Loose Cannons (1990)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Bob Clark

Writers (WGA):

Richard Christian Matheson (written by) &
Richard Matheson (written by) ...

Release Date:

9 February 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Detective Mack Stern is facing the greatest challenge of his career... his new partner.

Plot:

An unconventional cop who doesn't take any bull, is paired up with an amazing detective to capture some powerful criminals but the cop soon realizes that his by the book partner has split personality disorder.

Plot Keywords:

Helicopter | Subway | German | Fight | Sadomasochism

Cast

Dan Aykroyd	...	Ellis Fielding
Gene Hackman	...	MacArthur Stern
Dom DeLuise	...	Harry 'The Hippo' Gutterman
Ronny Cox	...	Smiley
Nancy Travis	...	Riva
Robert Prosky	...	Von Metz
Paul Koslo	...	Grimmer
Dick O'Neill	...	Captain
Jan Triska	...	Steckler
Leon Rippy	...	Weskit
Robert Irvin Elliott	...	Monseigneur
Herb Armstrong	...	Cheshire Cat
Robert Dickman	...	White Rabbit
David Alan Grier	...	Drummond
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Rachel

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

Andy Dick appears on the cover art and poster but is not in the movie. At the time Dick was getting a lot of work in print ads.

Quotes:

Rachel: Having a bad day?
Mac: No, I'm having a terrible day. Say something nice to me, will ya, please.
Rachel: You have very strong lookin' thighs for a white man.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Pleasure and Love

Just Laugh At All The Offensive Insanity

I consider this film a guilty pleasure. Yes, it's terrible, and my inner film critic tells me I should absolutely hate it, but hey, it's like one of those comedians such as George Carlin whose sole purposes are to offend and make you laugh. This movie did both for me. I absolutely hate stupid comedies without a brain, but actually, there seem to have been some brains behind this film. The prolific science fiction screenwriter and short story author Richard Matheson - one of my favorites - worked on the script with his author son, so there was obviously more behind this than all the other absolutely awful mainstream "comedies" of the '80s. I think I know what they were getting at - they had a bunch of really wild, unrelated ideas, and decided to put them all into one movie. What other movie can you think of with Neo-Nazis, a cop-buddy formula, Colombian drug dealer torture, Isreali agents, a long-lost porno film starring Adolf Hitler, S&M, and multiple-personality disorder all in one movie, and a comedy at that?! I give them credit for the balls they had in putting all that stuff together. Heck, they were probably making things up as they went along. A lot of it is actually quite funny. Also, believe it or not, director Bob Clark has a very good eye for detail. This is a movie all the critics were destined to love to hate, considering the pedigree of the cast and director Bob Clark ("A Christmas Story", "Porkies", and "Turk 182"). But if you approach this in the right mindset - as a trashy drive-in-type movie with a bigger budget that's both intentionally and unintentionally funny - you may enjoy it.