Saturday 28 July 2012

Hudson Hawk

One of the biggest flops of Bruce Willis's career (and co-written by the man himself)...not counting Breakfast of Champions and Color of Night, but I still like it.

Plot: Hudson Hawk (Bruce) is a newly released cat-burglar, desperate for a decent cappuccino, who is blackmailed into robbing an auction house and stealing a Leonardo DaVinci horse. This particular robbery, is choreographed to Bruce and partner- Danny Aiello singing the Bing Crosby Classic, Swinging on a Star and by cruel fate, is captured on security camera. Now, the Hudson Hawk must steal a slew of DaVinci stuff from various places, while dodging a minor New York crime family (Frank Stallone), a CIA team- individually code named after candy bars, a crazy husband and wife (Richard E.Grant, Sandra Bernhard)   and even encountering a randy Nun and an equally randy dog.

This film, on the surface sounds ridiculous and quite frankly, it is, but it's also a guilty pleasure to most that see it. I challenge you to watch it and not love it.

Budget: $65,000,000

Gross: $17,218,080

Fun Fact: The film received the Worst Screenplay award at the Razzies. Nice one Bruce.

 

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