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The Last Boy Scout

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The Last Boy Scout (1991)

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Reviews Counted:28

Fresh:12

Rotten:16

Average Rating:5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Bruce Willis stars as Joe Hallenbeck, a disillusioned former Secret Service agent who has hit rock bottom as a detective for hire. His marriage is on the rocks, his adolescent daughter has a smart... Bruce Willis stars as Joe Hallenbeck, a disillusioned former Secret Service agent who has hit rock bottom as a detective for hire. His marriage is on the rocks, his adolescent daughter has a smart mouth, he drinks too much, and he's broke. Hallenbeck takes an assignment protecting Cory (Halle Berry), the stripper girlfriend of Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans), a former professional football player banned from the league for gambling. When Cory is murdered gangland style, Hallenbeck teams up with the former football hero to find the killers. Their search leads them deep into the world of professional football, politics, legalized gambling and sadistic hitmen. LETHAL WEAPON screenwriter Shane Black wrote the script for this violent, action-packed thriller directed by Tony Scott (TOP GUN, TRUE ROMANCE). Willis plays Hallenbeck with a sadistic glint in his eye and a deathwish. Wayans is convincing as Dix, an athlete who loses everything when he's banned from the game he loves and turns to drugs for consolation. [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Halle Berry, Chelsea Field

Starring: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Halle Berry, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron

Director: Tony Scott

Director: Tony Scott

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Tepid action fare, but it signals flashes of things to come from Willis and Wayans.

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08/02/02
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

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05/23/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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01/01/00
Kathleen Maher
Kathleen Maher
Austin Chronicle

The movie has a lot of laughs, its action sequences are thrilling, its surprises are startling, and it shows a real ingenuity in the ways by which it gets Willis into, and out of, trouble.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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No review available.

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01/27/03
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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05/02/03
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

Delivers the goods for action fans and has some very funny moments -- but there's the nagging sense that it could have been better.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Overblown rubbish, with nothing to hang on to save the opening football field scene

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12/22/03
Gabe Leibowitz
Gabe Leibowitz
eCinemaCenter.com

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

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07/01/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A slick, big-budget exploitation movie that's preposterous, foul-mouthed and gratuitously violent, but also a great deal of fun.

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01/25/06
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

Ludicrous but undeniably fun, hard-core action

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06/21/05
Daniel Eagan
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International

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12/06/05
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12/08/02
Film Threat
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Want to feel like a used rubber? Then fire this turkey up.

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08/13/02
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

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07/26/02
David Poland
David Poland
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05/05/06
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03/11/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

The apotheosis of the modern interracial-buddy action film genre.

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01/19/07
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
 
 
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