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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Politically incorrect jokes (endlessly) about hearing impaired (Gooding) make for tasteless flick.
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It's a long slow trek from gag to gag. Full Review |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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This road has been trod a few too many times before. Full Review |
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Hogan should hang up his spurs until a truly original impulse comes along. Full Review |
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A Western for people that hate Westerns. Full Review |
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Lightning Jack feels like a film you might stumble across late at night on the USA Network. Full Review |
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It's impossible to dislike Paul Hogan, and almost as hard to like his movies. They're as goodhearted as they are simple-minded. Full Review |
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