Hudson Hawk (1991) User Reviews (317)

What The...

[ReelCheese · 6/10 · 6 June 2006]

I'm torn on HUDSON HAWK. After watching it, part of me went, "What the hell was that?" But another part suggested that maybe I wasn't hip enough to "get" what it was trying to do. Part of me thought it was a completely ridiculous waste of time. Part of me thought it was just good, clean fun.

Though certainly not for everybody, there are enough redeeming qualities in HUDSON HAWK to avert its dismissal as a multimillion-dollar turkey. Bruce Willis is Eddie "Hudson Hawk" Hawkins, a cat burglar intent on retiring but who is forced to steal Da Vinci works of art for a (gasp!) world domination plot. Along for the ride are Tommy Five-Tone (Danny Aiello), mysterious nun Anna Baragli (Andie MacDowell) and conniving bad guy George Kaplan (recognize that name?) played by the late James Coburn.

The plot sounds like it could have made for a good DIE HARD-style caper, but director Michael Lehmann had other ideas. As he reveals in the DVD version's audio commentary, HUDSON HAWK was meant first and foremost as a comedy. Trouble is, it was promoted more as a Bruce Willis action blockbuster. Audiences were left scratching their heads as their favorite tough guy engaged in Stooge-like slapstick, sipped cappuccino and, most astoundingly, crooning Crosby classics.

Not that mistaken expectations are the only thing wrong here. Indeed HUDSON HAWK is simply too silly for its own good. The gags frequently fall flat, nearly embarrassing the talented performers involved. The plot is overly convoluted, and Richard E. Grant and Sandra Bernhard as the villainous Mayflowers are a bit hard to take. At its lowest points, you'll be astounded something like this could receive a theatrical release.

To get the most out of HUDSON HAWK, go in with an open mind. It's unlike anything you've seen before -- in both good and bad ways.

This movie is a blast!

[Peach-2 · 7/10 · 28 October 1998]

Hudson Hawk has cult movie written all over it. Bruce Willis and Danny Aiello have a blast making robberies while singing show tunes. It put me in the spirit of the movie and I enjoyed myself. Everybody in the cast overacts but that didn't bother me at all. This is the kind of movie that after years pass will be considered a cult classic. Check out Hudson Hawk if you want to have a good time. Because like all the best films, you have to suspend your belief in reality to make it work and this movie is fantasy on a whole new level.

Much Better than Rumored...

[Gislef · 7/10 · 1 October 1998]

A movie that I've never understood the critics' response against. Yes, it's primarily a Bruce Willis ego-trip. Who cares? It's a _fun_ Bruce Willis ego-trip. He smirks, smartmouths, struts, sings, and strides through every scene. But he still doesn't manage to steal the thunder of Danny Aiello, James Coburn and his band of covert agents, and Sandra Bernhard and Richard Grant in a truly bizarre series of sequences as eccentric (to put it mildly) billionaires. Andie MacDowell doesn't make much of a romantic lead, but even she gets a goofball sequence when she starts speaking in Dolphin-ish.

not nearly as bad as you would think

[dtucker86 · 20 October 2001]

This was one of the first films that I saw when I came back from the Persian Gulf War. It is listed as among the biggest money losers of all time and when it came out it generated some of the most scathing reviews of all time. When Bruce Willis made The Last Boy Scout later that year, one reviewer said "He gets punched in the mouth so many times, he must feel like he's still reading reviews of Hudson Hawk" Willis wrote the story for this film, so I'm sure this must have particularly hurt him, this film put his career in the toilet before Pulp Fiction revived it. I don't think the film was all that bad myself, even though it wasn't Citizen Kane and wont go down in history as a classic I am at least hoping that it might generate a cult following. At least it attempts to be original, you have to give it credit for that. So many movies these days are just rip offs. Willis gives an engaging performance as the cappachino-drinking, wise-cracking cat burglar who is forced to pull off one last hiest. I really laughed at the scene where he and Danny Aiello pull off that robbery while doing such a wonderful rendition of "Would You Like To Swing On A Star". Aiello is a great actor as is Andie McDowell and James Coburn who also give great supporting performances. Coburn has a lot of fun spoofing his tough guy image. It sort of reminds me of In Like Flynt. My best advice is leave your brain at the beginning of the movie and just have a good time. Yes this film wont cure cancer or anything like that, but its still a lot of fun if you just give it a chance.

Thoroughly Under-rated Goofiness

[Mr64Source · 7/10 · 24 August 2020]

Is this a great movie? Not really. Will I absolutely stop and watch it if I happen to see it's on? Yes, I will. It's truly an oddball comedy, most definitely not every joke works, but its manic energy and silliness still manage to crack me up.

The real credit, for me, goes to the movie's two ridiculous scene-chewing villains, Minerva and Darwin Mayflower who pretty well have to be seen to be believed. If you looked up over the top in a dictionary I think you could possibly see a picture of them, and yet they're played with such conviction and flair that I love every scene they're in. For me, without them, the movie wouldn't be anywhere near as fun.

Don't take it seriously

[braincasualties · 7/10 · 21 June 2021]

...no, don't take it seriously, as the movie doesn't take seriously itself. It's as funny as it's silly, and that's what makes it enjoyable. Characters are all dumb, the good guys are no saner than the cartoon-looking bad guys, the story is just the basement for a set of somehow childish jokes that, even being a grown up, I really enjoyed when I watched it a couple of decades ago. I decided to watch it again today, to find that it's still funny enough to have a nice time in the couch.

You Will Either Love It Or Hate It

[slightlymad22 · 5/10 · 11 January 2015]

Hudson Hawk has the dubious distinction of being the final film produced by TriStar Pictures prior to their being bought out by the Sony Corporation and merged with Columbia Pictures.

Plot In A Paragraph: Hudson Hawk, the worlds greatest cat burglar, has just been released from prison in New York. He is immediately blackmailed in to stealing some of Da Vinci's finest work in order to aid a world domination plot.

Bruce Willis gives one of his worst performances as Eddie Hawkins/Hudson Hawk, likewise Danny Aiello is not up to his usual standard as Tommy Hawks best mate, Andie MacDowell is very blah as Anna, Hawks love interest. David Caruso and Frank Stallone are both fine in their supporting roles. However Sandra Bernhard and Richard E. Grant are simply awful. Cringeworthy bad. They ruin EVERY scene they are in.

The movie doesn't seem to know what it wants to be, a slapstick comedy or an action adventure, and sadly ends up being neither.

One thing I did like was a running joke in the movie that has Hudson and his partner Tommy (Aiello) singing songs concurrently but separately, to time and synchronize their exploits. Willis-Aiello duets of Bing Crosby's "Swinging on a Star" and Paul Anka's "Side by Side" are a bit of fun in an otherwise mixed bag.

Cute and wacky, fun!

[HotToastyRag · 7/10 · 15 July 2019]

In this zany comedy, Bruce Willis stars as a cat burglar whose claim to fame is singing classic songs to time his heists. Sounds a little odd, doesn't it? Just be prepared that Hudson Hawk is a bit wacky, and you'll be in the right mindset to have a good time. I read the synopsis out loud when I rented it, and while everyone fled the room and refused to watch it with me-only a slight exaggeration-I ended up enjoying it!

When Bruce Willis gets out of prison, his parole officer asks him to steal a statue from a museum. Bruce and his good friend and partner Danny Aiello sing "Swingin' on a Star" while they break into the museum's safe, and it's so adorable! As you settle into your seats and expect the rest of the movie to be a cutesy heist-musical, Bruce gets kidnapped and forced into another robbery. Two rival gangs, one led by James Coburn and the other by Richard E. Grant, keep tabs on Bruce as he stumbles through Rome trying to keep out of trouble. As if keeping out of trouble while getting into trouble isn't complicated enough, he also romances the beautiful, mysterious Andie MacDowell, who has her own secret agenda.

The script of Hudson Hawk is very witty and quick; any movie that references David Niven as the perfect cat burglar will win me over in a wink. The pattern of the film keeps you constantly on your toes, shocking you with a bit of weirdness just when you think it's settled into a bit of consistency. Every line Richard E. Grant gets to deliver is hilarious, and his sparkling energy easily steals-and I mean that as a compliment-every scene he's in. He's delightful and charming, almost becoming a cartoon character in an equally wacky movie, and almost making you root for the bad guy.

If you're in the mood for an oddball comedy, you'll probably get a kick out of this one. You get to hear Bruce Willis and Danny Aiello sing, see some Italian scenery, and appreciate the eye candy of Andie MacDowell. Also, keep an eye out for David Caruso, Frank Stallone, Lorraine Toussaint, and Sandra Bernhard, who gets to prance around in a different, gorgeous outfit in every scene.

DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. There's a scene where Bruce Willis is on a hospital gurney on the freeway, and the rocking camera movement will make you sick.In other words, "Don't Look, Mom!"

Sometimes Bad Is Bad

[Bolesroor · 1/10 · 9 July 2005]

Let me begin by saying I love Bruce Willis. He proved in Moonlighting that he has a knack for comedy and in Die Hard that he belongs on the big screen, as great an action star as Hollywood has ever had. I also love comedies of all kinds- spoofs, black comedies, trash, generally everything on the Cult shelf at your now-extinct video store.

When Hudson Hawk came out I was just a lad laughing at the negative hype, the hatred that was directed toward the film. How bad could it be? I rented the video and learned just how bad. Bruce Willis, despite what I detect was some genuine emotional investment, creates a high-flying, sensory-numbing ego trip in which he tries to be the action hero, the comic relief, the romantic lead, the song and dance man, and the narrator all at the same time. What worked in the movie? Simply put: "Swingin' On A Star," the sequence in which Willis as cat burglar Hawk times a precision robbery with his partner not by synchronizing watches but by singing the standard while skateboarding past security guards. Had the movie remained this gentle, this clever, this much of a kick, we might have had something. Sadly, this is all that works in the entire movie.

What doesn't work? Where to begin: the entire supporting cast, with the stone-faced Andie MacDowell proving yet again why she's the worst actress to ever appear on the big screen. I don't know what's worse- the fact that she cannot express any emotion or the fact that every time she tries to she looks hideous, bucktoothed and backwards and paper-bag ugly. Speaking of ugly we're also treated to uber-nothing Sandra Bernhard as one of the villains, and you only have to watch her for ten seconds before it's plain she has no talent whatsoever. Last time I saw her was Nick @ Nite hosting the "America's Funniest Mom" Competition. That seems about right. Richard E. Grant as her villain partner is equally loathsome, and you'll come out of the movie literally hating the both of them. Gangsters and goons appear and disappear with no logical progression, David Caruso appears as a mute who holds up a card that reads: "My name is Kit-Kat. This is not a dream," and Bruce Willis breaks the fourth wall by smirking directly to the audience and delivering wry one-liners about the quality of the film. We didn't need him to tell us it sucks.

So anyway I watched the movie just recently, fifteen years later, with an open mind and no hype to distract me... it's still terrible. The fact that so many people here are saying good things about the movie honestly frightens me... I think they find it outrageous to proclaim one of the world's worst movies was really "not that bad." I don't know about you but I look for more than "not that bad" out of my viewing experiences. The movie was such a failure many predicted it would kill Willis' career, and while the critics were nasty about him and the movie they were not wrong. Hudson Hawk literally wiped the smirk off of Willis' face for a long while and brought one of Hollywood's biggest stars down to Earth for a much-needed reality check.

I can't stop you from seeing this movie. You'll probably have to learn for yourself... but don't say I didn't warn you.

GRADE: D-

30 years later, a cult classic

[markwaldbc · 7/10 · 14 June 2021]

As the title of my review suggests, this movie got better with age. Don't believe me, check out the reviews. Check out the score timeline. The more time expires, the higher the ratings. That's because when this came out it was panned as a vanity piece - a work of Bruce's ego. But it really wasn't. It was a bunch of mostly A list actors at the time having fun with the script and in general, over acting every scene. When I first saw it, I laughed the entire movie and then the hate started. This was pre-internet so it was mostly movies reviews in magazines or TV like Siskel and Ebert. I began to wonder if there was something wrong with my humor. Was it me? What did I miss? Or was it simply some people just didn't get it. I think it was the latter and with the internet to quickly overrule the critics, this movie went down the tubes.

So it depends on how you approach it. If you look at it as a serious "Cat Burglar" or "Heist" movie, you're going to say, "WTF did I just watch?" If you watch with a big bowl of popcorn and want to se some actors having fun with a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, you'll like it. Bruce said him self in several interviews that Hudson Hawk was intended as a satire of the genre. He insisted the absurdity was supposed to be part of the charm. Meant to be a joke, but few at the time saw the funny side. If it had been made, just a few years later, maybe after Pulp Fiction, it could have been viewed differently. Don't panic - I am not comparing Pulp Fiction with Hudson Hawk. Where Pulp Fiction sewed comedy and drama perfectly, Hudson Hawk was ham-fisted and comically awkward. Both were ahead of their time with it's mixture of genres: the movie spoof and a violent action film common of the time. Audiences and critics weren't ready for Hudson Hawk's sometimes shaky deliver and thus, by and large generally misunderstood since it fit into neither category neatly.

Hudson Hock

[Newsense · 1/10 · 10 November 2008]

Who told Bruce Willis he could do comedy? Better question: Who told Bruce Willis that he can write comedy? Bruce is funnier in movies he doesn't write. Hudson Hawk is not only a vanity project, its the worst vanity project ever made(at least Harlem Nights had its moments).

Story: Bruce Willis plays Eddie Hawkins also known as Hudson Hawk, a well-known cat burglar. He does his last job with his partner Tommy Five-Tone(Danny Aiello) and decides to call it quits until he is forcefully shoved back into stealing by a nefarious crook called George Kaplan(James Coburn) who is in cahoots with two theatrical idiotic masterminds known as Darwin(Richard E. Grant) and Minerva(Sandra Bernhard). In Europe, Hudson Hawk is befriended by a spy posing as a nun known as Anna(Andie MacDowell).

Opinion: None of the jokes work and most of the time Bruce Willis is smirking in front of the camera like a spazz. The humor consists of poorly executed slapstick and cheesy one-liners like Bruce telling a decapitated butler that he wont be going to a hat convention. Doesn't that just tickle your funny bone? Eh, no. Danny Aiello's performance was slightly better here than it was in Harlem Nights but it was still weak. Andie MacDowell is as bland as usual as Anna and have you ever seen a more excruciating performance than Sandra Bernhard's Minerva Mayflower? Sheesh, how insufferable can one woman get? That insufferable. Bruce Willis has no comedic timing and Hudson Hawk is such a bumbling airhead that you want George Kaplan and his stupid goons(which are all named after candy bars)to put him out of his misery. I mean, who the hell just stands there and gets shot with a dart? Was that supposed to be funny? No, its just painful and the same goes for Hudson Hawk, the worst vanity project of all time. Now for the age old argument that you have to be deep to understand those jokes. My reply: that's a load of bull because anybody whose seen Monty Python and The Three Stooges can see those jokes coming two miles away. Stop writing these positive reviews for this movie, Bruce! I know thats you trying to recoup your losses. Charge it as a loss and give it up already.

Misunderstood...

[erik-imdb · 8/10 · 23 May 2005]

This movie is a classic farce (something Hollywood hasn't done much of in a while - at least, not intentionally). Situations and characters are so far over the top it's amazing they don't just float off into space. Bruce Willis is in cute smile / sarcastic wisecrack mode - more like his 'Moonlighting' days as opposed to his current action hero motif - he gets to deal with psychotic billionaires, the "MTV-IA", (somewhat) organized crime, and attractive nun from the Vatican. They play this one on cable quite a bit lately, and I still get a kick every time I channel-surf to it - it's good for a good chuckle several times a minute. Watch it, sit back, have fun, but don't try to take anything even remotely seriously!

This is a brand new tuxedo!

[reddiemurf81 · 6/10 · 1 August 2021]

Hudson Hawk (Willis) does a dime inside for b&e/robbery, and when finally gets out he has no intentions of resuming his old ways. Of course, the first thing that happens is he gets threatened with a dirt nap if he doesn't pull a job for some local crime family (just when he thought he was out). So he and his partner Tommy do the job (and perform a catchy tune as they work), which sets off events that lead to an adventure they had no intention of trying to find (going to Italy, stealing from the Vatican, dodging a lot of bullets, etc).

They don't make em like this anymore. This farce brought me plenty of lols as a teen. Don't think, just sit back and enjoy!!

6.3 rating imo.

Blech! Simple 80's crap brought into the 90's

[mannix-6 · 1/10 · 5 June 2002]

Only Bruce Willis could come up with such a self indulgent tale where he gets to sing. In fact the "singing thieves" bit is in fact the best part of the movie. The story is a mess, the characters are forgettable, the performances are ridiculous. One might think they were GOING for laughs and absurdity here but that's not exactly the case as at every other turn they try to dazzle us with action and effects sequences. (explosions that go boom. whee.) It isn't funny. None of the over the top performances are funny. The plot has enough loopholes to make you think that the script was written by an 80's sitcom writer, and all of it smacks as bits left over from Willis' Moonlighting days. Thank God he eventually learned how to act three years later with Pulp Fiction. The only interesting thing about this movie other than the timed singing bit is that a very young David Caruso is in it.

Microwave Sushi

[tedg · 11 December 2001]

This movie was on my list of movies generated by actors as personal projects. That's because you really get to know these guys when you see what they really want to do. Bruce worked on this for a very long time.

If you check out Willis' acting stuff, it is a particular style, very much like Mel Gibson's. The idea is to focus on the character in a serious way, but always let the audience know that there is a carefree guy doing it. The formula is subtle and depends on the genuine take on life that the actor has.

If you allow for the incompetent editing and execrable score, this is a very clever movie. In particular, it is a very clever placement of a movie about other movies. It walks through the various motions of a real movie, with lots of references to remind you. But it is really a bunch of jokes that make the broadest fun of movies. The position and distance that this film has to real movies is precisely the same as Bruce's acting stance to the job he does in portraying the character.

Check it out. It's got some problems, but it tells you a lot about Bruce in whatever of his other films you like, and will likely enhance that film.

Hudson Hawk soars

[Fitzy14 · 7/10 · 29 April 2021]

Let me tell you my reviews do not take up a lot of space and I practically never give a synopsis of the movie because you can get that anywhere. However what my reviews will tell you is an everyday movie fans look at if it was entertaining and whether they did their job to telling a story. Don't listen to critics they have their own agendas.

This movie won more Razzie awards than any movie released that year (1991) and was rated as one of Bruce Willis's worst movies (Obviously they didn't anticipate Once Upon a time in Venice). I think this is one of his best aside from Die Hard of course. This movie bring him back to what made him famous (Moonlighting), his comedic delivery and snarkieness make every scene work.

The Cat Burglar has charm and an innocence that matches well with some slap stick and a great crime caper. Don't listen to the critics, give Hudson Hawk a look.

Is it cheesy? . . . Yes, Is it Fun? . . . Yes. I bet you repeat a few lines from the movie after you see it! Ring-Ding Goat Cheese Pizza! I had 2 bowls of Popcorn on this one, I spilled the first one when I laughed at the Nintendo comment.

A Hidden and Underrated Gem and should be in every Bruce Willis Collection.

There's probably something wrong with me, but I really like this movie

[catfishman · 7/10 · 6 July 2020]

I'm not sure entirely why, but this movie is kind of a guilty pleasure for me. Almost every part of this movie just hit's me in the "Fun Zone" of my brain. It's silly, and it's stupid but it's done in a smart way, if that makes sense to anyone but me. The timed gag's were something that I really dug - even the musical elements (something which usually I don't find very entertaining in movies) work for me. I'd say go into it with an open mind, and don't over think anything and you might have a good time watching this. But then again, there just might be something wrong with me.

Every bit as bad as you heard....

[Fewox · 1/10 · 11 December 1998]

I think most people that watch this movie go in having heard how amazingly bad it is and are just unable to believe it. That was honestly the attitude I had when I rented it. I just knew it would be better than everyone was saying. It wasn't....

The story was inane and silly and the acting was pretty much bad across the board.

Do yourself a favor. Don't think that you will give it a try just because it "can't be that bad". If your choice is between this and something off the free public service video stand take that video on Prostate Cancer, you'll be glad you did.

Different times

[kosmasp · 7/10 · 2 March 2022]

I remember hearing about this movie ... and considering the cast it has, I am quite surprised I never actually saw it. On the other hand it is a mess tonally speaking! This is all over the place - not just physically or time wise ... but really with what it shows. It is consistent in the way that it is as crazy as one can imagine. Ridiculous fun mixed with brutal violence.

Now you may think that cuts it (and you may appreciate this pun too), but there will be people that are not so forgiving. Actually the rating suggests that most could not dig the way this was mixed or the mood this was trying to sell. An oddity from 90s ... worth a look for sure.

Did not like this one bit

[hurlcode · 1/10 · 22 September 1999]

I saw this at a drive-in, as the second feature. (Yes, such things still exist!) Half the audience left at the break, leaving about 60 of us. 2 remained by the end of the movie. Yes, it was meant as a comedy, but it went WAY wide. I like Bruce. I like wild movies, like The Holy Grail. I hated this. I stayed to the end, believing in Bruce up to the end, believing that it had finally hit its low - it could not possibly get any worse - only to be proven wrong again and again. I like the naked gun series; I like silly stuff. But it has to have something to hold it together! Until reading reviews on this site, I had no idea anybody anywhere could possibly like this &@#%!! (sorry for the "language.") I guess there may be some truth that when there's a wide diversity of opinion, you should see it yourself and make your own judgement. But I cannot honestly recommend anybody follow that advice on this movie. Once was enough torture for me. I'll not be watching it again on the off chance I missed something. Yuck.

Brilliant Oddball Comedy

[thegreenblade · 7/10 · 25 December 2021]

This film seems to be getting better with age. Oddly funny on first viewing (decades ago), I found myself in tears watching it at the end of 2021. Great goofy script. Bruce Willis at his quirky best.

Campy Action Comedy that is Mostly a Miss

[PartTimeCritic · 4/10 · 5 March 2023]

HUDSON HAWK (C) is likely an entirely different experience for me watching the film with the distance of 31 years and away from the context of the time. In 1991, Willis was a red hot superstar off the success of two Die Hard films and Hudson Hawk was advertised as an action/crime film. The film is actually a quirky comedy with a few heists that can double as action sequences if you squint enough. In other words, it's closer to something like Stallone's Oscar or Travolta's Get Shorty mixed with Looney Tunes and audiences were not ready for it. It bombed at the box office and won several Razzie Awards. It's not a good film, more like a poor film, but it's certainly not worst of the year or all-time type stuff either. Bruce Willis plays the "Hudson Hawk", a decent cat burglar, who winds up getting caught between lots of different parties (CIA, Vatican conspiracy groups, Mafia, Billionaire criminals, etc.) over getting valuable historical items that could help turn lead into gold (the items were supposedly one of Da Vinci's inventions). Willis, like the film's sense of humor is hit and miss, despite really trying to go for it here. Andie McDowell, on the other hand, is pretty miscast. The longer the film goes the campier it gets and by the end there's some full-on hijinx that just don't really work. Not worst of all-time, but kinda so bad it comes around to being somewhat enjoyable campy in the end.

You will either groove on its knowing brand of low comic silliness or you'll hate it

[dbborroughs · 10/10 · 13 August 2005]

Just sprung from prison Hudson Hawk finds himself being chased by an insane and insanely rich couple, the CIA and the Vatican in a mad chase to get bits of a gold making machine made by Da Vinci. Along the way stupid jokes are told, the plot is ignored or twisted in the name of a joke and the entire cast winks at the audience repeatedly as if to say that even they can't believe the silly things they are doing in the name of fun.

When this movie opened it was crucified by critics across the country as an unfunny vanity project. It sunk the promising career of the director and made people take a second look at Bruce Willis. very few people braved the reviews and saw this in theaters. Me? I'm one of the six people in America that went to see this on opening night. I've loved this movie from the first and my opinion has grown with each viewing. I remember arguing with people for weeks afterward that they should see this movie because it was damn funny. No one listened to me, and it wasn't until cable and home video that people discovered this wrongly dismissed gem. This is more proof that sometimes critics don't get it.

Then again all humor is subjective and what one person finds funny is not what other people find funny. I love this knowingly dumb, puny, go for the obvious, nothing is sacred or too stupid to try collection of jokes and gags. Other people are offended or utterly bored by its often infantile antics. I find it charming and harmless, other people find it cruel (Bunny Ball Ball!). I can't say which camp you'll fall into, but I think that you should ignore the critics and just see this movie. Its mindless fun of the highest order.

My name is Kit-Kat. This is not a dream.

[timothyhilditch · 7/10 · 26 December 2021]

Hudson Hawk is a parody heist movie. It may seem normal in the first 10 minutes, but don't be tricked the crazy will kick in and when it does this movie gets wacky. The jokes are so insane. Think of this as a R rated kids movie. The only thing holding this movie back from the fever dream that it is, is the plot. I don't care to understand what's going on, just let Bruce Willis sing.

If you don't mind your intelligence being insulted, then go ahead and watch.

[bernie-122 · 1/10 · 30 April 2008]

I will admit, I had some expectations going into this; somehow, I never managed to hear about its reputation. It had some stars I really like, such as Andie MacDowal, Danny Aiello, even James Coburn. Well, even Bruce; yes, I liked him in the Die-Hards, at least. He wasn't bad in Pulp Fiction, but most of his other stuff I could well do without.

I certainly wasn't expecting one of the worst films I've ever seen. That's what I got. There were some funny bits, for sure, like the Mona Lisa part, and... Umm... Oh, there must have been more, surely. Maybe not.

As to those here who declare that this turd is headed for cultdom, I say that they have no idea what makes a cult classic. This movie will only go down in history as the biggest failure of all time. It actually didn't need to go that much further to land in the Ed Wood camp, except that Ed didn't know that he was making camp classics.

Another thing that prompted me to write this is that I noticed that all the really bad reviews for this film are stuck in the last pages. I have to assume that the editors can and do order the reviews how they see fit, and so they can, as in this case, make a bad film appear not so bad by putting all the good reviews first, as not many are going to read through them all as I did.

One other thing; there are lots of people who post reviews here which are quoting so many stars out of 5. These are obviously intended for elsewhere. Since it is well known that IMDb uses a 10-star rating, is it too much trouble for you to adjust your second-hand review to suit? Obviously so.

So, one out of ten it is. If you must watch it, leave your brain at the door.