A reeking stinker of a comedy.
Loose Cannons (1990)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:0
Rotten:14
Average Rating:3.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A tough Washington DC cop (Gene Hackman) teams up with a man with a multiple personality disorder (Dan Aykroyd) who speaks in the voices of Tweety Bird, Captain Kirk Pee-wee Herman, Ricky Ricardo,... A tough Washington DC cop (Gene Hackman) teams up with a man with a multiple personality disorder (Dan Aykroyd) who speaks in the voices of Tweety Bird, Captain Kirk Pee-wee Herman, Ricky Ricardo, and even the Wicked Witch of the West. Together they pursue a gang of marauding neo-Nazis in an attempt to capture a porno film featuring Adolph Hitler in bed with a man who is about to be elected chancellor of West Germany. [More]
Starring: Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis
Starring: Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis, Dom DeLuise
Director: Bob Clark
Director: Bob Clark
Screenwriter: Richard Christian Matheson, Richard Matheson, Bob Clark
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All of this must have looked wonderful on paper, but somehow the joy of it got lost in the translation from page to screen.
Hackman mostly just stands around watching Aykroyd run through his exertions with the look of a man who has something unspeakable on the sole of his shoe.
Quite embarrassing, really, especially with the overacting of Dan Aykroyd.
Dan Aykroyd's dexterous multipersonality schtick is the only redeeming feature of this chase-heavy comedy.
Mr. Hackman and Mr. Aykroyd deserve much better. They really do. Each gives a thoroughly professional performance that is consistently undercut by the direction of Mr. Clark.
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