The Hard Way (1991)
- Directed by
- John Badham
- Genre
- comedy film, action film, buddy film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 485 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A movie star looking for a serious role convinces a police detective to let him shadow him on the job. They end up working together to catch a serial killer who is targeting homeless people in New York City.
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What happens
The Hard Way is a 1991 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by John Badham. It stars Michael J. Fox and James Woods in the leading roles, alongside Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra, Delroy Lindo and LL Cool J. In the film, a popular actor in search of credibility (Fox) uses his clout to become the partner of a streetwise cop with relationship problems (Woods), amidst the exactions of an elusive serial killer, "The Party Crasher" (Lang), who has vowed to clean up the streets of New York by executing various disenfranchised people in public. The film was released by Universal Pictures on March 8, 1991. It received positive reviews from critics and was generally a commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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