Forgotten Friday - Hudson Hawk
Posted by Rodneyon 03. 09. 2010in News Chat, Reviews
Thanks for checking out our Forgotten Fridays feature. This is a feature to review some older films that maybe you have forgotten about or maybe never got around to seeing that we just want to share. They may not be old, maybe not forgotten, but they are not new. Just fun to share.
Today, we review Hudson Hawk
Genre: Comedy Action
Directed by: Michael Lehmann
Staring: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Richard E. Grant, Sandra Bernhard
Released: May 21, 1991
THE GENERAL IDEA
Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten to kill his friend Tommy.
THE GOOD
Right after Look who’s Talking and Die Hard took Bruce Willis from the small screen (Moonlighting) up to the bigs, he did this comedy action flick. This is classic Willis charm and humour just littered with one liners and snappy banter.
Its also one of the most rediculous things you will ever see, and is often considered proof that Willis is bullet proof. This falls in that “So bad its good” category I do so love to share.
This was also the movie that had me crushing on Andie MacDowell (Groundhog Day made it an obsession - but I got over it) and seeing her go from seductress to nun in this is mind boggling. It also makes it that much naughtier.
Sandra Bernhard and Richard E Grant are the Mayflowers, a bored but insanely wealthy pair of meglomaniacs and they are deliciously absurd. Lots of fun.
THE BAD
If Sandra Bernhard is like nails on a blackboard to you, you might not want to see this. I don’t know if there is a film where she is more over the top obnoxious - even by her standards.
OVERALL
Really campy, lots of fun, and silly almost to a flaw. Almost.
It really ranks as a gem that gets nothing more than an awkward smile and a head shake from Willis now, but still a laugh to see.
Since all of these Forgotten Friday reviews are going to be what I would already give a high rating to, I had a Tv, Rent or Buy scale going on, but it would seem that an overwhelming majority of my picks get a BUY rating.
So with every Forgotten Friday you see from now on, you get to rate your anticipation for yourself!
TV – If you are at least a little curious, catch it if it comes on TV.
Rent – If it is something you have heard of and forgotten, or just remember enjoying this as much as I did once upon a time, go rent it.
Buy – But if you are like me, and you agree with my review you should go buy it. If its featured here, I already have.
The singing is great when they are doing the heist for the horse
Ahhhhhhhh, So you do “dig” the Hawk after all.
I Agree with you on “It’s so bad it’s good”
all this and Danny Aiello to boot!
Love this movie and glad to see you like it too Rodney. My mom introduced this to me years back and I fell in love with it defintely classic Willis humor and banter like you said and really fun slapstick action. I’ve been waiting for a blu Ray release of this now cult classic, but starting to worry that it may never come. I still am saving it a spot in my library though
I took a date to this movie when i was in high school. I remember sitting there, during the scene where he rolls out of the ambulance, thinking “this has GOT to to be a dream sequence or something - is this for real?!” It was terrible! but looking back now, i want to see it again - it was fun! and that singing bit was a novel idea.
Bunny…ball ball