Deadly Force (1983) May 2026

Beyond catching the killer, Cooper is also on a mission to win back his estranged wife, Eddie (Joyce Ingalls), a local TV news reporter. Why It's an Interesting Watch

The film follows (Hauser), a former LAPD detective currently working as a freelance investigator in New York. When a serial killer known as the "X Killer" —who carves an "X" into the foreheads of his victims—murders the daughter of a close friend, Cooper returns to his old stomping grounds in LA. Deadly Force (1983)

Cooper is the textbook "loose cannon" cop: anti-authority, rebellious, and frequently at odds with his old superior, Captain Hoxley. Beyond catching the killer, Cooper is also on