Movie
The Hard Way
There's only one way these two are going to get along...
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.
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Synopsis
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.
More about The Hard Way
Cast
Michael J. FoxNick Lang
James WoodsJohn Moss
Stephen LangParty Crasher
Annabella SciorraSusan
John CapodiceGrainy
Luis GuzmánPooley
LL Cool JBilly
Mary MaraChinaCredits
- Directed by
- John Badham
- Written by
- Lem Dobbs, Daniel Pyne, Michael Kozoll, Lem Dobbs
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $24M
- Box office
- $65.6M
Production
- The Badham-Cohen Group
Universal PicturesUnited States
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