Hudson Hawk | 
| Director: Michael Lehmann
Actors: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie Macdowell, James Coburn, Richard E. Grant
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  145 reviews
Sales Rank: 21582
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: D70599D
ISBN: 0767821513
UPC: 043396705999
EAN: 9780767821513
ASIN: 0767821513
Theatrical Release Date: May 24, 1991
Release Date: March 30, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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WILLIS IS TOP CAT BURGLAR WHO WANTS TO GO STRAIGHT IN THIS ACTION-PACKED COMEDY ADEVENTURE.
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Bruce Willis's awful, 1991 vanity piece is an abuse of audience goodwill and a waste of a good cast and director (Michael Lehmann of Heathers). The story, cowritten by Willis, concerns a cat burglar pressured into stealing precious art, including some from the Vatican. But the script is just a convenience upon which Willis piles his vaguely boorish brand of hip irony, assuming his audience will stay with him every step of the way. Certain, self-congratulatory scenes induce cringing--Willis and Danny Aiello, for instance, sing "Side by Side" (to brassy accompaniment on the soundtrack) every time they're working a job--but the overall effect is more irritating and baffling. Keep a good thought for Willis (an underrated actor better than the summer junk we usually see him in) by checking out his superior work in Pulp Fiction and his small but memorable role in Billy Bathgate. --Tom Keogh
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 'Hud' isn't a total dud June 2, 2009
Richard Ross
Cat burglar Hudson Hawk (Bruce Willis) is fresh out of prison and ready to go straight. Forces conspire against him when two kinky art dealers known as Darwin and Minerva Mayflower (Richard E. Grant and Sandra Bernhard), and Kraft (James Coburn), a former C.I.A. operative, recruit him for one last job. The crooks want to get their hands on priceless Da Vinci pieces which contain magic crystals capable of turning any substance into gold. Hudson enlists the help of his best friend Tommy Five Tone (Danny Aiello) to pull off the big score. Along the way he falls for an undercover nun (Andie McDowell), and battles both the Mayflowers and Kraft's operatives. Each of the C.I.A. agents is named after a candy bar so Hudson has to outsmart the dopey Butter Finger and the master of disguise Kit Kat (a silent David Caruso). The script is an interesting mixture of dark humour and action thanks to writers Daniel Waters (Heathers) and Steven DeSouza (Die Hard). The action is all slapstick and played for laughs, right down to the sound effects. In other words over the top. It's kind of charming though. It has all the ingredients of a cult film : embarrassing one liners, character names, cameos, absurd villains. Things don't work as well as you wish but it's a movie like no other. Willis, who came up with the story, is having a ball in his star vehicle. He plays down his tough guy persona and revels in mischievous fun like trying to disrobe a nun. The always likable Aiello is great as Five Tone. Him and Hudson choreograph their robberies to old show tunes and plan everything out according to the song's running time. McDowell is great as the "damsel in a dress" and has plenty of goofy moments of her own. Grant is hilarious as Darwin and Sandra Bernhard is well Sandra Bernhard. Coburn gets to show off his martial arts skills that he learned as a student of Bruce Lee's in the climactic showdown with Hudson. This film re teams director Michael Lehman and writer Daniel Waters for the first time since 'Heathers' and odds are if you are a fan of that film or zany cult films you'll enjoy this one.
Absurd, and terrible. I LOVE IT! April 19, 2009
AnonyMouse /b/ (USA)
Watch this movie expecting something absurd, poorly written, and action packed. This movie doesn't even take itself seriously, it's just corny silly fun. It's quotable, and great.
There are plot holes, confusing plot twists, and dumb dialogue, it is obvious they were re-writing while shooting. Despite all this, and for no good reason, I love this film.
If you find yourself loving films other people hate, give it a shot!
 screw the "critics" April 18, 2009
Vel (Pennsylvania)
Hudson HawK is one of the few movies that everyones likes but no one admits to liking. Screw the "critics" and enjoy yourself, this is one great movie!
There's Nothing Wrong With Your Eyes-I Did Give This 5 Stars! March 5, 2009
Stanley Runk (Camp North Pines)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hudson Hawk has gone down in film history as both a colossal box office bomb as well as a lousy movie. If you ask me, that's only half right(the first half, that is). It's been vilified for years and usually makes a good weapon when someone wants to attack Bruce Willis' career. But if Hudson Hawk is a weapon against Willis, then Armageddon should be a nuke.
I don't think people knew what they were getting into with this movie, nor do I think the world was ready. Willis was hot off the griddle as the new movie action hero with the first two Die Hard films. Hudson Hawk was foolishly advertised as a flat out action film, and this was what people were expecting. What they weren't expecting was the totally insane and zany live action cartoon that is Hudson Hawk.
Hawk is a cat burglar fresh out of the slammer. Immediately he is thrown into a caper where he has to steal various works of art from Leonardo Da Vinci from museums. These works of art contain pieces of an apparatus that Da Vinci created to operate a gold making machine. On his adventure, Hawk and his partner Tommy(Danny Aiello) are pursued by CIA agents(led by James Coburn), a crazy millionaire couple(Sandra Bernhard and Richard E. Grant), mobsters, a blade wielding British butler, and a lunatic nun(Andie MacDowell).
This movie is nuts! The assassins are named after candy bars(a then unknown David Caruso plays "Kit Kat", a silent Harpo Marx type of character who's constantly changing his wardrobe and speaks through printed index cards), MacDowell speaks to her superior through a two way radio in a crucifix, cartoon sound effects accompany the characters' actions, everybody overacts, Willis leaps and falls and gets slapped around like Wile E. Coyote...and if this weren't all enough, there are musical numbers! In order to keep time during their heists, Willis and Aiello don't rely on stopwatches, but sing songs to keep track of how much time they have. A lot of the humor is very juvenile. This movie has some of the worst jokes and one liners of any film you'll ever see. They're so bad that they actually become hilarious! There's a running joke throughout the movie about Willis trying to get a cup of cappuccino, but something always prevents him from drinking it, whether it's him getting bumped into and spilling it or the mug being shot out of his hand.
Hudson Hawk has probably the stupidest headscratcher of a one liner in motion picture history. During the climax of the movie, a character manages to decapitate himself while fighting with Willis. After the decapitation, Willis exclaims, "I guess he won't be attending that hat convention in July!!" Who the hell wrote that line? And what does it mean? And did they really think that was funny? Well, it is so awful and ridiculous that it ends up being hysterical(to me anyway. Most people will probably just groan in pain).
Needless to say, I simply love this movie. The world wasn't ready for it then, and they're still not today. It's very unique, bizarre and silly. I've never really seen a movie quite like it.
The special edition includes the director commentary from the previous edition, but adds a featurette from 2005 with Willis and composer Robert Kraft talking about the movie(apparently the character of Husdon Hawk started out as a character from a jazz tune Kraft had written). It's okay, but I was hoping Willis would talk more about the details of making the movie, it's all too generalized. I was also surprised to hear Willis say that he likes the film. For years he has publicly trashed the movie, but I guess he really does like it. Also is a short monologue from Sandra Bernhart on her experience making the movie. This is funny at times. It's actually quite a good package for the price. I'm surprised any attention was given to the film at all. Thankfully it was.
If you haven't already, Catch The Hawk! If you already have, Catch It Again!!!
A gift for a friend March 4, 2009
S. Kane
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I ordered this because a friend of mine loves this movie. She couldn't find it anywhere, I suppose. My first thought was to check Amazon.com and obviously it was here. She jumped with joy when I gave it to her.
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