The Hard Way (1991)

I tried a frog dog once. It wasn't from a place that sold them as such though, I bought the hot dog and fries separately and then mixed them and added the ketchup and mustard just like Moss did. OK, but messy. The scene where they're eating the frog dogs (with little frog croaking sounds being heard) must've taken numerous takes for them to have gotten it right without making the biggest mess. When I ate mine, it took me 17 takes to get it right, just kidding (those who seen the movie got that). I actually didn't care too much for Nick Lang (Michael J Fox) at the start of the film with him acting so bratty and spoiled at his Hollywood mansion to where it was hard to watch him. He then makes a quick transition to little suck up when he latches himself on to Moss (James Woods) at the New York police station. Part of me understands Moss' annoyance. I like the scene with Moss protesting his having to be with Lang ("not if you tied my tongue to your tailpipe and drove me 80 miles an hour naked across a field of broken glass!!"). And for some reason Moss' boss thinks Lang is the greatest (it almost looked like for a moment Moss' boss was gonna side with Moss with the "cheese ball" comment, but then quickly jumped back to loving Lang). I like when Moss sarcastically says "yes sir!" when he sees that his boss is going as far as to wearing a Nick Lang t shirt. The party crasher is a nice touch for the killer that Moss is after, a villain who does his killings at nightclubs and who likes challenges so much that he'll invite the police first to watch his next killing, and then he'll still end up getting away. Moss doesn't want to be taken off the party crasher case, especially to deal with an annoying a** kisser who is practically in love with him. I like the scene where Moss is crying to a (possible accomplice to the crasher) gun dealer about how he wants to get rid of Lang, and I liked the smart*** comments he made to the dealer's fat body guard ("you may wanna try skipping a meal sometimes, somewhere there's a small country going hungry"). I also liked the setup that Moss and his buddies from the station created in order to try to get rid of Lang (since Lang so badly wanted to know what it felt like to have killed an innocent bystander thought to have been a criminal, and then when Lang samples the feeling he quickly changed his mind about wanting it). Lang was just such a wannabe punk badass to where he was so ready to jump into crazy situations without even half reflecting what they really meant. All just to get a role in a movie that didn't have a g*****m roman numeral in the title. Just the way Lang looked at the whole thing like an exciting game (just look at the look on Lang's face the first time he pulls a badge out in front of some bad guys and says "NYPD", like a kid in a candy store). I liked the potential girlfriend of Moss (Annabelle Sciorra) who at one point actually believes Lang is a better cop than Moss (good thing she never saw his rubber gun. Lol). Also amusing is a scene in Moss' apartment when Lang, grossly against Moss' will, goes to stay with him (who initially says over the idea of Lang staying with him "maybe when my ***hole learns to chew gum"). Lang sees his billboard across the street, then is told by Moss "good, you'll be sleeping close to the one you love". The way Lang is so attached to and so fond of Moss, to where he tells him things like "I've counted, you have 17 different facial expressions" and "you're the greatest, you're a heavyweight, you're the "Yoda" among cops". I mean would you want someone you never previously met gluing themselves on to you and telling you those things? Even if they were doing it for a movie role? I still like some of Moss' lines, such as his comments to a reporter about the party crasher, "when his luck runs out, I'm gonna be on him like a bum on a bologna sandwich". And Moss'l to Lang "we live this job. It's something we are, not something we do. Whenever we pull someone over, we know we may have to kill someone, or be killed ourselves". Moss' lieutenant position on the force though never shows any signs of him ever doing any traffic duty and pulling anyone over. Still it was a good, interesting movie overall.

One of my favorite movies of all time,, this one has everything for me,James Woods, steals the show, with all of his wise- cracking, one liners,, Michael J. Fox wasn't bad either,, LL COOL J is in it,, along with Delroy Lindo in supporting roles,, this movie is about an actor who wants to play a cop in one of his upcoming movies,, so he is assigned to do a ride along program with one of new York's toughest detectives,, all the while that this is happening,, there is a crime spree going in,, this crime has a name and it is the PartyCrasher, this villain, is really heinous, vile , and disgusting,, perfect for NYC. all in all I can't remember a funnier cop movie in quite awhile,, I really coulnt' find anything wrong with this movie at all,, would recommend to anyone who likes to laugh.

Nick Lang is a famous actor, well know for his action movies.For the next film he needs the proper motivation and inspiration for his roll.Thus he teams up with the reluctant N.Y. cop 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 cold-blooded murderer...Another John Badham movie that deserves more recognition for it's beautiful set pieces and wonderful non CGI stunts and explosions.Fox and Woods are great (if a little too profane) as the mismatched duo who never get on despite their similarities. Woods Moss is the typical eighties cliché of a cop, eating bad food, smoking, swearing and drinking, but has a heart of gold and a woman who loves him.But the good spin on this sub genre is the fact that Fox is playing a movie star pretending to be a cop, in order to grab the role of a cop. This would have been genius all on its own, but then add Lang as a psycho serial killer, you have something really special on your hands.The only problem with the film is that it's a little too dark to be an out and out comedy, which the trailers depicted it as, and a little too corny to be an out and out action movie, so it's stuck in the middle of a delicious limbo, which Badham makes the most of.The performances are wonderful, even if Fox starts to grate as the whiney star, and the supporting cast are fantastic.It's a shame that this movie hasn't had more recognition, it's hardly ever been on TV in England (In the last 5 years not once) and not many people have heard of it, which is a shame, as it's a delightful movie.

The Hard Way is an entertaining Cop Comedy that was mentioned on the Simpsons season 5 Episode Homer and Apu. James Woods looks convincing as a tough New York City Police Lieutenant. There is a scene in the film involving heights and a billboard with the picture of Michael J Fox on it. President Jack Kennedys artificial Intelligence computer suggested or ordered that I write about the big Crunch. He is either talking about my Fathers Chinese Intelligence nickname or Closed Universes. As I said before, there is dark matter at the outside of our universe left over from previous big bangs that slows expanding matter and causes a big crunch eventually. The Care Rank Ki Aliens, Et Aliens created by the Care Rank Ki, and Humans Created by the Care Rank Ki and Et Aliens have been through several big bangs and big crunches with their moonfleets and movable planets and are tens of billions of years old at least. Thanks to Faster than light subatomic particles called rollys that travel back through time, Our Creators know the future at least thousands of years ahead of time using either particle accelerators, tokamak fusion reactors or breeder fission reactors or Candu fission reactors.The other movies of Michael J Fox and James Woods are worth watching as well.