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The Hard Way (1991) 6.3
An action movie star researching a role is allowed to tag along with a hardboiled New York policeman, who finds him superficial and irritating. Director:John Badham |
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Cast
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Party Crasher
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Susan
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Grainy
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Pooley
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Nick Lang is a famous Hollywood actor, well known for his action movies. For his next movie, he needs the proper motivation and inspiration for his role. Thus he teams up with the reluctant New York policeman Lt. John Moss. Not only does he have to put up with Nick, who is laborious and out of touch with realities, but he also has to catch a coldblooded murderer. Written by Mattias Pettersson <seaman@sbbs.se>
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actor | detective | manhattan new york city | times square manhattan new york city | reference to hamlet |Taglines:
There's only one way these two are going to get along... the Hard Way. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 March 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Duro de aguantar See more »Box Office
Gross:
$25,895,485 (USA)Company Credits
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Operator: 9-1-1 Emergency.
Party Crasher: Hello there! It's me - again! Well, what can I say? I'm about to crash another party.
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Written by Cuco Valoy and Jose Pena Suazo
Performed by Cuco Valoy
Courtesy of Kubaney Records
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During the club scene where The Party Crasher makes his first on screen kill, the song "Momma Said Knock You Out" is playing in the background. This was LL Cool J's hit single at the time, and he also features as one of James Woods' NYPD partners in the film. See more »Goofs
The opening chase scene from the nightclub starts on West 46th Street in midtown Manhattan, then quickly shows cars turning off of Pearl Street in lower Manhattan. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Operator: 9-1-1 Emergency.
Party Crasher: Hello there! It's me - again! Well, what can I say? I'm about to crash another party.
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Soundtracks
El MilloncitoWritten by Cuco Valoy and Jose Pena Suazo
Performed by Cuco Valoy
Courtesy of Kubaney Records
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The Hard Way is a great action comedy, but totally underrated. In this film Michael J. Fox plays an action actor Nick Lang, who wants in his next film play the New York cop John Moss, played by James Woods.So Nick spends some time with Moss, like lives in the same apartment with him.Moss doesn't like this at all, he's not such a big fan of Lang.And then there is also a bad guy, played by Stephen Lang.So there are two problems that Moss has to get rid of.And John has a girlfriend Susan, who is played by Annabella Sciorra.And John's having some problems with her too.But everything turns out fine with Moss, Lang and Susan, but not so fine with the crook. This was a great film with great actors.Michael J. Fox was great as usual and it was nice to see James Woods in a comedy.It would be nice to see a sequel for this, but the movie wasn't so successful as it should have been, so maybe not then.