Final Combination

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Final Combination ★½ 1993

Boxer Welton (Stretch) lures two girls to his hotel room where he rapes and beat them to death. Trying to catch the psycho is hardbitten, harddrinking L.A. cop Matt Dickson (Madsen), who figures out he's after a serial killer using the names of famous boxers as aliases. Also involved is supposed journalist Catherine Briggs (Bonet), who offers info to Dickson but has her own agenda. Ordinary thriller with sillierthanusual dialogue. 92m/C VHS . Michael Madsen, Lisa Bonet, Gary Stretch, Tim Russ, Damian Chapa, Carmen Argenziano, Susan Byun; D: Nigel Dick; W: Larry Golin; M: Rolfe Kent.