Directed by:
Michael LehmannCinematography:
Dante SpinottiCast:
Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Richard E. Grant, Sandra Bernhard, Don Harvey, David Caruso, Andrew Bryniarski, Lorraine Toussaint (more)VOD (5)
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Willis is Eddie "The Hawk" Hawkins, the world's most famous cat burglar, who, after 10 years in prison, is ready to go straight. But it's not going to be easy for The Hawk. The mob and the CIA have conspired to blackmail Eddie and his partner (Aiello) into stealing three da Vinci masterpieces from the most heavily-guarded museums in the world. Sounds simple, right? WRONG! While trying to steal the goods, Hawk falls in love with a beautiful but schizophrenic nun (MacDowell) and is relentlessly pursued by the greedy and powerful Minerva and Darwin Mayflower, who want the art works as part of their twisted plot to ruin the world's economy. (official distributor synopsis)
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Jokey nonsense that overdoes it in more than a few scenes. The villains are dumb cretins and the actors who played them are really horrible. Just lucky that Bruce Willis is a fountain of wisecracks and Andie MacDowell looks really good here. The movie doesn’t take itself at all seriously and I have the feeling that Bruce wanted to see Italy, and so he combined business and pleasure.
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I knew it was probably going to be crap, I knew it was the film that lost the most money history (about $57 million), and I also knew that Willis is really good in purely comedic roles. Regardless, I was really looking forward to Hudson Hawk – crazy parodies with familiar faces always appeal to me. Well, the result is really unimaginable. The plot is stupid to such an extent that the action gems with Chuck Norris could be screened at film academies, the goofy actors make fun of themselves, and the screenwriter sweats a lot for a really good joke. But Bruce Willis, with his irresistibly iconic grin, enjoys his role so much that we end up believing him. Besides, there's always something going on, the story has tremendous drive and in the second half it's just bursting with crazy gags, which fortunately include a few unforgettable ones, while the action-packed ending puts such a crown on the whole thing that I'd regret the 2* for the rest of my life, even though it would probably be well deserved. 55%
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