a5c7b9f00b Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten to kill his friend Tommy.
A cat burglar is forced to steal Da Vinci works of art for a world domination plot.
Let me begin by saying I love Bruce Willis. He proved in Moonlighting that he has a knack for comedy and in Die Hard that he belongs on the big screen,great an action starHollywood has ever had. I also love comedies of all kinds- spoofs, black comedies, trash, generally everything on the Cult shelf at your now-extinct video store.<br/><br/>When Hudson Hawk came out I was just a lad laughing at the negative hype, the hatred that was directed toward the film. How bad could it be? I rented the video and learned just how bad. Bruce Willis, despite what I detect was some genuine emotional investment, creates a high-flying, sensory-numbing ego trip in which he tries to be the action hero, the comic relief, the romantic lead, the song and dance man, and the narrator all at the same time. What worked in the movie? Simply put: "Swingin' On A Star," the sequence in which Williscat burglar Hawk times a precision robbery with his partner not by synchronizing watches but by singing the standard while skateboarding past security guards. Had the movie remained this gentle, this clever, this much of a kick, we might have had something. Sadly, this is all that works in the entire movie.<br/><br/>What doesn't work? Where to begin: the entire supporting cast, with the stone-faced Andie MacDowell proving yet again why she's the worst actress to ever appear on the big screen. I don't know what's worse- the fact that she cannot express any emotion or the fact that every time she tries to she looks hideous, bucktoothed and backwards and paper-bag ugly. Speaking of ugly we're also treated to uber-nothing Sandra Bernhardone of the villains, and you only have to watch her for ten seconds before it's plain she has no talent whatsoever. Last time I saw her was Nick @ Nite hosting the "America's Funniest Mom" Competition. That seems about right. Richard E. Granther villain partner is equally loathsome, and you'll come out of the movie literally hating the both of them. Gangsters and goons appear and disappear with no logical progression, David Caruso appearsa mute who holds up a card that reads: "My name is Kit-Kat. This is not a dream," and Bruce Willis breaks the fourth wall by smirking directly to the audience and delivering wry one-liners about the quality of the film. We didn't need him to tell us it sucks.<br/><br/>So anyway I watched the movie just recently, fifteen years later, with an open mind and no hype to distract me… it's still terrible. The fact that so many people here are saying good things about the movie honestly frightens me… I think they find it outrageous to proclaim one of the world's worst movies was really "not that bad." I don't know about you but I look for more than "not that bad" out of my viewing experiences. The movie was such a failure many predicted it would kill Willis' career, and while the critics were nasty about him and the movie they were not wrong. Hudson Hawk literally wiped the smirk off of Willis' face for a long while and brought one of Hollywood's biggest stars down to Earth for a much-needed reality check.<br/><br/>I can't stop you from seeing this movie. You'll probably have to learn for yourself… but don't say I didn't warn you.<br/><br/>GRADE: D-
In May of 1991 the world was just not ready for Hudson Hawk, and apparently this caused a lot of confusion in the marketing department. How on Earth were they supposed to sell this strange oddity of a film? Eventually they settled on Bruce Willis brand recognition and built an ad campaign that would promote ita sort of Die Hard-lite. When audiences eventually found out it was an absurdist, cartoon caper comedy they didn't quite know what to make of it and it was widely panned by critics and filmgoers alike. Not fair. Hudson Hawk is actually a wonderful little movie with a reputation is simply doesn't deserve.<br/><br/>By the time July of 1991 rolled around the movie was getting its UK premier and the ad campaign had changed to play up the comedy and adventure more than the action. I remember 10-year-old me (already a Die Hard and Willis fan) sitting alone in a screen at the old UCI cinema in Kinnaird Park thinking "this looks awesome". If a kid could tell the difference…<br/><br/>Being a 15-rating here in the UK (and rated R in the US) I had to wait until it hit home video. As soonthe end credits rolled I was fascinated by this new Cappuccino thing that Hawk was always harping on about. It became my go-to beverage whenever and wherever it was being served (an idiosyncrasy that has since been ruined by the horrific advent of "fashionable coffee"). As you can tell, I've been a fan of Hudson Hawk since I was a kid.<br/><br/>Bruce Willis is Eddie Hawkins, the world's greatest cat-burglar, who is determined to go straight after a long stretch in prison. Too bad for him that an assortment of eccentric villains are determined to force him to do their dirty work in a crazy world domination plot. Take the usual tropes of James Bond, Crosby and Hope, the Pink Panther, and retro heist movies and you'll have something close to what Hudson Hawk attempts to be. It is handsomely shot in real European locations with lots of quotable dialogue courtesy of Daniel Waters who co-wrote the script with Die Hard scribe Steven E. De Souza, based on Willis' original ideas. Yes, Bruce Willis created Hudson Hawk himself.<br/><br/>The movie is far from perfect though, even the biggest Hudson Hawk fans know that. It is way too complicated and will take several viewings just to fully grasp what the hell is going on. However, even in 1991 it seemed that De Souza and Waters knew that the European Union and forthcoming "single currency market" would be a terrible idea. The plot to ruin the world economy would probably be lauded in these more politically turbulent times.<br/><br/>Also,the literal bookends are an indulgence too far, and Andie McDowell (a last minute replacement for Isabella Rossellini and Maruschka Detmers) is just about tolerable in a role that she clearly didn't understand. The scene where she feigns mental illness by speaking in Dolphin-ish is yet another eccentricity that the film could have done without. But the main fault here is the swearing. The cast are dropping f-bombs and mofos all over the place and it just doesn't sit well the overall tone. There is absolutely no reason why Hudson Hawk should have been anything more than a PG. When I was 10-years-old I was overdosing on episodes of The Young Ones (a similarly anarchic and crazy TV show) and this movie really appealed to me. I do believe that kids and family audiences were the people that Hudson Hawk should have been sold to and the R-rating harmed the films appeal a lot.<br/><br/>McDowell aside, the cast are all either wonderfully over-the-top or strangely quirky. From James Coburn's enthusiastic CIA crook, to a restrained David Carusothe mute Kit Kat. He doesn't even have any lines and he has a character arc. If you are in need of light- hearted, good-natured entertainment then Hudson Hawk never fails. It is a real shame that this never had the chance to develop into a franchise. If so we might have been spared the awfulness of Die Hard 4 and 5.
A relentlessly annoying clay duck that crash-lands in a sea of wretched excess and silliness.
Pick up a copy of co-star <a href="/name/nm0001290/">Richard E. Grant</a>'s book "With Nails: the film diaries of Richard E Grant". There's a section about <a href="/name/nm0000246/">Bruce Willis</a> and Hudson Hawk. All British versions are missing a brief close-up scene showing Hawk breaking into a room, probably due to the fear of imitation.
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