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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   27,701 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Shane Black (story) &
Greg Hicks (story) ...
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Release Date:
13 December 1991 (USA) more
Tagline:
The goal is to survive. more
Plot:
A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder... more | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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(19 articles)
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Highly Implausible, but Very Entertaining more (111 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bruce Willis ... Joe Hallenbeck

Damon Wayans ... Jimmy Dix
Chelsea Field ... Sarah Hallenbeck
Noble Willingham ... Sheldon Marcone

Taylor Negron ... Milo

Danielle Harris ... Darian Hallenbeck

Halle Berry ... Cory

Bruce McGill ... Mike Matthews
Badja Djola ... Alley Thug

Kim Coates ... Chet

Chelcie Ross ... Senator Baynard

Joe Santos ... Bessalo

Clarence Felder ... McCoskey

Tony Longo ... Big Ray Walston
Frank Collison ... Pablo
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MPAA:
Rated R for graphic violence and very strong language.
Runtime:
105 min | Germany:96 min (cut version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)
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Trivia:
The card Jimmy Dix signs for Joe's daughter is a Pro Set Superbowl Super Heroes card. That set, which was produced by the only card company ever fully endorsed by the NFL, was made only in 1991 and featured stars of the NFL's biggest game. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When swinging from the net during the fight with Milo, the lights Joe crashes into emit sparks before he makes contact with them. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Locker Room Kid: Billy Cole. Billy Cole.
Head Coach: The first half stunk! Open the holes up! Get in there like hogs! Like pigs!
Locker Room Kid: Billy Cole. You got a call on line three.
Head Coach: Let's go out there in this half and kick some butt! Let's get out of this town as a winner! I hate Cleveland!
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19 out of 30 people found the following comment useful.
Highly Implausible, but Very Entertaining, 11 May 2005
6/10
Author: jmorrison-2 from Farmington Hills, MI

One of those movies that strains plausibility to the breaking point, and beyond. However, Bruce Willis's down-on-his-luck, easy-going but tough-as-nails character makes this work. At least, in whatever alternate universe this stuff could possibly happen, anyway. The American Public is fed up with pro football?...yeah...right. Damon Wayans does not look or act like a seasoned professional quarterback, some of the football players look woefully out of shape and overweight, a prominent politician is a sexual psychopath, and nobody has a clue?. Hmmm...

Anyway, Willis's pull-up-a-chair, have-a-beer, guy-next-door character works, and makes this an enjoyable action movie. He is a tough guy when he needs to be, but yet is vulnerable in his relationships with his wife and daughter. He becomes a character that you root for.

Many of the other actors work well also, even in this cartoon plot. Not an award winner, but a decent enough way to spend a couple of hours.

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