
Set in New Orleans. Remy McSwain, lieutenant in Homicide finds that he has two problems, the first of a series of gang killings and Ann Osborne, a beautiful attorney from the D.A.'s police corruption task force in his office. He begins a relationship with her as the killings continue only to have charges filed against him for accepting bribes as he stumbles on a police corruption Sting. While this is happening, the criminals insist that none of the crime gangs are behind the ... (Full plot summary below)
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Set in New Orleans. Remy McSwain, lieutenant in Homicide finds that he has two problems, the first of a series of gang killings and Ann Osborne, a beautiful attorney from the D.A.'s police corruption task force in his office. He begins a relationship with her as the killings continue only to have charges filed against him for accepting bribes as he stumbles on a police corruption Sting. While this is happening, the criminals insist that none of the crime gangs are behind the killings.
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| Movie MomNell MinowOne of the smartest, sexiest thrill rides ever, with a spicy cajun flavor. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonThe Big Easy, starring Ellen Barkin and Dennis Quaid, is the sexiest, most companionable movie of the summer. Set in New Orleans, it's an amiable, loping, goof of a movie, with charm to burn and not a thought in its head. |
| People MagazinePeter TraversOooowee, here is one scorchingly sexy movie. |
| TIME MagazineRichard SchickelA movie that manages to be atmospherically rich while also satisfying the slash-crash imperatives of the police-action genre. |
| VarietyVariety StaffUntil conventional plot contrivances begin to spoil the fun, The Big Easy is a snappy, sassy battle of the sexes in the guise of a melodrama about police corruption. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsBen YagodaBarkin makes the silliness with which her character behaves as credible as is probably possible. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrIt's sleek, briskly paced, firmly controlled and shrewdly dosed with humor, action and romance. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonEventually the film's suspense underpinnings take over its personal story, yet that tension Quaid and Barkin generate still holds. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum[McBride] gets tense, sexy performances from Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin and makes the most of his New Orleans locations. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDragan AntulovOne of the more entertaining examples of the police thriller genre. |