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L.A. Wars
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Wikipedia article
'L.A. Wars' is a 1994 American action film directed by Tony Kandah and Martin Morris. It stars Vince Murdocco as a disgraced former officer of the Los Angeles Police Department who becomes involved in a conflict between two rival crime syndicates.
Cast
* Vince Murdocco as Jaquinn
* Mary E. Zilba as Carla Giovani
* A. J. Stephans as Carlo Giovani
* Johnny Venokur as Vinnie Scoletti
* Rodrigo Obregn as Raul Guzman
* David Jean Thomas as Capt. Roark
* Kerri Kasem as Rosa
* Sam Sabbagh as Vick
Reception
A reviewer for the New York 'Daily News' gave the film a score of two stars, noting that the "invincible heroics" of Murdocco's character "grow irritating", but commending the performances of Obregn and Venokur.
Brian Orndorf, in a retrospective review of the film for Blu-ray.com, wrote that it "[finds] success when it stops trying to be anything more than a VHS-ready bruiser that loves to shoot up characters and burn everything else to the ground."
Home media
'L.A. Wars' first received a home video release in June 1994. In May 2020, the film was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Vinegar Syndrome.
References
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