A gang of criminals cause a fake chemical spill in Beverley Hills and after the residents are evacuated loot their homes and businesses. A football player Boomer Hayes and a tainted cop Ed Kelvin unite together to foil the nefarious scheme. It starts well building up the characters and the situations then it proceeds to be rather silly. There is lots of noisy action to keep one watching but that's about it. The heroes are bland and the robbers equally so except of course for Robert Davi as Robert Masterson who steals all his scenes with his villainous charm.

Jan Hammer's music score kept being interrupted by inappropriate pop music. I hope he didn't mind