With all due respect to the memory of Burt Reynolds... I saw this movie back in 1993. So I'm only going by that. I'm not trying to insult his memory.
What was this anyway? A cop vs. Bad guys drama? A cop with a heart of gold comedy? A kiddie-eyed view of crime & punishment? Movie Makers insulting our intelligence one time too many? Yeah, that's it! I have never been so duped & let down as when I saw this!
I was certain that Reynolds and anyone associated, had come up with a good idea (well, kind of copied it from Kindergarten Cop). Make a movie about a cop who has to protect a child and his mother. Sounds good. So far.
The trouble is, it seems like the people behind this film couldn't decide on whether it was an action / drama - action / comedy or a sentimental / silly family film that's "a little scary". Whatever it was supposed to be, was lost long before they finished filming and it shows.
I couldn't tell what I was supposed to be feeling here. It wasn't suspenseful, it had comedy but being kid like comedy, it didn't match up with how this movie was advertised then.
Trailers and TV ads made it look more serious than really was, so it ws no wonder I left the theater feeling I wasn't sure what I had just seen. It figures though, when studios aren't 100% sure they have a winner, they exaggerate in their advertising.
So grateful there wasn't a sequel, but I would n't have seen it anyway.
1 star. (END)
What was this anyway? A cop vs. Bad guys drama? A cop with a heart of gold comedy? A kiddie-eyed view of crime & punishment? Movie Makers insulting our intelligence one time too many? Yeah, that's it! I have never been so duped & let down as when I saw this!
I was certain that Reynolds and anyone associated, had come up with a good idea (well, kind of copied it from Kindergarten Cop). Make a movie about a cop who has to protect a child and his mother. Sounds good. So far.
The trouble is, it seems like the people behind this film couldn't decide on whether it was an action / drama - action / comedy or a sentimental / silly family film that's "a little scary". Whatever it was supposed to be, was lost long before they finished filming and it shows.
I couldn't tell what I was supposed to be feeling here. It wasn't suspenseful, it had comedy but being kid like comedy, it didn't match up with how this movie was advertised then.
Trailers and TV ads made it look more serious than really was, so it ws no wonder I left the theater feeling I wasn't sure what I had just seen. It figures though, when studios aren't 100% sure they have a winner, they exaggerate in their advertising.
So grateful there wasn't a sequel, but I would n't have seen it anyway.
1 star. (END)