UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Norman Bates Some movies you want to see just because you want to see how bad they are and that is the reason why I wanted to see "Loose Cannons". This movie was strange as a comedy because the jokes just weren't funny. Also as a cop-buddy movie it doesn't work due to the chemistry between it's lead actors. Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd play off each other like two actors who needed the money. The premise was oddly interesting which concerned a piece of Hitler memorabilia and Aykroyd as a schizo cop trying to come to grips with his demons (aka his other personalities). What could have been an inspiring premise for something unique and twisted in the cop-buddy genre instead gets bogged down by generic action sequences, lame jokes and slapdash direction.

david-sarkies This is a great movie. Generally I find American Comedies dull, but this is seriously great. The wit is very clever: my favourite being the license for sex, and some of the slapstick is quite amusing. The plot is not deep but the movie is what I call a fun movie.The movie stars Gene Hackman, who plays far better bad guys that good guys, though in this movie he was good. Then there is Dan Ackroyd who simply steals the show with his antics. Ackroyd is a very good actor as he can take on different roles. Early in his career he seemed to play simply comic roles, such as the Blues Brothers, but recently he has taken a little more serious approach to his roles, such as the assassin in Grosse Point Blanc. Loose Cannons has him playing a cop with multiple personalities, and some of them, such as the Road Runner, are a hoot.As for attitudes, I guess it deals mainly with tolerance for those who are mentally disabled. Ackroyd's character is disabled due to a painful experience in the past, and Hackman puts in effort to actually help Ackroyd return to his job and overcome his experience. It played a little part of the film, but not much. Moreso it was an action/comedy flick.The one thing that concerned me was that the title had little to do with the movie. A loose cannon is somebody who does not take part in the team, somebody who is not under control and goes about doing their own thing. Obviously it comes from the times of wooden sailing ships in that if a cannon was not secure, it could roll all over the ship and possibly cause quite a lot of damage. These guys did not seem to be loose cannons, rather they were involved in a case and were doing what they could to solve it. There was no big police cover up and their superiors were not ordering them to desist from the case. Other than that, which is minor, but I tend to drag up minor things, it was a good movie.

vhs1999 Let me tell you that i haven't had such a good laugh in ages. I saw this film last night for the first time and it was hilarious from start to finish. Paring up Dan akroyd and Gene hackman i think is one of the best team up in film I've actually scene, to the jokes,the action and the actual characters themselves. Having the plot about the Germans and having it set in Washington was pretty stupid i have to admit but it was all part how the story came together. Both the lead stars you rarely see these days due to idiots like eg(jack black,will Farrel) taking all the air time. This is the sort of comedy that the younger generation of today should be watching instead of the crap thats out these days. Well im glad these old films like this still exist.

James-202 Both my son Jack and I very much enjoy this film. The critics have given this film a bad review but we don't care. Gene Hackman's presence as always lifts the film and Dan Aykroyd makes a good foil; a sort of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Not over violent with some good jokes. Ronny Cox, always watchable. Paul Koslo makes a good heavy. Come on critics, lighten up!!