaren lives it. Two men tracking the same heartbeat through smog-choked night.

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Michael Mann directed Showdown in L.A. in 1989. See Michael Mann's full filmography, where to start with Michael Mann, or where to go after you've seen everything by Michael Mann.

Showdown in L.A. was released in 1989 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 94 minutes.