एक निजी जासूस द्वारा संरक्षित महिला गवाह की हत्या कर दी जाती है. यह हादसा उसे और पीड़ित के प्रेमी को अपराध की जांच करने के लिए प्रेरित करता है, जो एक भ्रष्ट राजनीतिज्ञ और एक कुटिल फुटबॉल टीम... सभी पढ़ेंएक निजी जासूस द्वारा संरक्षित महिला गवाह की हत्या कर दी जाती है. यह हादसा उसे और पीड़ित के प्रेमी को अपराध की जांच करने के लिए प्रेरित करता है, जो एक भ्रष्ट राजनीतिज्ञ और एक कुटिल फुटबॉल टीम के मालिक की ओर इशारा करता है.एक निजी जासूस द्वारा संरक्षित महिला गवाह की हत्या कर दी जाती है. यह हादसा उसे और पीड़ित के प्रेमी को अपराध की जांच करने के लिए प्रेरित करता है, जो एक भ्रष्ट राजनीतिज्ञ और एक कुटिल फुटबॉल टीम के मालिक की ओर इशारा करता है.
- पुरस्कार
- 2 कुल नामांकन
फ़ीचर्ड समीक्षाएं
Our story, though completely preposterous, has some real depth. We have multi-dimensional characters and we are taken on quite a ride with them as the action unfolds. Bruce Willis plays a burned out private investigator who helps a disgraced former pro football player solve the murder of his girlfriend. Before our story ends, we have a dirty US senator, a greedy football team owner, and about a hundred seedy henchmen thrown into the mix. Things move so quickly that only towards the end does one of our characters actually speak a line that sums up how ridiculous it all is. Damon Wayans, who plays the former football star gives Willis some sobering insight. He points out that Willis must be one of the dumbest people alive. He is not only trying to save the life of the man who ruined his career, but also trying to avenge the death of the man who was f*#king his wife! But somehow, we the audience care about the outcome, and getting there couldn't be more fun.
The film has dated fairly well up to this point. Being as though it came out in 1991, you can still see a high top fade on a black character or two. The football uniforms have changed a little, too, but these are minor things that take nothing away from the enjoyment of the story. Water is still wet, the sky is still blue, and this is still one hell of a movie...and then some!!! This film scores a perfect 10 of 10 stars. It couldn't have been made any better.
So sayeth the Hound.
Written by Shane Black (Lethal Weapon) and directed by Scott (Top Gun), Last Boy Scout works thanks to Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans. The script is stupid, borderline ludicrous quickly stretching beyond believability, ending in an explosive (somewhat literally) climax that resorts to all the clichés of the genre. However, there is some self-satire to be found within the material. Villains are referred to consistently as "the bad guys." Loads of genre clichés are fooled with, spun into jokes the car chases and action sequences become satirical in nature, whilst the personal life of Hallenbeck something that might normally be sugar-coated in another genre film is totally f***ed up, leaving us with a pre-teen daughter who uses profanity like it's going out of style, a cheating wife, and a weary father who stopped giving a crap about it all a long time ago.
It's the stuff like this that makes Last Boy Scout succeed past its own sources. Shane Black is excellent at writing this type of stuff, and it really shows. Willis is given the best one-liners of his entire career, making Die Hard's crackling dialog look like child's play. Willis in particular is so good, and so at ease with his character, that his cynical and edgy performance makes the film worth seeing and heck, even worth owning. It's the ultimate Stupid Male Action Film with Great One-Liners and Loads of Action, a genre I'd like to hereby declare official.
But Willis and Wayans give energetic and nicely tuned performances. Chelsea Field is just perfect in a limited role as the detective's wife. The villains are far better drawn than the usual bunch of lazy thugs. And Danielle Harris steals the show as Darian Hallenbeck, the feisty and foul-mouthed 13 year old daughter. She grows during the film with barely an effort by either writer or actor. A part written with great comic creativity. Really the best thing about a film that has a lot of imaginative lines and action moments.
And there are lots of places in this film where the writers give us lines that are head and shoulders above typical film dialog and way, way beyond the norm for most action movies. A quick guess would be that there were a dozen places where a good line turned up instead of the usual clichés.
Die Hard paved the way for these type of movies, and some of the offspring of this did well and did not. The Last Boyscout was one that did well. This was a very intelligent and fun action/thriller/buddy-comedy that can still be enjoyed to this day. Tony Scott is the master of under-appreciated action movies in the 90's, such as this and True Romance.
My suggestion is to get a 6-pack, go rent this movie, sit back and enjoy the ride.
Hallenback is a P.I. and scrounges for work wherever he can find it. So he takes up a job protecting a stripper named Cory and soon finds himself in a lot of trouble. Bad guys are trying to get him left right and centre and his bratty 13-year-old daughter tagging along doesn't help much. The bad guys are truly evil and Hallenback seems more like an anti-hero. This adds to the rough nature of the movie and heightens the sense of adventure.
Tony Scott's style of direction is best suited to this type of action flick. The flashy, exotic editing and cinematographic techniques lend a lot to the witty script and compliment the seedy or pretty locations. Shane Black has also written dozens of one-liners and riddled the script with funny dialogue and exciting situations. It's no surprise that this was once the most expensive script ever sold in Hollywood.
Some people say that this film is too violent and misogynist but I honestly cannot understand what they are talking about. I guess it was just a little out of the norm back in 1991. But still the tone of the film is so light and enjoyable you begin to wonder how this never made up for it. Check it out for yourself and I am sure that you will enjoy.
Love that opening song, man. 7/10
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाFinal collaboration between producer Joel Silver and actor Bruce Willis. The making of this film, as well as डाई हार्ड 2 (1990) and हडसन हॉक (1991), took a toll on their professional relationship. Coupled with Silver's ousting from Fox due to production delays and budget overruns on Die Hard 2, Silver was no longer involved in further Die Hard films.
- गूफ़The C4 that Joe hides in the trunk cannot be detonated by a gunshot. However it is possible that the bullet struck the detonator which depending on the model could be set off by the impact of the bullet.
- भाव
Alley Thug: Wrong place, wrong time. Nothing personal.
Joe Hallenbeck: That's what you think. Last night I fucked your wife.
Alley Thug: Oh you did, hah? How'd you know it was my wife?
Joe Hallenbeck: She said her husband was a big pimp lookin' motherfucker with a hat.
Alley Thug: Oh, you're real cool for somebody who's about to take a bullet.
Joe Hallenbeck: After fucking your wife I'll take two.
- इसके अलावा अन्य वर्जनVideo retail version in Germany is cut by about 8 minutes in order to qualify for a FSK-16 rating; rental-version is rated FSK-18 rating and is uncut (105 mins).
- कनेक्शनEdited into लास्ट एक्शन हीरो (1993)
- साउंडट्रैकFriday Night's A Great Night For Football
Written by Steve Dorff and John Bettis
Produced by Steve Dorff
Performed by Bill Medley
Courtesy of Curb Records
टॉप पसंद
विवरण
- रिलीज़ की तारीख़
- कंट्री ऑफ़ ओरिजिन
- भाषा
- इस रूप में भी जाना जाता है
- El último Boy Scout
- फ़िल्माने की जगहें
- उत्पादन कंपनियां
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बॉक्स ऑफ़िस
- बजट
- $4,30,00,000(अनुमानित)
- US और कनाडा में सकल
- $5,95,09,925
- US और कनाडा में पहले सप्ताह में कुल कमाई
- $79,23,669
- 15 दिस॰ 1991
- दुनिया भर में सकल
- $5,95,09,925
- चलने की अवधि1 घंटा 45 मिनट
- रंग
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 2.39 : 1
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