No Man's Land (1987)

	Directed by: Peter Werner	COUNTRY USA GENRE Crime/Drama NORWEGIAN TITLE Døden kjører Porsche RUNNING TIME 106 minutes
	Produced by: Joseph Stern Dick Wolf
	Written by: Dick Wolf

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Ted Varrick	Charlie Sheen	½
Benjy Taylor	D. B. Sweeney	½
Lt. Vincent Bracey	Randy Quaid	½
Ann Varrick	Lara Harris
Malcolm	Bill Duke	½
Frank Martin	R. D. Call	½
Captain Haun	M. Emmett Walsh	-
Uncle Mike	George Dzundza	-
Waitor (uncredited)	Brad Pitt	-

Review

D. B. Sweeney plays a rookie cop and hobby mechanic who is persuaded by his boss (Randy Quaid) to go undercover in order to infiltrate and take down a luxury car theft operation ostensibly led by the flashy Ted Varrick (Charlie Sheen). Although not garnering the ravest reviews back when it was released, this film written by Dick Wolf has more aspirations for itself than it has been given credit for. As a look at the subculture of mechanics and garages, it is worthy and knowledgeable. And despite being far more predictable as a procedural, arguably lacking in suspense and nerve, you do ultimately care a little bit for Sweeney’s character – and perhaps even Sheen’s. The former brings the right level of blue-eyedness to his part, and the latter demonstrates that his talent was arguably underrated. The love interest is played by model Lara Harris. Also with R. D. Call as Sheen’s rival.