Loose Cannons (1990)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Bob Clark

Writers (WGA):

Richard Christian Matheson (written by) &
Richard Matheson (written by) ...

Release Date:

9 February 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Detective Mack Stern is facing the greatest challenge of his career... his new partner.

Plot:

An unconventional cop who doesn't take any bull, is paired up with an amazing detective to capture some powerful criminals but the cop soon realizes that his by the book partner has split personality disorder.

Plot Keywords:

Helicopter | Subway | German | Fight | Sadomasochism

Cast

Dan Aykroyd	...	Ellis Fielding
Gene Hackman	...	MacArthur Stern
Dom DeLuise	...	Harry 'The Hippo' Gutterman
Ronny Cox	...	Smiley
Nancy Travis	...	Riva
Robert Prosky	...	Von Metz
Paul Koslo	...	Grimmer
Dick O'Neill	...	Captain
Jan Triska	...	Steckler
Leon Rippy	...	Weskit
Robert Irvin Elliott	...	Monseigneur
Herb Armstrong	...	Cheshire Cat
Robert Dickman	...	White Rabbit
David Alan Grier	...	Drummond
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Rachel

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

Andy Dick appears on the cover art and poster but is not in the movie. At the time Dick was getting a lot of work in print ads.

Quotes:

Rachel: Having a bad day?
Mac: No, I'm having a terrible day. Say something nice to me, will ya, please.
Rachel: You have very strong lookin' thighs for a white man.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Theme from the Love Boat

No Oscar for Dom DeLuise (again)

Loose Cannons is a horrible combination of detective thriller and black comedy. Hackman and Aykroyd are wasted (and probably eternally incompatible) talents in a movie that should never have been made. A detective doing cartoon character impersonations join Mossad agents in a chase after a Nazi porn film showing Hitler committing suicide. The plot has all the makings of an Austin Powers spoof - a possibility that is sadly never explored in a film taking itself much, much too seriously.