# L.A. Takedown (1989)

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**Runtime**: 94 min
**Genres**: Crime, Thriller, TV Movie
**Directed by**: Michael Mann
**Written by**: Michael Mann
**Starring**: Scott Plank, Alex McArthur, Michael Rooker, Ely Pouget, Vincent Guastaferro, Richard Chaves

> *If you thought Miami was rough, you haven't worked the streets of L.A.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, paranoid, raw

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