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Gene Hackman.

Poor old Gene Hackman.

We just lost him here recently and this is one of the few movies of his that I haven't seen.

It's because of him it's only rated as high as it is.

That and the late director Bob Clark.

Because Dan Aykroyd, who I love dearly, almost singlehandedly destroyed this entire movie.

His character is so obnoxious.

So over the top.

So ridiculous.

I highly doubt that guy could continue to be in law enforcement investigations with that behavior, that instability.

But I know this is a comedy. So, I get it. But he's just not funny.

David Alan Grier is in this.

You forget how long he's been around.

And Tobin Bell too.

Wow. The dude from Saw.

I know Bob Clark made some stinkers. Especially, sadly, towards the end of his career and his life cut tragically short.

But this movie just isn't very good.

It should've been.

With Hackman and Aykroyd and the direction of Clark.

It should've been gold.

It's not.

Terrible film that puts old detective (Gene Hackman) with a crazed detective (Dan Aykroyd) to solve a complicated case. The odd partnership is made stranger due to the fact that Aykroyd has a type of split-personality disorder which causes him to imitate television show characters at seemingly all times. A really poor movie that wastes the immense talents of Hackman. A really rotten goose egg. 2 stars out of 5.

Sigh....

Well, I had forgotten I had already seen this movie once, but I had forgotten how terrible it was.

The bad: this movie (labeled as a "comedy") simply is NOT funny whatsoever. And I mean I did not laugh once. Nor did I smile. Nor was there the tinniest smirk on my face.

Why did this movie fail so terribly. Well, it isnt a slapstick movie and it isnt an action movie either. So it is trying to mix two movie genres and ending up being neither.

Not any good then? The camera work is allright. It doesnt look like it was a movie that was rushed or was battered with financial difficulties. They really tried to make a decent comedy, but they failed. Full stop.

This is comedy! Sometimes people are offended by stuff like this, but really! How could anybody be offended by silliness like this? Some reviewers found Akroyds "personalities" offensive. I found them amusing as they, of course, should not be taken seriously. It's slapstick, not Ingmar Bergman!

The movie was well paced, and reasonably suspenseful as such a movie that tries to follow in the footsteps of movies like "48 hours" should be.

There's one thing I dislike about this movie, however, and that's Dom DeLouise. He tries his best to ruin this movie, as he tries to ruin every other movie I have ever seen him in. That man simply cannot act! It makes you wonder why he's in so many movies. Does anybody know?

Based on the other reviews I almost didn't watch this, but once again it shows that what's comedy for someone is not necessarily comedy for everyone.

I enjoyed it a lot this late evening, and will probably watch it again, and give it a solid 8.

Possibly because I was positively surprised after reading the other reviews...

Some movies you want to see just because you want to see how bad they are and that is the reason why I wanted to see "Loose Cannons". This movie was strange as a comedy because the jokes just weren't funny. Also as a cop-buddy movie it doesn't work due to the chemistry between it's lead actors. Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd play off each other like two actors who needed the money. The premise was oddly interesting which concerned a piece of Hitler memorabilia and Aykroyd as a schizo cop trying to come to grips with his demons (aka his other personalities).

What could have been an inspiring premise for something unique and twisted in the cop-buddy genre instead gets bogged down by generic action sequences, lame jokes and slapdash direction.