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Los Angeles glitz meets New York grit in director John Badham's action-packed comedy. In New York's Times Square a billboard looms larger than life for a new Hollywood blockbuster starring Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox), an Indiana Jones-style superstar. The real Nick Lang is holed up in a neighboring apartment studying every move .. Read more

Starring	Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra
Director	John Badham
Genres	Action/Adventure, Comedy

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- Action-man actor Nick Lang (Fox), tired of cartoon characters (his latest is 'Smoking Gunn II') wants to land the part... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
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- - 3
  - 0
  A nice little surprise
  
  Being a fan of James Woods, I rented this looking for a nice, easy watch. As I always do, I checked out the trailer on the DVD before I watched it, and it ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Yorkshire
  - 25 May 2004 at 20:55
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- - 0
  - 0
  enjoyable film
  
  Seen this before a few years ago - still a good, fun film. Easy to watch, with a good story line.
  
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- - a customer
  - 09 Nov 2011 at 01:16
- - 0
  - 0
  A Hard Hour
  
  I gave it an hour before I realised what an utter waste of time it was watching this. I don't wish to appear condescending but it just wasn't my type of... read more »
  
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- 1035814
- - Cato
  - 553 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 01 Sep 2011 at 14:32
- - 1
  - 0
  STANILAVSKI'S WAY
  
  Clever, self-reflexive policier that scores its points by being the very thing it parodies - yet it gets away with it. The usual odd-couple buddy movie cliches ... read more »
  
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  - TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ENGLAND
  - 19 Jan 2011 at 13:59
- - 0
  - 0
  It's my LIFE....It's MY life
  
  This is easily the best thing Michael J Fox has done.
  
  This is easily the best thing James Woods has done.
  
  I will let you decide which one ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 910462
- - wissy
  - 47 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 01 Aug 2010 at 17:20
- - 0
  - 0
  good cop movie
  
  I enjoyed seing Micheal J Fox in something a little more grown-up, eventhough he plays a childish, spoiled actor, shadowing a hard bitten, vetren cop ( james ... read more »
  
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- 477077
- - a customer
  - London . England
  - 19 Sep 2007 at 13:54
- - 0
  - 0
  Another Michael J Fox success
  
  There was a time, post-Alex P Keaton, when Michael was in a whole group of similar films. Such as his talent that he made them all different. I have enjoyed ... read more »
  
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- 345513
- - snowyte
  - West Glamorgan
  - 26 Oct 2005 at 12:09
- - 5
  - 5
  A guilty pleasure
  
  Okay, so its not Shakespeare, but I do love this film. It came a little late to the buddy-buddy cop genre of the late eighties, but to see Woods and Fox ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 121647
- - Darth Egregious
  - London
  - 07 Jul 2005 at 21:29
- - 1
  - 0
  Hidden Gold
  
  I rented this with the expectation of being greatly let down. This only goes to show how people should make thier own opinions of movies, instead of avoiding ... read more »
  
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- 18446
- - Jamie Sherlock
  - CORSHAM, Wiltshire
  - 16 Sep 2004 at 10:55
- - 3
  - 0
  A nice little surprise
  
  Being a fan of James Woods, I rented this looking for a nice, easy watch. As I always do, I checked out the trailer on the DVD before I watched it, and it ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 6459
- - a customer
  - Yorkshire
  - 25 May 2004 at 20:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Mindless but enjoyable spoof
  
  'The Hard Way' sports a brilliant team-up of two great acting talents - both Michael J Fox and James Woods get into their parts well and help to make ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 303577
- - flickpicks
  - Suffolk
  - 14 May 2004 at 23:15
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- - 3
  - 0
  A nice little surprise
  
  Being a fan of James Woods, I rented this looking for a nice, easy watch. As I always do, I checked out the trailer on the DVD before I watched it, and it ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 6459
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Yorkshire
  - 25 May 2004 at 20:55
- - 1
  - 0
  Hidden Gold
  
  I rented this with the expectation of being greatly let down. This only goes to show how people should make thier own opinions of movies, instead of avoiding ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 18446
- - Jamie Sherlock
  - CORSHAM, Wiltshire
  - 16 Sep 2004 at 10:55
- - 1
  - 0
  STANILAVSKI'S WAY
  
  Clever, self-reflexive policier that scores its points by being the very thing it parodies - yet it gets away with it. The usual odd-couple buddy movie cliches ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 955158
- - a customer
  - TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ENGLAND
  - 19 Jan 2011 at 13:59
- - 5
  - 5
  A guilty pleasure
  
  Okay, so its not Shakespeare, but I do love this film. It came a little late to the buddy-buddy cop genre of the late eighties, but to see Woods and Fox ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 121647
- - Darth Egregious
  - London
  - 07 Jul 2005 at 21:29
- - 0
  - 0
  Mindless but enjoyable spoof
  
  'The Hard Way' sports a brilliant team-up of two great acting talents - both Michael J Fox and James Woods get into their parts well and help to make ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 303577
- - flickpicks
  - Suffolk
  - 14 May 2004 at 23:15
- - 0
  - 0
  Another Michael J Fox success
  
  There was a time, post-Alex P Keaton, when Michael was in a whole group of similar films. Such as his talent that he made them all different. I have enjoyed ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 345513
- - snowyte
  - West Glamorgan
  - 26 Oct 2005 at 12:09
- - 0
  - 0
  good cop movie
  
  I enjoyed seing Micheal J Fox in something a little more grown-up, eventhough he plays a childish, spoiled actor, shadowing a hard bitten, vetren cop ( james ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 477077
- - a customer
  - London . England
  - 19 Sep 2007 at 13:54
- - 0
  - 0
  It's my LIFE....It's MY life
  
  This is easily the best thing Michael J Fox has done.
  
  This is easily the best thing James Woods has done.
  
  I will let you decide which one ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 910462
- - wissy
  - 47 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 01 Aug 2010 at 17:20
- - 0
  - 0
  A Hard Hour
  
  I gave it an hour before I realised what an utter waste of time it was watching this. I don't wish to appear condescending but it just wasn't my type of... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1035814
- - Cato
  - 553 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 01 Sep 2011 at 14:32
- - 0
  - 0
  enjoyable film
  
  Seen this before a few years ago - still a good, fun film. Easy to watch, with a good story line.
  
  Report this review
- 1060380
- - a customer
  - 09 Nov 2011 at 01:16

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- The Hard Way
  
  Los Angeles glitz meets New York grit in director John Badham's action-packed comedy. In New York's Times Square a billboard looms larger than life for a new Hollywood blockbuster starring Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox), an Indiana Jones-style superstar. The real Nick Lang is holed up in a neighboring ...