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The Last Boy Scout (1991)

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Reviews Counted:28

Fresh:12

Rotten:16

Average Rating:5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Bruce Willis stars as Joe Hallenbeck, a disillusioned former Secret Service agent who has hit rock bottom as a detective for hire. His marriage is on the rocks, his adolescent daughter has a smart... Bruce Willis stars as Joe Hallenbeck, a disillusioned former Secret Service agent who has hit rock bottom as a detective for hire. His marriage is on the rocks, his adolescent daughter has a smart mouth, he drinks too much, and he's broke. Hallenbeck takes an assignment protecting Cory (Halle Berry), the stripper girlfriend of Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans), a former professional football player banned from the league for gambling. When Cory is murdered gangland style, Hallenbeck teams up with the former football hero to find the killers. Their search leads them deep into the world of professional football, politics, legalized gambling and sadistic hitmen. LETHAL WEAPON screenwriter Shane Black wrote the script for this violent, action-packed thriller directed by Tony Scott (TOP GUN, TRUE ROMANCE). Willis plays Hallenbeck with a sadistic glint in his eye and a deathwish. Wayans is convincing as Dix, an athlete who loses everything when he's banned from the game he loves and turns to drugs for consolation. [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Halle Berry, Chelsea Field

Starring: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Halle Berry, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron

Director: Tony Scott

Director: Tony Scott

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May 26, 1998

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Nick Schager

The apotheosis of the modern interracial-buddy action film genre.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 19 2007 12:50 PM

Lessons of Darkness

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Michael Dequina

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comment Comment | Jan., 14 2007 02:00 AM

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Chuck O'Leary

A slick, big-budget exploitation movie that's preposterous, foul-mouthed and gratuitously violent, but also a great deal of fun.

comment Comment | Jan., 25 2006 09:03 AM

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Daniel Eagan

Ludicrous but undeniably fun, hard-core action

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2/5

Gabe Leibowitz

Overblown rubbish, with nothing to hang on to save the opening football field scene

comment Comment | Dec., 22 2003 11:01 PM

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Jonathan R. Perry

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comment Comment | May., 23 2003 10:11 AM

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Creative Loafing

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3/5

Clint Morris

The script might be average, but the action is unstoppable!

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Rob Vaux

Want to feel like a used rubber? Then fire this turkey up.

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