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What's the movie where he's a cop with 6 months to live?

posted 16 years ago by Forgotten_Hero
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There's a film where he's a police officer or a detective who has six months to live. It involves a kidnapping attempt by a man who's on trial for decades of drug trafficking, only the man assigned to do the kidnapping breaks into the wrong house and an innocent man's son is taken hostage by mistake. If I remember correctly, it was pretty much an action movie.

SPOILERS
At the end of the film, the man who was on trial is released and makes several threats against Rip Torn's character about how he is going to desecrate his grave. Seeing as he has but a few months to live anyway, Torn's character has nothing to lose and shoots the man dead on the steps leaving the courtroom.

[–] Kutanamar 16 years ago

Sounds like it might be "Death Falls" (1991)

[–] Forgotten_Hero 15 years ago

Thanks Angel, but I don't think that's it. This was a supporting role for Rip Torn and the synopsis doesn't fit.

[–] tsw453 15 years ago

Dabney Coleman in Short Time?

[–] trash_wallyworld 15 years ago

Yeah sound like he is thinking about Short Time.

I don't think Rip was in that movie though.

[–] Forgotten_Hero 15 years ago

No, that's not it. It was a supporting role. It's not the main character who is dying. Rip Torn has a supporting role in the film.

In the film, a mob boss was taken to trial and orchestrated an abduction to silence a witness. Unfortunately, the hired man went to the wrong house and abducted the wrong man's son. The father of that son (the main character) attempts to rescue his son and eventually does so. However, the child isn't rescued until after the trial is finished. When the mob boss goes to gloat to Rip Torn's character about how he's going to "**** on his grave," Torn pulls out a gun and shoots him.

Edit: Ah, never mind. I found it. The film was Hit List (1989). Thanks to everyone who helped. I'm sorry I gave a poor description of everything.