Sleeping Dogs (1997)

Sleeping Dogs

Movie19971h 30m
Sci-Fi
3.4 / 10(248)

A master jewel thief in 21st century Los Angeles targets the illegal emerald smuggling operations of a highly-connected crime syndicate. During what he believes to be a routine heist, cat burglar Harry Maxwell discovers that his target, notorious criminal Sanchez Boon is also the target of a police raid. In attempting to evade both the law and Boon's well-armed men, Harry meets Pandora Grimes, one of dozens of young women Boon kidnapped to work in his factory. When Boon sets a group of social deviants free and hijacks a space transport ship and its crew, only Harry and Pandora's cunning can save the hundreds of innocent people aboard.

Runtime
1h 30m
Released
1997
Country
Canada, Czech Republic

Details

Release year: 1997

Storyline

A master jewel thief in 21st century Los Angeles targets the illegal emerald smuggling operations of a highly-connected crime syndicate. During what he believes to be a routine heist, cat burglar Harry Maxwell discovers that his target, notorious criminal Sanchez Boon is also the target of a police raid. In attempting to evade both the law and Boon's well-armed men, Harry meets Pandora Grimes, one of dozens of young women Boon kidnapped to work in his factory. When Boon sets a group of social deviants free and hijacks a space transport ship and its crew, only Harry and Pandora's cunning can save the hundreds of innocent people aboard.

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Did you know

Filmed on the same sets as Dead Fire.

Most of the film is accompanied by a background score, with nearly no silent gaps.

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User reviews

/10

Citizen Kane of Bad Movies

👍 15 · 8/4/2002
1/10

A Life changing experience

👍 7 · 8/17/2000
1/10

Something wrong with it

👍 1 · 8/25/2009
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Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
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