STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast James Woods Michael J Fox Stephen Lang Annabelle Sciorra

Directors John Badham

Screenwriters Lem Dobbs Daniel Pyne

Running Time 111 minutes

The Hard Way (15)

Plot
Jack Moss (Woods) is a cop out to get his serial killer man, and lets private life and mental and physical health suffer as a result. He has, reluctantly, allowed actor Nick Lang (Fox) to tag along for the man-hunt so that Nick can land himself a role playing a cop like Jack.

Verdict
With star chemistry and in-jokes, The Hard Way has all the required custom features, to whit, one excellent heroine who holds her own in fights and arguments, one superb villain, one soundtrack crammed with inventively borrowed urban sounds (LL Cool J drops in for a cop cameo, too) and a stunt-filled finale with the principles dangling from a giant model of Fox' face over Times Square. Highly recommended.


Reviewer: Kim Newman

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