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Archives   Sharky's Machine   “Sharky’s Machine” contains all of
the ingredients of a tough, violent, cynical big-city cop movie,
but what makes it intriguing is the way the Burt Reynolds
character plays against those conventions. His name is Sharky.
As the movie opens, he's an undercover narcotics cop. He blows a
big case and is demoted to the vice squad--which is a bawdy,
brawling, vocal gang of misfits who act like a cross between
"Hill Street Blues" and a Joseph Wambaugh nightmare.   Sharky is
not happy in vice. He is, in fact, not happy anywhere, not until
a young woman named Dominoe enters his life. She is a hooker.
She also seems to be involved with some snaky big-money
characters, and so Sharky places