Burt Reynolds plays Logan McQueen, a veteran, tough cop who likes to see justice done by his own ways. Things go bad after McQueen is framed for murder. Now he has to escape from a maximum security prison, and seek, on the deadly streets of a hot and dangerous Miami, for the man who wants him down...
Acting
Burt's self-aware winks to camera
Direction
Burt films himself like he's still 1977
Practical Effects
Actual Miami chaos, zero CGI
Director
Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds
Det. Logan McQueen
Charles Durning
Det. Charlie Duffy
Robert Loggia
Connie Martin
Mia Sara
Myler
Billy Dee Williams
Leo Barker
Michael Buie
Higgs
Buck Taylor
Capt. Adam Gunther
John D'Aquino
Ray Hertz
Jack Sheldon
Trumpet
Gene LeBell
Eddie
Roddy Piper
Randy
Ja'net DuBois
Lefty
Paco Christian Prieto
Catarato Estevez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reynolds directed six features; this was his last theatrical-style release before TV movies took over.
This captures the exact moment when theatrical action stars aged into cable content—Burt didn't get the memo.
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