Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.
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Gritty tale of a cop (Burt Reynolds) demoted to the vice squad in Atlanta after a bust goes awry.
I don't know how this has never came across my radar before. I learned of Sharky's Machine reading an obit for Reynolds. Doing some background on the film, I learned that this was Burt's answer to the Dirty Harry series after he felt Eastwood crossed into his territory with Every Which Way But Loose.
Sharky's Machine is no Dirty Harry. Nor is it on par with Body Heat which is another one it seems to oft have been compared to. But it has some of the character of both films and does it best to hold court. There are some ridiculous things that sink it (ninjas in karate suits working for Latin drug kingpins??) but it does have some good things going for it as well, the highlight of which is the chaotic chemistry between Reynold's Sharky and his vice squad. That interaction feels genuine and helps hold the rest up when needed.
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