Rotten
On the screen, it seems to be like a walking corpse itself: jerking around malevolently, with putrefying limbs, a fixed, grisly smile on its face and absolutely no spontaneity.
Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times
Dead Heat
You can't keep a good cop dead.
1988 · 1h 26m · R
Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Mark Goldblatt
Overview
Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology. Now he has twelve hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.
Director and cast
- Mark Goldblatt Director
- Treat Williams as Det. Roger Mortis
- Joe Piscopo as Det. Doug Bigelow
- Lindsay Frost as Randi James
- Darren McGavin as Dr. Ernest McNab
- Vincent Price as Arthur P. Loudermilk
- Robert Picardo as Lt. Herzog
- Martha Quinn as Newscaster
- Keye Luke as Mr. Thule
- Clare Kirkconnell as Rebecca Smythers
- Mel Stewart as Captain Mayberry
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
11%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Williams and Piscopo seem to be on autopilot when delivering their lines, not relating to one another, not picking up each other`s timing.
Johanna Steinmetz, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
[A] sci-fi, low-tech comedy horror show.
Walter Goodman, New York Times
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