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Lightning Jack (1994)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:1

Rotten:14

Average Rating:3.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Lightning Jack Kane, a former member of the infamous Younger Brother gang, recently left the boys to ride the range on his own. When he comes upon a small town, he robs the bank and takes a mute... Lightning Jack Kane, a former member of the infamous Younger Brother gang, recently left the boys to ride the range on his own. When he comes upon a small town, he robs the bank and takes a mute named Ben as his hostage. But before long Ben and Jack are partners on equal ground. Together they comb the prairie, crossing hostile Indian territory and cavorting with women of ill-repute along the way. Eventually Lightning Jack catches up with his old girlfriend Lana, but not before he's taken a long and dangerous ride across the new frontier. [More]

Starring: Paul Hogan, Cuba Gooding, Beverly D'Angelo

Starring: Paul Hogan, Cuba Gooding, Beverly D'Angelo

Director: Simon Wincer

Director: Simon Wincer

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A good-natured, if laconic, oater that rides along nicely on the screen persona of writer/actor Paul Hogan.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
08/25/08
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Variety
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It's a long slow trek from gag to gag.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
08/25/08
Channel 4 Film

The relationship between Ben and Jack never really develops any warmth or resonance, mainly because it seems never to have been thought through.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/25/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

This road has been trod a few too many times before.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

No review available.

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08/12/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Hogan should hang up his spurs until a truly original impulse comes along.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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04/04/06
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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04/07/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

A Western for people that hate Westerns.

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01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

No review available.

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09/11/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Lightning Jack feels like a film you might stumble across late at night on the USA Network.

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01/01/00
Richard Harrington
Richard Harrington
Washington Post

It's impossible to dislike Paul Hogan, and almost as hard to like his movies. They're as goodhearted as they are simple-minded.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

The film has no internal comic rhythm to match its faltering sense of humor. Much of the time, it plods along like a mediocre conventional western.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Politically incorrect jokes (endlessly) about hearing impaired (Gooding) make for tasteless flick.

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03/14/09
Steve Crum
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