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Loose Cannons

1990 · 94 min

A chaotic buddy-cop comedy that feels like a cartoonish, high-energy romp with absurd impersonations and jarring tonal shifts.

Directed by
Bob Clark
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Action
Tagline
Detective Mack Stern is facing the greatest challenge of his career... His new partner.
Overview
Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning-fast deductions. But he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them.

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Directed by
Bob Clark
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Action
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • crime
  • conspiracy
  • loyalty
  • madness
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour7
Realism3
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy, crime, action, thriller
Directed by
Bob Clark
Written by
Bob Clark, Richard Christian Matheson, Richard Matheson
Starring
Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Dom DeLuise, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis, Robert Prosky, Paul Koslo, Dick O'Neill
Music
Paul Zaza
Cinematography
Reginald H. Morris
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, German

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