646f9e108c Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice. When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of staging the aborted bust. Ex-ballplayer turned drug dealer Roger is in tight with corrupt vice cops and their superiors And the fireworks start popping. This 1988 movie was shown recently on a cable channel. We wanted to see another film, which supposedly was starting, but because a mix up, Rent-a-Cop, was shown in that time slot. Never having seen it when it was commercially released, we took a chance at it. Bad decision.<br/><br/>One wonders what possessed the people behind the picture to go ahead with &quot;Rent-a-Cop&quot;, or how they sold it to the studio behind the distribution. It appears this movie misfired big time. This film doesn&#39;t add anything new to its genre. It&#39;s totally predictable,once the basic premise is shown, we know how it will end.<br/><br/>Burt Reynolds plays a wooden Church. This actor can do better, but who knows what was going on behind the scenes, or perhaps the direction given to him by Jerry London, had the opposite effect. Mr. Reynolds has one expression throughout the movie. He just doesn&#39;t register any emotion at all.<br/><br/>Lisa Minnelli,the hooker who witnessed the original slaughter at the Chicago hotel, makes no sense at all. The romance between her Della and Church seems phony from the beginning. She and Mr. Reynolds play one dimensional characters.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t waste your time with this turkey. When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of staging the aborted bust. Despite the 2 famous actorsthe leads &#39;Rent-a-Cop&#39; fails to impress and unfortunately is one of those by the numbers 80&#39;s films that mostly everyone will forget than actually remember and this one is definitely on that category and the silly storyline and dialogue can&#39;t save it for sure. (0/10)
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