Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons
DVD poster
Directed by	Bob Clark
Produced by	Alan Greisman Aaron Spelling
Written by	Richard Christian Matheson Richard Matheson Bob Clark
Starring	Gene Hackman Dan Aykroyd
Music by	Paul Zaza
Cinematography	Reginald Morris
Editing by	Stan Cole
Studio	TriStar Pictures
Distributed by	TriStar Pictures
Release date(s)	February 9, 1990
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$5,585,154[1]

Loose Cannons is a 1990 comedy film, written by Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, and Bob Clark, who also directed the film. The film is about a hard-nosed cop who is teamed up with a detective with multiple-personality disorder to uncover a long-lost Nazi sex tape, featuring Adolf Hitler, which would jeopardize the political future of the German chancellor-elect.

The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Gene Hackman, and Nancy Travis. The film was released by Tri-Star Pictures.

Plot

(From Rovi) Loose Cannons may be a wacky buddy-cop comedy, but it starts with a chilling premise. It seems that a film is discovered that depicts the final moments of Adolf Hitler's life. The climax features young German officer Von Metz, who is seen putting Hitler to death. Von Metz (Robert Prosky) is now running for chancellor of West Germany. If this film gets out, his political career is finished, so Von Metz has arranged for the murder of anyone who has seen the film. The killings have taken place in the Washington area and Mac (Gene Hackman) and Ellis (Dan Aykroyd) are sent to investigate the crimes. Mac is a middle-aged veteran of the force, a professional who gets things done. But Ellis is a different ball of wax. Suffering from a multiple personality disorder, he has spent two years in a Benedictine monastery to recover from his problems. But he is far from cured -- as Mac discovers, whenever Ellis is confronted by violence, he blacks out and begins to assume the characters of popular culture icons like Popeye, Captain Kirk, and the Road Runner.

Reception

Loose Cannons received universally negative reviews. It currently has a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Vincent Canby, in his review of the film for The New York Times, he stated: "Mr. Hackman and Mr. Aykroyd deserve much better. They really do. Each gives a thoroughly professional performance that is consistently undercut by the direction of Mr. Clark." ^[2] Variety stated that "Dan Aykroyd's dexterous multipersonality schtick is the only redeeming feature of this chase-heavy comedy." ^[3] Hal Hinson commented that "Hackman mostly just stands around watching Aykroyd run through his exertions with the look of a man who has something unspeakable on the sole of his shoe" in his review for The Washington Post.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Loose Cannons (1990)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=loosecannons.htm. Retrieved January 3, 2011. 
2. ^ [1] "Hackman and Aykroyd in 'Loose Cannons' Vincent Canby, The New York Times," February 9, 1990
3. ^ [2] Variety," February 9, 1990
4. ^ [3] Hal Hinson, The Washington Post", February 9, 1990

External links

• Loose Cannons at the Internet Movie Database
• Loose Cannons at Rotten Tomatoes

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