Hudson Hawk (1991) - Bruce Willis - Comedic Movie Review
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- 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 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%
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.
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.
Best part about the show.😂
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 still love this movie. It's light hearted and does not take itself seriously. A nice popcorn flick
Exactly 👍🏼
Same here, I love it
When I was a kid I watched this movie dozens of times. I love this movie.
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.
"CAN YOU FUCKING BELIEVE IT!"
My thoughts when I saw Redeye was reviewing Hudson Hawk
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.
Compared to today this is actually fantastic 😊 I enjoyed the film personally but I never saw it as serious 😜
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
#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.
The doggy part makes me laugh every time! The special effect and line is so bad it’s good.
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
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.
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.
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
That montage made it painfully obvious that I need to watch all of Bruce Willis' movies
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!!!!!!!
Hudson Hawk: Or ... How I Learned to Mug for the Camera.
Also: Andie McDowell ... because we couldn't find an actual block of wood.
Not even a passing mention for Frank Stallone? The injustice!
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
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.
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
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 :)
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
Damn I loved this movie as a kid!!!
A great movie to show at the hat convention
Just bought my tickets!
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
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 :)
This is my #1 guilty pleasure movie.
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
Bruce Willis's UNCHARTED
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 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
"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.
“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 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 :)
So glad RUclips 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
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.
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
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 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.
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!
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. :)
You deserve a minimum of 100K subs for sitting through this.
Hahah. Hey I'll take it
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
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
Sandra Bernhardt and Richard Grant had me cracking up in this flick. "Buffy.....ball ball." 😆
Your IT crowd usage is a great touch.
Close to the films that Bruce do this days this is a masterpiece.
Allegedly the movie had songs in to try and launch Bruce's singing career.
That dog scene is pure gold lol
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!
Glad to see so many fans of this unapologetically fun movie.
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.
To be fair, the movie was always intended to be a spoof.
I saw it in 91 when i was 11 years old. I remember it was pretty good for my taste back then.
I loves this film , can't get enough of them constantly breaking into song 😆
Just realized the main villains in this movie are the brother and sister that hire elastigirl in the incredibles 2.
Hahaha truth
To me this movie seems far more enjoyable than any future Seagull garbage.
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.
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
This movie is a masterpiece.
If there was one movie that impacted me more than this movie, the constant memory of this movie has blocked it out.
Funnily enough, there was a Hudson Hawk video game which wasn't too bad.
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
I've nothing better to watch and this is a great channel.😄👍💯
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.
This movie doesnt take it self serious unlike a certain self deputized cop that we all here know.....
They definitly marketed this movie to kids. They made an Hudson Hawk NES game.
@2 Corinthians 4:7-11 good point. Dirty Harry wasn't marketed for kids
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
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 ;)
Ironically this Bruce Willis movie is 100 times better than any movie he makes these days.
“ you want me to rape them” bit was actually out of left field kind of funny in that movie. I laughed lol
Poll idea: Which drugs were responsible for this movie?
a) Cocaine
b) Meth
c) LSD
d) Whatever they put in 90s hair gel.
That 90 million was well spent so 30 years later we can get this review!
I'll take it lol
So, Butterfingers/Zangif is actually named Andrew Btyniarski and I know him. His little brother was a buddy of mine in highschool
and lived down the street. I remember him almost quitting acting because he couldn't get any work after HH. He even moved back to Philly. Fortunately, things worked out and his career was not shattered by this radioactive vomitorium of a 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.
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.
This is one of the most underrated, misunderstood, genius movies.
Is that Leslie Easterbrook that was Callahan in Police Academy?
Sure is!
Cult classic! Come on man, Captain Bob’s steering wheel. Remember he walked in and no one knew where he got this thing?
You forgot the running gag where Hudson wants his Cappuccino right from the start, but he keeps getting cappuccino-blocked, until right at the end. I mean, you did show most of the scenes that set this up, and the payoff, but still, that was such an integral part of the whole Hudson Hawk arc, I think it merits explicit mention.
Also, it really helps to make the character stand out. McClane would never be caught dead drinking a Cappuccino. He tried rubbing his feet on carpet once, as something a little 'cosmpolitan', and look what happened.
Fun fact: David Caruso played Kit Kat in this movie. The same David Caruso who later became known as Lieutenant Horatio Caine on CSI: Miami.
Damn, I needed to watch it till the Red Eye Has a Headache 🤣
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 🤪😜😎
Hudson Hawk is a blast. Loved it then, still love it today
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 "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.
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.
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.
"Looks like you won't be attending that hat convention in July."
I remember this film from when it was Willis' worst film. Time makes liars of us all.
"catching YOU'RE mistakes" lol, nice
Lol I'm glad someone noticed
Hint for a review: Virtuosity (1995) with Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington.
Done! Added :)
HOLY SHIT HE SAID ESCAPE PROPERLY!