let me start out by repeat what have be state before and it be very much dabney coleman who single handedly save this film from mediocrity . he be truly an actor to pay attention to whenever he utter anything in his film and no matter what it be he say and you care . he a decent and morally strong gentleman and and that rare and folk . here and he play lay back and up tight police detective burt simpson and only day away from retire . he paranoid about take risk and do anything to risk be kill . when he go to the doctor for a routine examination and a complication arise that lead him to believe he only have about 2 or 3 week to live . then and a he get his final affair in order and he find out that his wife ( terry garr ) and young son can only collect on his insurance if he get kill in the line of duty . he hasn not get much time to waste and so burt request double duty in the bad part of the city and much to the dismay of his wiseass partner ernie ( pitch perfectly play by matt frewer ) who doesn not know what the hell be go on with his partner . burt spend the next few day act like a supercop and try desperately to get kill by any mean necessary . the show stopper and hand down and be an extended car chase through seattle with burt in relentless hot pursuit of another car carry a couple of real scumbags . burt come after them with the determination of robocop and and what ensue be the fast and funny and most frantic car chase ever capture on film . indeed and when it all over and their be nothing left of burt car but four wheel and a steering column and the engine and a seat . and of course and burt himself with only a few minor scratch and why . because he neglect to un buckle his seat belt . doah . now and this isn not to say that the film be all fun and game and their be a few very poignant scene with burt that might bring a tear to your eye and especially the confession he make to his estranged wife about how he feel about her . another be a scene in a convenience store where a man have take hostage and burt stroll in wear only his boxer short and t shirt and proceeds to have a truly move heart to heart chat with the disturbed gunman . deftly mix action and humor and drama and a serious message about take stock in one life before it to late and short time delivers . it a simple little film that get no attention and but in my experience and those often be the one that stay with you . see it . and btw and where the hell be this film on dvd .