Police Rescue (1994) User Reviews

Poor movie of a great TV series

[AlexLum · 9 February 2002]

As a big fan of the "Police Rescue" TV series, I waited eagerly for the feature film to be released, and was disappointed when it was only on in Australian cinemas for about a week and I missed it. Years later, having seen it at last, I can see why it tanked at the box office. All the best elements of the TV series have been removed and made it a bland and disappointing effort. Instead of big screen action and suspense, the story mostly concerns the mysterious past of new recruit Lorrie Gordon, and her relationship with Mickey. It's disappointing when a feature film of a TV series can't even match one of the series' more dull episodes. To top it off, the film ends with actor Gary Sweet singing a terrible cover version of "Most People I Know (Think That I'm Crazy)", which Australians will incredulously recall was actually released as a single.

The only thing that makes this film worth seeing is a young Cate Blanchett in her first film role.

A disappointment

[PeterM27 · 4/10 · 16 November 2021]

This film was a spin-off from a popular television series, Police Rescue, and the majority of the cast come from that series, most notably Gary Sweet as the alpha-male leader Mickey McClintock.

Zoe Carides plays the newcomer, Lorrie Gordon, who Mickey spends most of the film trying to figure out whether she was involved her ex-partner/ex-lover's corrupt deals. The team are involved in a number of spectacular rescues, and Lorrie and Mickey start to become romantically involved, but Mickey can't help suspecting her as well.

It's quite good as an action film, with plenty of rescues in popular Sydney locales, but the film suffers from a rubbery script and the romantic scenes don't really ring true.

Sweet and Carides have both given better performances than this. The film definitely looks more like a TV film than something ready for the cinema.

Fun and relaxing

[longshot_dk · 10/10 · 24 November 2001]

I enjoyed seing this series for a long time. As it was send at a late hour in Denmark, it practicaly always ruined my schooldays. It is subtle, warm and it is not afraid to adress more serious issues. One of the most important things is that it never drags the stuff out over several episodes, though it still have a red line throughout all the episodes. It does not contain the most thought-inspiring or worldshattering conclusions, but it is still a lot better than watching "Pacific Blue" or "air america".