Right from the first turn of the ignition, director Potsy Ponciroli lets us know that the things we might expect of an action film set in ’70s Detroit are exactly the things he intends to deliver. A stream of gas-guzzling sedans, a neon motel sign, a load of sawn-off shotguns (remember them?) and a big guy doing a Tom Selleck roll over the hood, despite being already peppered with bullets and having a knife buried in his arm — all the stuff you may recall from Miami Vice , but without the restrictions of primetime. And that’s all before the first title. What Motor City does not have is dialogue. Well, none to speak of, anyway. I’ve read that it has four lines but I counted five, three of which were “I loved you!”, “I loved her” and “I still do”, which tells the story in a nutshell.

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