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The Hard Way
MEANRANK
66/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 53, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 76. Critics average 76, everyone else 64.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- John Badham
- Writers
- Daniel Pyne, Lem Dobbs, Michael Kozoll
- Released
- 8 March 1991
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $24.0M
- Box office
- $65.6M
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