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The Last Boy Scout (Theatrical Trailer #2) Keith Keith Adams. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Rent $2.99. Please try again. This movie has always been underrated. Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2019. During halftime at a televised football game, L.A. creo que no lo han hecho bien, pero al final si pude reproducir las dos peliculas. Last Boy Scout, The (DVD) Bruce Willis, Halle Berry and Damon Wayons star in this action-packed mystery about a demoralized private detective, a washed-up ex-football star and the stripper who binds them together. Damon Wayans and Halle Berry costar, and director Tony Scott (Top Gun) ramps up the punches and punchlines. What stops them from getting five gold stars is the presence of some genuinely horrific acting and well dodgy direlogue. I had never seen either of these movies, so I was taking a chance. [30], Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four, saying it was "a superb example of what it is: a glossy, skillful, cynical, smart, utterly corrupt and vilely misogynistic action thriller". Horrible Bosses 2-Movie Blu-ray Collection: Horrible Bosses (Totally Inappropriate ... CINDERELLA 2 MOVIE COLLECTION BLU RAY [Blu-ray] [Region Free], The Blues Brothers (Limited Edition Steelbook) [Blu-ray]. Same style detective, two different era's and 2 different movies. >

I accept returns on this item. All things come around. Meanwhile, private investigator Joe Hallenbeck, a disgraced former Secret Service agent, who at one time was a national hero for saving the president from an assassination attempt, discovers that his wife Sarah is having an affair with his best friend and business partner, Mike Matthews. Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2014. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 2.3 million youth participants and about one million adult volunteers.The BSA was founded in 1910, and since then, about 110 million Americans participated in BSA programs at some time in their lives. Walter Hill has generally been overlooked as a filmmaker I think, and while some people thought this was a little 'slow', I had no problem w/the pacing. However, Milo survives and while Darian is left to wait for the police, he abducts her. Writing that script was a very cathartic experience, one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. Bruce was at the height of his stardom, so was Joel, so was Tony and so was Shane. Silver asked if he could take the title for a project he was working on at the time called Nothing Lasts Forever, which eventually became Die Hard (1988). Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2018. DARK BEDROOM The only light, that of a flickering TV screen. The film was based on an original script by Shane Black. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2017. (on TV) Eliminating the draft? And I was rewarded so handsomely ($1.75 million) for that script, it felt like a vindication and like I was back on track. Two great films not ever to be missed by any real Bruce Willis action movie fan. I reviewed THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991) once already, 15 years ago. Heading to the stadium to rescue Darian, Joe and Jimmy are captured and escorted to Marcone's office. The Last Boy Scout. You have to say something cool first Black later recalled: I was busy mourning my life and, in many ways, the loss of my first real love. After an argument between Joe and Jimmy, an annoyed Jimmy takes Cory from the stage while she is performing. [5] Silver was described as "insane, with long, horrible fits of sanity,” and was compared to a fighter pilot riding as a passenger. Last year, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) was forced to file for bankruptcy after nearly 100,000 people came forward to claim compensation for sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of scout leaders. Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2010. Two of Brucie’s most wildly uneven actioners. HoloLens PC Mobile device Xbox 360 Trailer. Currently, 2.2. million children belong to the Boy Scouts. Discs are in good condition. There was tremendous pressure from the studio to get Bruce Willis and have this be a follow-up to Die Hard. I just did that in Die Hard.’ So they said, ‘OK, let’s minimize the wife and, and while we’re at it, add a big finale.' There was a general pressure to somehow make it bigger.”[7], More problems emerged during post-production, when the original cut of the film turned out be a "borderline unwatchable workprint." And the swearing is frequent and strong. The best things about The Last Boy Scout are the editing, Bill Medley's singing, a few moments of Noble Willingham villainy and Willis--whose weary, exasperated style exactly suits this kind of material. This is the '90s. [9][10][11], Joel Silver said in a Q&A for The Nice Guys (2016) that Shane Black's original title was Die Hard. But the worst things about Scout are its slickness and self-confidence. Region free, plays on my uk bought blu ray player. I would recommend these [2] films to anyone who is a Bruce Willis fan. Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper (Halle Berry) is murdered. Damon Wayans and Bruce Willis combine to make a really great buddy/buddy action film The Last Boy Scout isn't spectacular but it's a great action film with a decent plot and some awesome action scenes. 3:19. At Cory's house, Jimmy and Joe find a taped phone conversation between Senator Calvin Baynard, who is leading a congressional investigation into gambling in sports, and Stallions owner Sheldon Marcone. [16][17][18] Internationally, the film grossed $55 million[19] for a worldwide gross of $114.5 million. The next day, Joe and Sarah reconcile, showing solidarity to a receptive Darian. I didn't expect them to have as good video quality as they did. The Jackal (Combo Blu-ray and Standard DVD), Beverly Hills Cop 3-Movie Collection [Blu-ray], 4 Film Favorites: Extreme Action (Eraser, The Last Boy Scout, Passenger 57, Point of No Return), Above the Law / Under Siege / Under Siege 2 (Triple-Feature) [Blu-ray]. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. With Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham. It's Bruce Willis for Pete's sake. Directed by Tony Scott. “The Last Boy Scout” opens with a sequence of such sudden and unexpected violence that the audience is stunned into uneasy silence. Last Man Standing = One of the biggest underrated action movies of our generation. Amazon's Choice recommends highly rated and well-priced products. Detailed and crisp, it is how this movie was made to be seen. This way I can see the whole film & not have the ends cut off. Has smudges and scratches but doesn’t affect playback. Watch: President Trump Delivers Farewell Address on Eve of Biden’s Inauguration. Marcone explains to Joe that he has been buying Senate votes to legalize sports gambling, but that Baynard tried to blackmail Marcone for $6 million. Donald Trump. Milo then falls into the moving rotor blades of a police helicopter. There were some heated, early-Nineties, testosterone charged personalities on the line. The plot involves football, politics, and corruption! The Street. La-La Land Records and Warner Bros. present the world premiere release of renowned composer Michael Kamen's original motion picture score to the 1991 Warner Bros. action/thriller The Last Boy Scout.. Tombstone [Blu-ray] by … Last Man Standing is less successful but it’s got Christopher Walken in it so it’s not as dire as it could have been. Helsinki Times It will play in any Blu Ray player worldwide. He wrote the script after having taken a two-year break from writing, triggered in part by the end of a relationship. [20][21][22][23] Although the film was not a blockbuster, it helped Bruce Willis recover his star status after the disastrous Hudson Hawk and became hugely popular in the video rental market. Editor Mark Helfrich described sorting through "mountains of raw material" to edit the first cut: “There was more footage shot for The Last Boy Scout than on any film I had ever worked on.” He recalled with incredulity that the work of previous editors appeared to have been rejected, taken apart and put back into the daily reels: “There were still splices all over the place.” Expert action movie editor Mark Goldblatt, who also worked on the film, recalls it as one the most painful and frustrating experiences of his entire career, and refuses to discuss it in interviews, although he did mention in a podcast interview that several other editors were hired and then fired before him, and that Warner Bros. began testing the movie before it was completely finished. Different editors were hired in an attempt to address Scott's tendency for filming excessive coverage with multiple cameras. The blu-ray was pretty good in both films also. A private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner. "[28] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Joe is forced to hand a briefcase filled with money to Baynard's bodyguards while someone takes pictures, but he notices that Milo switches it with a wired briefcase. 1:48. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. The graphic violence in both films is plentiful. Both films have a superb Blu Ray transfer and it's good to know that this release is Region Free. Joe plans to wait outside, where he is knocked out by a team of hitmen. Some later cuts were done with the film's graphic scenes after it was originally rated NC-17, which explains quick-cut edits in some of the death scenes in the film. You get two titles both giving a great experience on the big screen. "The Last Boy Scout" is a good movie but has issues with acting and its script. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Though I think I described some things about it pretty well, I was at somewhat of a snooty wiseass stage in my critic’s journey, and I was more dismissive of it than I should\'ve been. Willis perfects his sarcastic dead-pan tough-guy-with-a-heart-of-gold delivery and does it well. As a tight-lipped man of mystery who realizes he can profit by working both sides of a Prohibition Era gang feud, Willis has a gun in each hand and no end of ammo in Last Man Standing. When he came back as John McLean for the third Die Hard, it was without the series’ former producer. Studio executives fretted about the expanding budget, while less-than-enthusiastic reactions from a test screening audience, as well as the unlikeable character played by Willis, did little to allay these concerns. The bad guy is superb and played incredibly well by Taylor Negron. The briefcase of money is recovered and Marcone, having escaped with the rigged briefcase, is killed when he opens it at his estate. Used item. Cole then shoots himself in the head. [4] The movie had a very troubled production. As Jimmy leaves, he is asked by an apologetic Darian to sign a football trading card, stating that Joe was a fan of Jimmy's and never watched another game after he was banned from the league. [2], Roger Ebert, commenting on the script, said "The original screenplay for The Last Boy Scout set a record for its purchase price; that was probably because of the humor of the locker-room dialogue, since the plot itself could have been rewritten out of the Lethal Weapon movies by any film school grad. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Trending. He was reluctant, and rightly so: ‘This whole movie is about me saving my wife. Christopher Walken and Michael Imperioli add to the action arsenal directed with flair by Walter Hill (48 HRS.) Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2010. I LOVE explosions so Boy Scout is a winner. Buy it, watch it, then watch it again so you can pick up the small nuances the film subtly injects without needing to draw attention to them like it were a gimmick. When Joe catches Jimmy attempting to use illegal painkillers in the bathroom, Joe kicks him out. Mike is then killed by a car bomb outside Joe's house. The site's critical consensus reads: "The Last Boy Scout is as explosive, silly, and fun as it does represent the decline of the buddy-cop genre. Already you got Eric He leaves her with the signed card, "To the daughter of the last Boy Scout.". Rather, we're checking out Tony Scott's THE LAST BOY SCOUT, starring Willis as a broken down P.I, with Damon Waynes as a similarly burnt out former quarterback, who … I think the films biggest drawback, was the American Grid Iron\Football setting. Worst thing ever happened to pro football. But Milo, Marcone's top henchman, captures Joe first and shoots McCaskey using Joe's revolver. Walter Hill is a genius. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Joe reveals to Jimmy that when he was in the Secret Service, he witnessed Baynard torturing a woman in a hotel room and assaulted the senator to thwart the attack. Bruce Willis fires a suppressed MAC-10 as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction (1994). [15] It grossed $7.9 million in its opening weekend, and the total gross in the United States and Canada was $59.5 million. Conflict and arguments flared between Joel Silver, Bruce Willis and Tony Scott. Some critics noting it as one of the best films in Scott's catalog. Please see photos for exact item and what it includes. My favourite remake of a Kurosawa movie but yet the only version you can get is a grainy DVD version in the UK. Case has imperfections. Stallions running back Billy Cole receives a phone call from a mysterious man named Milo, who warns him to win the game or he will be assassinated. Reviews were mixed, and some critics cited the Christmas time release for such a violent film as a reason for its somewhat underwhelming box office. A big MAN lies, shirtless, on the bed. And the gun sounds are even more amazing here. With Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham. It is total entertainment! “I was forced to do more rewriting on that movie than on anything else I’ve done. At Joe's house, Jimmy meets Joe's abrasive daughter Darian. The movie never looks back. With all these ingredients for a terrific action/comedy, The Last Boy Scout should have been a big hit. Being aware of Joe's history with Baynard, Marcone says that it would be cheaper to kill the senator and frame Joe for the murder. Mike gives Joe an assignment to act as bodyguard for a stripper named Cory. This is one of those films that you can watch repeatedly and enjoy it every time. "[3], The Last Boy Scout was filmed in 90 days between March 11 and June 9, 1991. It was a wonderfully intense time where my focus was better than it’s ever been. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2011. T he Last Boy Scout was his final film with Silver. I don't think you will be disappointed. Football can be a bit douchy for many, even those that like action films. Time passed and eventually I sat down and transformed some of that bitterness into a character, the central focus of a private eye story which became The Last Boy Scout. 9.0.2.6 “Benefit an Organization Other Than the Boy Scouts of America” “To help other people at all times” is a basic tenet. Joe is approached by Cory's boyfriend, former Stallions quarterback Jimmy Dix, who was banned from the league on gambling charges and alleged drug abuse. Watching a sports program. Joe is rescued by Jimmy and Darian, and acquires both briefcases after running the bodyguards and Milo off the road. See photos. And, boy, do they earn them. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. I ordered this one from an American store on Amazon. Blu-ray, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Great movies, good transfers, horrible packaging, Previous page of related Sponsored Products, Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2020, Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2019, then watch it again so you can pick up the small nuances the film subtly injects without needing to draw attention to them like it were a gimmick, Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2017. Grabbing the game ball, Jimmy throws it at Baynard, knocking him down just as Milo starts shooting. The team flailed, ending the season 2-10 with an Apple Cup loss to WSU. [33], 1991 American buddy action comedy film by Tony Scott, "A Talk With Taylor Negron - Retro Junk Article", "Who killed The Last Boy Scout? We hear: SPORTS FIGURE (V.O.) Jimmy and Cory leave the bar in separate cars while Joe is left to dispatch one of the hitmen. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2016. Willis and Wayans make the perfect pair and the supporting cast is great as well. CNN International. Although they play buddies in the film, Willis and Damon Wayans hated working with each other. and previously captured on film in Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars. Realizing Milo will attempt to shoot Baynard, Joe goes after him while sending Jimmy to warn the senator. tackling corruption inside pro football, and the deadly line of scrimmage stretches all across L.A. in The Last Boy Scout. While not wholly original, there are twists and surprises to keep it interesting. Joe and Jimmy decide to become partners, and Joe tells Jimmy his motto: "Be Prepared.". [26][7][27], On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 47% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 5.37/10. This is good writing/directing that is sorely missing in todays movies. Learning of Mike's affair with Sarah, detectives Bessalo and McCaskey assume that he was killed by Joe and move to make an arrest. When Cory is struck from behind and stops to confront the other driver, she is killed by the hitmen. Joe knocks Milo to the edge of the stadium light platform, where SWAT officers shoot him several times. Bruce Willis, Shane Black and the making of an action masterpiece", "No Heroes Left: Revisiting THE LAST BOY SCOUT", "Acid In The Coliseum: The Films Of Tony Scott (Part Two)", "PTS Presents EDITOR'S SUITE with MARK GOLDBLATT Vol. I thought both movies were really pretty good. [24][25], The film developed a cult following with many praising the writing, the direction as well as the chemistry between Willis and Wayans. 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Bill Medley performed the song "Friday Night's A Great Night For Football," written by Steve Dorff and John Bettis, on screen during the opening credits (the song is also reprised over the end titles); the song was released as a CD single by Curb Records. I can't judge the audio because I don't have surround sound, but it sounded ok to me. The Last Boy Scout & Dead-Bang & Action Jackson - Triple (DVD, 2006, 2-Disc). 2 of my most favorite guilty pleasures are only better on blu ray(duh....); Both are films that generally went overlooked in many ways w/the exception of the fanbases for each; Boyscout def has the edge humor-wise(an actual great 'buddy' picture....Damon Wayans is very funny, & Shane Black can write a wicked screenplay....), but visually, Last Man Standing has the edge. THE LAST BOY SCOUT FADE IN: INT. The film was released in the United States on December 13, 1991. Jimmy creates a diversion, allowing them to fight their way free. For less than $10.00 I had to go for it. When the tape is ruined in Joe's faulty car stereo, Jimmy realizes that Cory tried using the tape against Marcone to put Jimmy back on the team, prompting Marcone to send the hitmen. Please try again. Director Tony … You don't just go around punching people. “As soon as you hit a little bit of turbulence, he’s right away going to throw the guy out of the window and take over the steering.” Taylor Negron, who played Milo, described Silver as extremely hands-on in every aspect of the production. I spent so much time alone working on that. Willis and Wayans have very good chemistry. The opening scene is great, and I say that despite what happens. (The Scouts began admitting girls in 2017 some argue to boost falling membership numbers among boys.) [6], Assistant director James Skotchdopole attributed the tension on-set to an “overabundance of alpha males on that project. A private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner. Unfortunately, the explosion destroys the remaining evidence. THE LAST BOY SCOUT/THE LAST MAN STANDING ACTION DOUBLE FEATURE [BLU-RAY], Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2012. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Last Man Standing / The Last Boy Scout (Action Double Feature) [Blu-ray]. Bruce Willis as John McClane draws a Beretta 92FS in Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990). Directed by Tony Scott. Unrated here but both having 18 certificates. Trump offers 'best wishes' to new administration in farewell address. The Holiday & New Year's Eve - Double Feature Blu-ray, Face off/Snake Eyes (DVD) (DBFE) [Blu-ray]. [14], The film under-performed expectations given the star power and hype surrounding the then record price paid for the screenplay by Shane Black ($1.75 million). The Eagle Scout service project is an important and meaningful opportunity to practice what we teach. But not his worst. Action fans will enjoy the thrills along the way. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Unable to add item to List. The Last Boy Scout is a cheerfully disreputable buddy thriller that also happens to be one of most entertaining movies of the season. Not his best, obviously. Joe saves Jimmy from a second car bomb, and manages to trick two hitmen into blowing themselves up. Not to mention two of my most personal favourite ones of all as well. The organization prides itself on instilling a moral compass in its youthful members as well as helping them to participate in various outdoor activities.

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