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Hudson Hawk (1991) - Bruce Willis - Comedic Movie Review
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- čas přidán 18. 01. 2022
- Yippee Ki-Yello! I hope you all are ready to start our journey with Bruce Willis. For today we watch the 1991 movie, Hudson Hawk
Starring: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Richard E. Grant, Sandra Bernhard, Donald Burton, Frank Stallone,
Director: Michael Lehmann,
Writer: Bruce Willis, Robert Kraft, Steven E. de Souza,
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I absolutely LOVED this movie when I was younger. I've watched it again recently and while I do have some nostalgia for it, I do NOT enjoy it nearly as much as I did as a kid. Still I think it is fun movie that is overlooked way too much.
I think that you got it right. As a movie for young viewer could work, albeit the dialogue are still bad and some scenes are definitely surplus
Isn’t that funny how we’ve changed. Me and my friends LOVED the movie Nate and Hayes with Tommy Lee Jones back in the 80s…but it sucks! Still am nostalgic for the times we watched it way back when, but I can’t stand it now.
Same here. I definitely can tell now why it got panned hard by the critics but I still enjoy it
Part of the reason the movie didn't do so well was because when it went to theaters it was advertised as an action movie. It's more of a comedy.
@@simbriant I can see that. It was a somewhat satirical take on action/heist movies of the time. Lots of people miss the joke because of the mislabing.
Funny part is, it looks like a masterpiece compared to most of his movies from the last decade
This movie is so self aware that it's almost a crime... I love every minute of it.
I know Bruce has gotten slammed as of late for making shit movies where he phones in the performances... and rightfully so... but he has also done fantastic work in a lot of great movies over the course of his career. That said... the "Swingin' on a Star" heist scene from this film is one of my personal favorites from his career!
another turd of a critic who doesn't understand anything except how to crap on other people's work.
This has quickly become my favorite movie review channel.
Aww thank you friend :)
Same with me! 😄
Helps me get through my lunch break! 😁
Me3
Been watching this shit all day
100%
I wore out my vhs of this in the 90's, not sure why people dislike it. Brilliant review as usual my man.
I think it just got advertised poorly at the time. People went in thinking Die Hard and got Roger Rabbit
@@RedEyeReviews Most likely the case. I was fortunate to watch it on VHS and had no idea what it was about. I ended up enjoying it. I feel like it's a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously and is just campy fun.
No one knew what to make of this movie
That doggy death scene STILL makes me laugh after all these years 🤣🤣🤣
I literally saw this film in the theater 4 times just for that scene.
Oh bunny ballball?
When I first saw it I was having trouble breathing from laughing so hard.
I still love this movie. It's light hearted and does not take itself seriously. A nice popcorn flick
Exactly 👍🏼
Same here, I love it
I saw this movie in the cinema, and when it was released, I bought it on laser disc. I absolutely love this movie. The thing is, I never tried to take it seriously - I always assumed it was a spoof - a satire of action movies. Maybe some people need some chemical enhancement to reach the state in which I normally live, but I thought this was hilarious, and I laughed my way through the entire movie. Things like Tommy's ridiculous survival or Hawk never getting his 'effete European coffee' (before there was a Starbucks on every block) were meant to poke fun at other movies.
After seeing reviews like yours, it really made me wonder if I'm reading too much into it, or if I was the only one who got the joke.
There is no jpke to 'get' - It really is just a terrible movie.
@@royfr8136 Or IS it......?
@@nicks1063 😂
I saw this in the theater with a family friend, we were the only two people there, the usher came in and thought we snuck in until we showed the tickets. I loved the movie then, it was perfect for my 15 year old brain... I'll never watch it again to preserve its greatness.
I unironically love this movie, 'what can I tell you, I'm the villain' Some of the jokes are pitch perfect for my sense of humour and still make me laugh out loud to this day, the weird use of swearing and violence, the weird nods to slap stick Looney Tunes cartoons, the overall weirdness of the entire film, intentional or not. Willis does have a knack for comedy timing imo and it's a shame he doesn't try more, y'know since atm he's doing any old shit for a pay cheque.
Don't get me wrong, 'You Eddie Munster looking mf' this is not a perfect movie, what movie is? But one of the biggest problems it had was when it released they marketed it as an action movie to bring in that Die Hard crowd, which was a massive mistake. Had they marketed it correctly who knows, it would have probably still bombed due to it's weirdness and people wanting more Willis shooting people (which I think he still thinks is the case judging by his current batch of, I'll generously call, movies) but at least it would have drawn in the proper audience, y'know, those people who want to see what a comedy would look like if it was made by a hungover David Lynch.
Never the less a great Willis movie to start your review train with ;)
I watched Hudson Hawk as a kid and thought it was brilliant. I've always meant to watch it again. After seeing this review, I'm now definitely gonna watch it. Bring on the garbage 🍿
Fr lol. I might have to look around for it.
I was the same way, but watching it again a year ago was tough to get through. It hasn’t held up as well as I thought it would. But maybe you’ll still enjoy it.
When I was a kid I watched this movie dozens of times. I love this movie.
Compared to today this is actually fantastic 😊 I enjoyed the film personally but I never saw it as serious 😜
"CAN YOU FUCKING BELIEVE IT!"
My thoughts when I saw Redeye was reviewing Hudson Hawk
#1: I actually defend this movie for at least trying to be something unique. It's this weird hybrid of a heist film, cartoony slapstick, blow 'em up actioner, and buddy comedy. It defies classification in the same way it's script defies logic. In truth, I'd rather see a movie fail for trying to be unique than fail as a soulless, generic, paint-by-the-numbers straight-to-video cash grab...but I'm sure you'll be looking into Bruce Willis' later catalog soon enough.
#2 Richard E. Grant is goddamn treasure in this movie.
I like to think of the last Boy Scout as the true sequel to die hard. Like he was blamed for the hostages that died and had to open a private detective office in la. I fucking love that movie. It’s so over the top and I like how Bruce is still just a normal guy who is incredibly bad ass at the same time.
The Last Boy Scout is more like the real Lethal Weapon 3, considering that its Shane Black and is notably darker than Die Hard
how dare you this is a classic ! i watched this in theaters as a kid ..i dont know how i got there but i was there dammit and i had a good time .. hudson taught my growing child mind a lot of things during this movie ,how to pull of a heist ,some great old tunes and how to cuss like a sailor !
Haha I can agree on the tunes
I love this movie, have it on DVD somewhere 10/10.
I liked this movie, as a oneshot. It sticks to its gimmick, it cheesy, corny, goofy and cartoonish, but it is original, focused, and simply mindless fun.
And I don't care if it was ment to be anything else. I just like a good laugh.
I'd watch this 10 times before even considering something like The Farce Awakens.
I can almost appreciate how few shits it gives about trying to make sense. Stuff just happens, entirely because the writers thought it would be fun. And sometimes it was!
Exactly for its time its a pretty good comedy, If it bombed at the box office doesn't mean is bad, John Carpenter's The thing bombed and it's now considered a cult classic and a great horror movie, also if you are going to fact check every word spoken in a comedy movie! you already set your mind to not like the movie, I mean this movie is not great but is not the garbage red eye makes seems to be is just a good comedy film for the time it came out.
"cheesy, corny, goofy and cartoonish"...sure, but this script is the total opposite of "Focused". As was even mentioned in this review, the tone of this movie is all over the place. That was probably its main flaw. Merging Slapstick and visceral violence is a very hard tightrope to walk.
I remember watching this as Teen and I frickin loved it. I didn't tell anyone it was my dark secret. I watched recently and still love it. It's so bad that it's so good. I still crack up when Hawk throws the exact amount change for the toll.
The doggy part makes me laugh every time! The special effect and line is so bad it’s good.
Comment in advance of watching the reviwew: I unapolagetically love Hudson Hawk. It's goofy and stupid, it has many problems, but I just love it from start to finish. Now - let's see what I think AFTER the review :)
Update: You're not wrong. It's a mess, it's badly written, and it can't decide what genre it wants to be - but I still love it. The weird transition when they jump off the museum after the first robbery is - as I recall - a result of post production/editing where something else was supposed to happen but they couldn't get it to work so just made a harsh jump cut. I suspect I just watched this at a time of my life when I was into weird stuff and it just imprinted on me. Arguably, the whole film is just about Hawk trying get a cappuchino - the whole Da Vinci stuff is just sub-plot ;)
Dont get me wrong. It has some good parts for sure. and it would have been much more successful had they not marketed it as an action movie, but instead for what it actually is.
Same. It's an awful movie, but I love it so.
I am the same as far as unapologetically loving Hudson Hawk, especially when it first came out. I still love it, but it’s a much more difficult watch these days than it was back in the day.
It doesnt have many problems at all, its exactly what it wanted to be. Over the top fun. It might not work for some(most) but its as well written as these type of films get
@@RedEyeReviews dude, tell me the name of the song when its the bruce willis montage and i shall subscribe!!!!!!!
Hey man, this is a great channel. Keep up the awesome work. Here are some of my film recommendations that you might enjoy covering.
1) Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man
2) Showdown in Little Tokyo
3) Action Jackson
Those are some of the most entertaining bad action movies imo.
So glad you like it. Funny enough all three are already on the list :) so you have great taste in movies haha
Damn I loved this movie as a kid!!!
oh man i loved this movie when i was a young lad.
@Newsbender yes i did, i only had 3 movies on vhs at the time, this was one of them, nowadays i really think it is a bad movie, btw the last boy scout is a favorite of mine
you just had to play the dog flying out of the window on repeat for people to see, i laughed so hard at that, i had tears coming out of my eyes
Of course! I died when I first saw it
A great movie to show at the hat convention
Just bought my tickets!
This is my #1 guilty pleasure movie.
Hudson Hawk is an absolute comedic masterpiece from start to finish. This is why we had so many wooden straight- to- redbox Bruce Willis movies at the twilight of his career; because we don't deserve his best work.
No joke, this is the first RedEye review I’ve cried while laughing during. The others were funny, but this was SO funny. Thank you, RedEye. Enjoy the dog walk.
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video :)
Not even a passing mention for Frank Stallone? The injustice!
Just found your channel about 1 week ago. I haven't gone through all your videos but knocking them out. Had a straight laughing fit with the wife last night with your stuff. Great stuff, thank you.
Hey thank you! I'm so glad you found the channel and are getting some laughs :)
That montage made it painfully obvious that I need to watch all of Bruce Willis' movies
LMAO christ, that dogs brains just about got splattered by a tennis ball...thats hilarious...good review Redeye...keep that nostalgia train running buddy, these movies might as well be mental time-machines and I love it. Thanks again Redeye.
I'm so glad you like them :) I'll absolutely keep it up
I still enjoy this movie. Like you said, I view it as a live action cartoon with adult language and violence along with childlike humor and storytelling.
For what it's worth, I really laughed at the golden shower joke. And to me, for this movie, it seems somewhat fitting.
Lol score! It's all worth it now. :)
I loved this movie growing up. Did everyone forget Bruce Willis started in comedy. Is it a great movie no but it’s fast paced and goofy action makes for a movie you don’t have think about to hard when you watch it.
That intro is amazing! Welcome to the channel, Bruno! I had totally forgotten he was in North, so...uh...thanks, uh...for that...?
Thank you! I love making those quote compilations
I've somehow been completely unaware of this movie's existence until watching your video. This gets past that "so bad it's good" range and back into "bad" territory.😂
Lol it sure does. The dial rolled over from 99 back to 00
That's a shame it doesn't get the credit I feel it deserves. One of my favorite campy movies with so many one liners!
This movie is a masterpiece.
I’ve been binging your channel all day. And I can say without a shadow of a doubt. I. Am. Subbed!
Why thank you friend! Glad you enjoy it
I would love to see a team up now of Steven Seagal, Bruce Willis and other has-been action stars. We could call it Actually Expendable or Real Suicide Squad, cause all the fun would come out of seeing them actually get beat up.
Funny story... The Expendables movies were made by Millennium Films, who sued Seagal after his awful behaviour on the set of Mercenary for Justice. He counter-sued them and swore never to work with them again... which is why he never appeared in any of the Expendables movies, despite Sylvester Stallone being in talks with him to appear in The Expendables 3.
But everyone in the Expendables WAS a has been action star. Jason Statham included.
Glad to see so many fans of this unapologetically fun movie.
Speaking of Marky Mark...
I grew up in New England and went to school with a cousin of Marky Mark, and during my senior year of high school in 1997 I asked my buddy what his cousin was working on currently, and he said he was making a movie called Boogie Nights.
My 17 year old brain heard 'Boogie Knights' and asked 'what is that, some medival disco flick?'.
And holy shit was I waaay off.
WAY off.
Hahaha Medieval Disco would make a great premise
Debatably the most legitimate action star in Cinema.. several Top 5 ATG movies across multiple genres
Best 80s Movie; Best Action Film; Best Sequel; Best Sci-Fi; Best Narrative Twist; Best Buddy Movie; etc etc
***Best Christmas Film... forgot that one
I was very little when I saw this in the theater with my much older cousin. Telling me that this movie was going to be great. Right after the movie he apologized to me and got me pizza. But my young ass felt like I was king of the world. And didn’t even realize how bad it was till I watched it again at an older age where my brain wasn’t mush. Then I understood why my cousin said sorry. Much love to you red eye. I know this is a bad movie. But you had me go back to a time where life was more simple and for that I thank you.
That is a wonderful memory! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video
I saw it in 91 when i was 11 years old. I remember it was pretty good for my taste back then.
I remember seeing this opening night in the theater as a 15 year old. Even then I remember thinking how bad it was. The musical handcuffs were fun. Then the dog being launched out of the window was the best part!
This movie is a masterpiece. The plot is hilarious (it's a comedy after all), the Mayflowers are perfection and of course Andie MacDowell is just amazing. It is everything I want in a movie.
I loves this film , can't get enough of them constantly breaking into song 😆
Bruce Willis's UNCHARTED
Close to the films that Bruce do this days this is a masterpiece.
You deserve a minimum of 100K subs for sitting through this.
Hahah. Hey I'll take it
So glad CZcams recommend your channel. First time I can ever say that. Knocking it out the park with your reviews!
Thank you! I'm glad it recommended it too
sad to see how Bruce has turned... the man seems unhappy and literally out of his body in his current films.
My dogg coming through with Hudson Hawk. I swear you review every movie I watched as a kid. I'm going to hit your patreon when I get home.
So glad I can give some nostalgia for you :) thanks for the support man!
I have to fight the urge to dislike this video. I absolutely love this movie. It's so absurd and unpredictable, I just...man, how can you not love this movie? This is a true cult classic. There's a bit in your review where you show the scene with Richard Grant manically thrusting his hips as his Goldfingeresque plot comes to fruition, and you're like "I can bear through this" and I'm like "That's one of the funniest scenes in the whole movie and 95% of why I like Grant as an actor."
Also, Andie McDowell making dolphin noises is one of the funniest, most surreal things ever.
the german version is absolutely brillant, because the dubbing is silly, on the point and hilarious!
True!
Theres another similiar movie like Hudson Hawk called HOLLOW POINT from 1996 and it has an all star cast with Thomas ian Griffith, Tia Carerra, John Lithgow and Donald Sutherland...just for the cast alone i think its worth the watch. As alway my friend, this is another awesome review
That one's been on the list for awhile. I gotta watch it soon
Dude your sub count is rising!! was on 11k i think when i subbed a few weeks back well deserved 👏👏
Thank you so much!
I loved this movie as a kid. I would sit and watch the whole thing no matter what scene i just so happened to start watching it. I haven't watched it lately, but I can still see why i enjoyed it as a kid. I don't think it deserves the bad rap it has received from critics.
Sandra Bernhardt and Richard Grant had me cracking up in this flick. "Buffy.....ball ball." 😆
This was golden. Thanks for the amazing review yet again.
Of course! So glad you liked it
@@RedEyeReviews bro... Waiting for Dolph Lundgren "I come in Peace" :D even thinking of you reviewing it makes me laugh it is crazy :D
@@684W13 I'll get to it soon :)
To me this movie seems far more enjoyable than any future Seagull garbage.
I watched this movie when I was a teenager back in China in the middle 90s. For the context, Hollywood movies had just entered the Chinese market, we started importing big budget blockbusters to theatres, then there were these super weird American movies on TV, the ones probably made almost their entire box office from selling to China, and the TV stations that bought them couldn't care less about these, they cut the original dialogues, dub them within an hour by 2 voice actors(sometimes 4 maximum); and if there's soundtrack behind then they just find a random piece of music and fade, it was weird. And I endured a bunch of these movies and enjoyed some. But this movie was so bad even at that time I thought this was a weird movie and almost gave it up half way. The only reason I endured the movie was because if I didn't, I would need to go back to my room and do my homework. I was so disappointed with Bruce Willis I thought he was a terrible actor. He was later redeemed (in my mind) by "The Last Boy Scout" shown on the same channel the week after.
Well, couple things
1) I just suscribed. I love 90's and 80's action movies, I've been watching some of your reviews and I got a good chuckle out of them. Good job, mate.
2) Andie McDowell's dolphin screech might be the worst sound ever emitted by a human being. Not even Yoko Ono would be able to do that.
Haha. Thank you!
Oh my God the dolphin sound is rough
“ you want me to rape them” bit was actually out of left field kind of funny in that movie. I laughed lol
“The lines go from zero to nowhere…” - Roger Ebert. That had to hurt Willis’ ego!
PS: Did you know Bruce Willis released a music album in 1987 and ole’ The Lost One owned it on cassette?
Also, I voted for Bruce in space because Hudson Hawk was so bad, I didn’t want you to suffer like the others of us who’ve seen it.
Oh my god. I need to listen to this music!
Lol yeah this movie was hard to watch but we survived
@@RedEyeReviews You are a brave, brave man my friend! The music wasn’t bad…back when I was 13! 😆😆 Oh, how we change. But yeah, you did a great job with this thing Willis shat up!!!
This movie doesnt take it self serious unlike a certain self deputized cop that we all here know.....
Something tells me that at the end, when Ol' Redeye said "I'm gonna wake my dog up and take her for a WALK" he looked right at her and she immediately woke up when she heard the magic word, thus his little laugh there
As a child i watched this movie like 20 times and new every line by heart, now it has so much nostalgia value, that it is perfect for me ;)
I finally realized that the reason the audio sounds weird on the intro is because it has the popcorn noise from the second animation.
Oh it never dawned on me but you are correct. I play the start up audio but the ending animation. It uses to be one long video and I have cut it up to be shorter.
@@RedEyeReviews Yeah I saw one of the older vids with the full version. I like this version better and the fact theres a tiny bit of jank is super meta even if it was unintentional
I "saw" this movie in the theaters. I used quotes because my girlfriend (at the time) and I were so instantly bored we spent the entire run time paying attention to, uh, each other. Years later I saw a review of it and didn't recognize anything. Looking back, I picked exactly the right movie for the occasion.
Hudson Hawk: Or ... How I Learned to Mug for the Camera.
Also: Andie McDowell ... because we couldn't find an actual block of wood.
I loved this movie!
It's got everything: action comedy great cast.
Oh dude! Are you going to start a new series with Bruce Willis!!!?? YESSSSS!! SOOOO MANY SHITTY MIOVIES TO CHOICE FROM! Sorry about the caps! Looking so forward to this....and yeah, best to leave DIE HARD alone. LUV UR CHANNEL!!!
Heck yeah! I'm stoked :)
@@RedEyeReviews 🤪😜😎
Your IT crowd usage is a great touch.
"What sets off the Metal Detectors first, the lead in your ass, or the shit in your brains?". That line has always bugged me, because it's nonsensical.
Please tell me the “you’re” in “catching your mistakes” is a joke. If so, A tier.
also I’m proud of you for saying escaped correctly.
Lol I don't know..was it? It was...
I caught it this time! Post Production fixer upper lol
Allegedly the movie had songs in to try and launch Bruce's singing career.
That dog scene is pure gold lol
Take this with the pinch of salt from a person whose favorite movie is Smokey And The Bandit, but I think this is perfect 80's mindless popcorn, comedy and I like it. If you are looking for a Laurence Of Arabia quality film with topline performances, quality writing, epic landscapes and an actual intelligent, logical story, then this is not your movie, but if you go into this movie with no expectations then you will have a fun experience. It might be one of those movies that some wacky tabbacky might make more watchable! I can however see where it lost $90 million dollars, however any production company that spends that amount on a comedy, deserves to lose everything.
As with others, I watched this in the theater and enjoyed it. Still do. But I agree, it's not a great movie.
Some of the background of this movie is that, at the time, Bruce Willis was white hot. He had just starred in "Die Hard" and was starring in the hottest TV show of the time, "Moonlighting." Basically, he could do whatever he wanted and Hollywood would pay for it. So he spread his wings--tried writing, released a music album, etc. Lots of "Vanity Projects."
One of the things I like about this movie is that it looks like everybody is having fun and just enjoying the randomness and making a bad movie.
Not to mention his ads for Seagram's Wine Coolers (yep, it sure was the '80s!) - which I think can be viewed here on CZcams.
I found you watching a video that trashed Seagal. And now I am subscribed. All my faves are here. Cool.
So glad you like it!
@@RedEyeReviews I do. I can't wait to see breaking 2 electric boogaloo. It is sooo much worse. It is so TERRIBLE it's great. I hope you add what they're up to now.
@@NegroJonesStrikesAgn it's for sure on the list. I gotta get back to that one
Hudson Hawk is a blast. Loved it then, still love it today
Funnily enough, there was a Hudson Hawk video game which wasn't too bad.
I loved this movie and now I realized my brain just deleted all the bad things of Hudson Hawk and just remembered some silly jokes and stuff.
I love Hudson Hawk. Bruce looks class with his black fedora, earrings and overcoat... it's a fun movie...
OHHHH, this is where I got the 'Wong number' joke from! This was the first VHS I got as a present, I would have been 12. Also, I can't hear the word 'bunny' without having to say 'ball-ball!' after it, so thanks Bruce for that for the last 30 years.
Growing up I honestly thought this movie was a comedy. I thought it was supposed to be a spoof of heist movies. I mean henchmen called snickers and butterfinger? Alchemy? A get away in a Leonardo flying machine? Shitty segways that are used to skip boring traveling scenes? Loud as shit singing while "sneaking" on a heist. What part of that am I supposed to think is a serious movie? Damn Bruce.......Just damn lmfao.
Welcome to the party pal
This is one of my guilty pleasures, I’ve been in love with this movie for 30 years but not blind to how bad it is. I laugh at it because of the ridiculousness and absurdities. Still enjoyed the review and video put together.
If there was one movie that impacted me more than this movie, the constant memory of this movie has blocked it out.
I remember this film from when it was Willis' worst film. Time makes liars of us all.
Hint for a review: Virtuosity (1995) with Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington.
Done! Added :)
Just realized the main villains in this movie are the brother and sister that hire elastigirl in the incredibles 2.
Hahaha truth
Cult classic! Come on man, Captain Bob’s steering wheel. Remember he walked in and no one knew where he got this thing?
This movie was hilarious, just under appreciated
When I was 12, I was given a choice between this movie and Terminator 2. I chose this movie. I still watch it today, and I still love it...call me crazy but I've seen this movie more than I've seen Terminator 2...
That Laugh!
Hudson Hawk is a Guilty Pleasure of Sillyness
Anyone else get a CZcams ad for TRP RedEye Relief Sterile Eye Drops? How appropriate even if a bit rude!
Haha. Thats amazing