On the heels of 'Kill Crazy', I had to give another vanity project from David Heavener a go. Costarring Isaac Hayes (Truck Turner, Escape from NY) couldn't hurt. After listening to David sing another title track & an ridiculous opening that sets up his character - hotshot cowboy cop dressed the part (jeans, boleros, vest, boots, hat) - I started to wonder if I had made a mistake. Thankfully some laughs were yet to come with 'Prime Target'.
Det. John Bloodstone (Heavener) gets suspended by IA after a hostage incident and the bank threatens to foreclose his house. Not helping a strained relationship with his wife (Jenilee Harrison) plus he's still haunted by losing his ex-partner. Then the FBI having trouble getting mafia man Coppella (Tony Curtis) to trial want Bloodstone to do it and his job, house problems will go away too. Of course what's a road trip without killers, betrayals and bickering between the two men.
Heavener - stars, wrote, produced, scores the music, directs - which means he's still hot stuff with the ladies, singing songs, closeups of his face, tragic backstory with bad dreams. Continues to go bare chested when he can. His chemistry with Curtis is hackneyed and annoying. Hayes plays a decent police captain, but isn't given much to bite into. Two ladies provide boobs while Harrison has a hilarious romp with Heavener and the requisite shower scene.
I laughed so hard at the husband/wife reconciling sex with it's dialog, setup that I thought I was gonna wake up the neighbors. I don't know if that made the rest worth it however. 'Prime Target' is competently made, but the finale is a letdown and most of the action is nothing special. Catch actor Andrew Robinson (Cobra) playing another shifty police official.
