Mulholland Falls

Mulholland Falls is a 1996 film directed by Lee Tamahori.

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1996 - Lee Tamahori

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Nick Nolte plays Max Hoover, the head of an elite group of four Los Angeles cops (based on the real life "Hat Squad") who stop at nothing to maintain control of their jurisdiction.

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Most critics panned the film. The look of the film was praised, including the work of cinematographer Haskell Wexler, but the film was criticized for the misuse of a talent cast and a confusing plot.

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Peter Stack writing for the San Francisco Chronicle notes:

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Mulholland Falls falls flat a lot. The best of the old noir detective dramas had lively pacing and crisp tough-guy dialogue. This movie seems at times like an exercise in slow motion and in dull, cumbersome writing (the script is by Pete Dexter, who wrote the Rush screenplay).

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Noir - Pete Dexter - Rush

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The film was shot on location in Los Angeles, California and Wendover, Utah.

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Los Angeles, California - Wendover, Utah

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