Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Scott LeBrun Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson are the title characters, an outlaw biker and former rodeo cowboy, respectively. Harley rides his bike back to L.A. in a slightly "futuristic" year (1996) to hook up with old pals such as Marlboro, Jimmy (Giancarlo Esposito), Jose (Eloy Casados), Jack (wrestler Big John Studd), and their father figure (Julius Harris), who runs the Rock 'n' Roll Bar and Grill. It's about to be foreclosed by a greedy bank, so Harley gets the bright idea to hold up that same bank for the money. However, the take is not money but a new street drug, "Crystal Dream". Harley and Marlboro must spend the rest of the movie dodging persistent muscle men who represent the villain, Chance Wilder (Tom Sizemore).This movie is not so much blatant product placement (as the opening text tells us), as it is a fairly goofy, mildly amusing action thriller. There's nothing special here, but the pace, the costumes (dig those bulletproof overcoats on the thugs), the soundtrack, the solid supporting cast, and the rapport between Rourke and Johnson make it all watchable enough. Screenwriter Don Michael Paul does give our two leads some good character defining moments, as well as a romantic angle as Marlboro realizes that he's about to lose his girlfriend Virginia Slim (Chelsea Field) for good. Although this movie does get grim and pretty violent, it's still not something to take all that seriously. It sure as Hell doesn't worry about things such as credibility.Field at least has some material to work with, but the other super sexy ladies present (Vanessa Williams, Tia Carrere, and Kelly Hu) barely get anything to do. The cast also includes familiar faces such as Daniel Baldwin (as the primary henchman), Robert Ginty, Branscombe Richmond, and Sven-Ole Thorsen, with old pro Harris standing out. Sizemore is okay, but his bad guy role lacks any sort of personality or real threat. One funny touch is that Rourkes' Harley is NO good with a gun.Unmemorable, but it's decent brainless fun for 99 minutes.Six out of 10.

lost-in-limbo Who was the Einstein to put Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson together, because their agreeable combination was a blast as the two novelty title characters … but as for the feature itself it was a very lukewarm conventional buddy action comedy with a modern western touch to it all. From guys having a good time, organising a heist that goes wrong (not money, but drugs… whoops) and then finding them on the run for it. Having strong protagonists is one thing (though you could say Rourke and Johnson do feel like they were on cruise control), but they do carry this one along, where as having weak villains is downright criminal. A less than imposing Tom Sizemore is wasted, despite being the main corporate villain oozing with confidence, while Daniel Baldwin just lacked any sort of punch even though looking the part decked in black leather as a henchman. Even the bit players come and go with little to no impact. Julius Harris adds some class, while there's amusing playful parts for Big John Studd and Giancarlo Esposito. Then the likes of Chelsea Field, Vanessa Williams, Tia Carrere and Robert Ginty's characters felt like secondary inclusions to add something ala filler, which probably could have been scrapped from its bloated script. Director Simon Wincer gives it slick technical treatment (crafty cinematography) and aplomb in it's vigorously over exaggerated action set-pieces and stunt-work, but its liveliness couldn't hide its generic score, banal story structure and silly plotting. A mindless popcorn action romp with its two stars having a ball. "It's better to be dead and cool, than alive and uncool".

JoeytheBrit A couple of easy-going buddies carry out a robbery. They use too much explosive when carrying it out, but they get away with the loot unscathed. Shortly after, though, they discover they're being relentlessly hunted down by those they have stolen from and go to ever further lengths to evade capture, even jumping from a ridiculous height into a body of water… Nope, we're not talking Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, we're talking Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, the palest of imitations.Actually, that's not quite true: this movie is more of a rip-off than an imitation. While it's obviously not meant to be taken too seriously, it departs so far from the real world as to be unrecognisable to most people. Harley and Marlboro (let's call them Bike and Fag for short) decide the only way their friend can afford the exorbitant rent on his bar is by robbing a bank. Presumably a certain amount of planning went into this heist but we, the audience, are privy too none of it. Having successfully diverted an armoured car (manned by the world's two worst security guards), our heroes are in the midst of transferring their loot when a car filled with serious looking dudes in full-length Kevlar suits and machine-guns turns up. It's these men – not the law, who are nowhere to be seen throughout the film – who track our boys down for the rest of the movie. Actually what I wrote about the lack of law in the film isn't quite true - there's some love interest for Fag in the shapely form of a policewoman (instead of a teacher), who is getting a little tired of his wandering ways, which was presumably an attempt on the part of the writers to inject a little pathos into the proceedings.I felt quite sorry for Mickey Rourke (Bike) and Don Johnson (Fag) here. They're the best things about the movie – which admittedly isn't saying much – and they try really hard to generate some of that Newman-Redford chemistry, but, with lines such as, 'Better to be dead 'n' cool than alive 'n' uncool,' to speak they just don't have a chance. Take my advice: if you're in the mood for a buddy movie stay well clear of this mess – go and see the original Butch and Sundance – or even Turner and Hooch for that matter

thinker1691 It's not too far from anyone's life to believe there are friends, . . . and then there are Friends. This film illustrates the ladder. Two men, Harley Davidson and his partner the Marlboro Man, (Mickey Rourke & Don Johnson) reunite after a couple of year absence and discover their old life time mentor, (Julius Harris) is being evicted from a special nightclub. The club and its location has remained in the owner's hands for over thirty years. Therefore, unless, he can raise a couple of million dollars, he must vacate the property. With the help of other nightclub friends, they decide to raise the needed money by robbing the very bank which holds the mortgage. The bank job proves easy, however instead of bank money, the robbers learn they have stolen two million dollars of the latest, specialized but illegal drugs. The bank president assigns a special hit squad, led by 'Alexander' (Daniel Baldwin) to recover the drugs and dispose of the thieves. The film is very fast paced and there is no shortage of action, confrontation and physical violence. For anyone seeking a good old fashion, shoot-em-up gangster film, you are invited to this one.