The Hard Way Movie Review 1991

Hollywood superstar Fox is assigned to hardened NYC cop Woods to learn the ropes as he trains for a role. Nothing special in the way of script or direction, but Woods and Fox bring such intensity and good humor to their roles that the package works. Fox pokes fun at the LA lifestyle as the annoying, self-absorbed actor, and Marshall has an entertaining appearance as his agent. Woods is on familiar over-the-edge turf as the brittle but dedicated detective. Silly finale almost destroys the film, but other small vignettes are terrific.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, At the Movies, Behind the Scenes, Peculiar Partners, Showbiz Comedies, Yuppie Nightmares, Buddy Cops, Adapted from a Story

Screenplay

Daniel Pyne, Lem Dobbs

Cast

James Woods, Michael J. Fox, Annabella Sciorra, Stephen Lang, Penny Marshall, LL Cool J, John Capodice, Christina Ricci, Karen (Lynn) Gorney, Luis Guzman

Cinematography

Robert Primes

Director

John Badham

Music

Arthur B. Rubinstein

Producer

William Sackheim, Mark Huffam