HUDSON HAWK - 1991
HUDSON HAWK - AN ACTION PACKED COMIC ADVENTURE
Hudson Hawk is a wildly zany action filled rollercoaster ride of an adventure. It's a thrill a minute piece of comic fluff in the tradition of Top Secret and The Naked Gun with it's nonstop gags and in movie references. In the comic genre of those films, there's no real plot to follow here - just to catch all the punchlines before they're onto the next joke.
This wackiness begins with Hudson Hawk, (Bruce Willis), who's known as "the world's greatest cat burglar" being released from prison after serving ten years in the slammer. Hawk is determined to go straight but some local mobsters known as the Mario Brothers persuade him to steal a Da Vinci statuette.
That heist is part of a devious scheme devised by a bizarre duo, Darwin and Minerva Mayflower (hilariously played by Richard E. Grant and Sandra Bernhard) to steal pieces of a Da Vinci created machine which will enable them to rule the world.
During all this mass confusion, Hawk meets Anna (Andie MacDowell), a Da Vinci expert who is rather smitten with the Hawkman but appears to have some sort of hidden agenda of her own.
Throughout this constant hysteria, Willis never lets the audience down for a moment. It's as if he's brought his David Addison character to the big screen. In fact, the entire film plays like a silver screen adaptation of a Moonlighting episode filled with madcap chases and riotous one liners.
Director Michael Lehmann, whose previous credits include the black comedy, Heathers and the offbeat, Meet the Applegates hits the jackpot here with this quirky action adventure.
Hudson Hawk is already being touted as the first major bomb this summer but if you're looking for some sheer escapism this summer, check out the Hawkster for the pure comic fluff that it is.
Hudson Hawk is a wildly zany action filled rollercoaster ride of an adventure. It's a thrill a minute piece of comic fluff in the tradition of Top Secret and The Naked Gun with it's nonstop gags and in movie references. In the comic genre of those films, there's no real plot to follow here - just to catch all the punchlines before they're onto the next joke.
This wackiness begins with Hudson Hawk, (Bruce Willis), who's known as "the world's greatest cat burglar" being released from prison after serving ten years in the slammer. Hawk is determined to go straight but some local mobsters known as the Mario Brothers persuade him to steal a Da Vinci statuette.
That heist is part of a devious scheme devised by a bizarre duo, Darwin and Minerva Mayflower (hilariously played by Richard E. Grant and Sandra Bernhard) to steal pieces of a Da Vinci created machine which will enable them to rule the world.
During all this mass confusion, Hawk meets Anna (Andie MacDowell), a Da Vinci expert who is rather smitten with the Hawkman but appears to have some sort of hidden agenda of her own.
Throughout this constant hysteria, Willis never lets the audience down for a moment. It's as if he's brought his David Addison character to the big screen. In fact, the entire film plays like a silver screen adaptation of a Moonlighting episode filled with madcap chases and riotous one liners.
Director Michael Lehmann, whose previous credits include the black comedy, Heathers and the offbeat, Meet the Applegates hits the jackpot here with this quirky action adventure.
Hudson Hawk is already being touted as the first major bomb this summer but if you're looking for some sheer escapism this summer, check out the Hawkster for the pure comic fluff that it is.
Comments
Post a Comment