The film's vices are its virtue.

Unexpectedly accomplished aesthetics and an effectively unnerving turn from Wings Hauser aside, "Vice Squad" is simply too bogged down in slice-of-life reality to elevate itself above general unpleasantness into effective exploitation.

[UPDATED 2025 4K + BLU-RAY REVIEW] Hubley's good and Hauser's great, but, sleaze factor aside, there's little to distinguish this from a standard episode of, say, Kojak or T.J. Hooker.

a B-movie in prestige picture clothing, albeit the cinematic equivalent of a designer tube top.