The Hard Way [Blu-ray]

Director: John Badham John Badham

Overview

Action film director John Badham bites the hand that feeds him in this action movie spoof that features ribbing of pretty-boy Hollywood action stars by Michael J. Fox and a parody of colorful, hair-trigger James Woods types by the man himself. Woods plays New York homicide detective John Moss, who is within an inch of closing in on a serial killer who calls himself The Party Crasher (Stephen Lang) because his specialty is shooting his victims in the middle of discos. Chasing The Party Crasher after his latest victim has been dispatched, Moss finds himself hanging onto the door of a speeding truck with The Party Crasher at the wheel. When Moss is thrown off the truck and nearly killed, The Party Crasher escapes, and Moss is taken off the case. Moss is given a new assignment --to tag around with Hollywood action film star Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox), the popular hero of the "Smoking Gun" movies. Lang spotted Moss on a television news show and thinks he would be the ideal cop to study for adding authenticity to an up-coming police action picture. Posing as Moss's rookie partner, Lang follows Moss everywhere, proceeding to spoil his pursuit of The Party Crasher and interfering with Moss's burgeoning affair with his girlfriend Susan (Anabella Sciorra).

Product Details

Release Date:	10/06/2020
UPC:	0738329250720
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:51:00
Sales rank:	22,883

Special Features

Audio Commentary with Director John Badham, Producer/Second Unit Director Rob Cohen and Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Michael J. Fox	Nick Lang
James Woods	John Moss,Cop,Cop
Stephen Lang	Party Crasher
Annabella Sciorra	Susan
John Capodice	Grainy
Luis Guzman	Pooley
LL Cool J	Billy
Mary Mara	China
Delroy Lindo	Captain Brix
Conrad Roberts	Witherspoon
Penny Marshall	Angie
Christina Ricci	Bonnie
Bonnie Timmermann	Actor
George Kee Cheung	Drug Dealer,Drug Dealer
Frank Geraci	Newsman
Sophie Maletsky	Pizza Waitress
Lewis Black	Banker
Rand Foerster	Banker
Anderson Matthews	Banker
Kathy Najimy	Lang's Girl Friday
Mos Def	Dead Romeo
Dwayne McClary	Dead Romeo
Sharrieff Pugh	Dead Romeo
Anthony Thomas	Dead Romeo
Howard 'Stick' Baines	Dead Romeo
Shawn McLean	Dead Romeo
Curtis L. McClarin	Dead Romeo,Dead Romeos
Keenan Leung	Asian Gang Leader
Bill Cobbs	Raggedy Man
Reno	Diner Waitress
John Costelloe	Fake Dead Guy/Cop
Jack Gindi	Ticket Taker
Karen Gorney	Woman in Subway,Woman in Subway
Leif Riddell	Head Mugger
Johnny Sanchez	Mugger
Joseph Tripi	Mugger
Janet Sarno	Continental Representative
Jan Speck	TV Reporter
Holly Kuespert	`Smoking Gunn' Girl
John Ring	Homeboy Cop
William Truesdale	Witherspoon's Bodyguard
Mark Woodcock	Clothing Salesman
Ed Setrakian	Chief Villain
David O. Sosna	Frog Dog Vendor
Adore O'Hara	Dead Entertainer
Michael Badalucco	Pizza Man
Jordanna Freedman	Moviegoer
Merrill Witten	Scared Subway Woman
Fracaswell Hyman	Wino
Mario Bosco	Boy in Theater
Bryant Gumbel	Himself
Arthur B. Rubinstein	Composer

Technical Credits

Lem Dobbs

Daniel Pyne

Ron Osborn

Michael Kozoll

John Badham	Director
Rob Cohen	Producer
Conrad E. Palmisano	Stunts
William Sackheim	Producer
Bonnie Timmerman	Casting
Lem Dobbs	Screenwriter
Daniel Pyne	Screenwriter
D.J. Caruso	Producer
Peter R. McIntosh	Producer
Rick Alexander	Sound Effects
Kevin Bartnof	Sound Effects
James Bolt	Sound Effects
Ron Osborn	Screenwriter
Michael Kozoll	Screenwriter