A Misogynistic Lethal Weapon
From the writer of "Lethal Weapon" comes this hit from 1991. Ah, the beginning of the 90's, where the 80's were still fresh in everyone's mind, the "grunge" scene was just about to burst, and butt rock was still in favor. I'd seen this a zillion times back in the day, but on my recent viewing, noticed just how forced and color-by-numbers this film is. I also noticed how misogynistic our two hero's worlds are - women are whores (quite literally in both of their cases), little girls are foul-mouthed whores in the making (uttering their crushes names in their sleep), and even when Willis and Field reconcile at the end, it's in the form of vitriolic profanity, meant, I'm sure, to be taken in a humorous context, but which I just found in bad taste. The other annoying thing was how much exposition Marcone (the bad guy) spews in the moments before he is supposed to kill one of the good guys. Kinda lame - and bad writing, in my opinion. But the reason this movie isn't a total loss is because the action is intense and Willis and Wayans have a great rapport with one another. So I'll leave it at neutral to be fair.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:15 PM
for some reason, that scene with "if you ever touch me again, i'll kill you" has always stayed with me.