The Big Heat Family Review

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.Dave Bannion is an upright cop on the trail of a vicious gang he suspects holds power over the police force. Bannion is tipped off after a colleague's suicide and his fellow officers' suspicious silence lead him to believe that they are on the gangsters' payroll. When a bomb meant for him kills his wife instead, Bannion becomes a furious force of vengeance and justice, aided along the way by the gangster's spurned girlfriend Debby. As Bannion and Debby fall further and further into the Gangland's insidious and brutal trap, they must use any means necessary (including murder) to get to the truth.—alfiehitchieHomicide sergeant, Dave Bannion's assigned to the case of a policeman, Tom Duncan who has committed suicide. Duncan was head of the records bureau. Though it seems to be an open and shut case until the police get a call from Lucy Chapman. She says she was Tom's girlfriend and there is no way he would have committed suicide. Bannion dismisses her story out of hand, but when Chapman is found the next day, beaten and tortured to death, he begins to think there may be something to what she said. Despite warnings to back off, Bannion continues investigating but it leads to his wife's death. He quits the force and pursues mobster Mike Lagana and his henchman Vince Stone.—garykmcdIn the city of Kenport, where criminal elements control the politicians as well as the city, itself, homicide Sgt Dave Bannion's tasked with investigating the supposed suicide of fellow officer Tom Duncan. Duncan had been head of the records bureau, and though at first it seems am open-and-shut case, Bannion'gets a call from Tom's girlfriend, Lucy Chapman, who didn't believe he would've done this. Though he puts it off, Ms Chapman's found dead, herself, the very next day; having been brutally tortured and beaten to death. As Bannon begins to dig, he's warned to back off, and when this only angers him to look harder. a bomb - meant for him - kills his wife, instead, Bannion's anger boils over, looking to get vengeance and justice, His work - with help from the gangster's forlorn girlfriend, Debby, points towards Mike Lagana, and his associate, Vince Stone. But, as Bannion gets closer, the violence increases, spirallng towardsa victory... but, for which side?.—HuggoIn a city rife with treacherous councillors, corrupt police commissioners, and megalomaniac crime lords, the news of officer Tom Duncan's suicide comes as a shock. However, the seductive barfly, Lucy Chapman, claims that his death was faked--and what's even more alarming--she swears that there's more to the deceased's cryptic wife than meets the eye. As a result, the incorruptible homicide detective, Sergeant Dave Bannion, finds himself pulled off the case and suspended from duty until the murder of a beloved one drags him into a dangerous world of corruption, mighty adversaries, and relentless retribution. Now, somebody's got to pay. Can Bannion ferret out the town's ruthless criminal kingpin?—Nick Riganas1 moreAll