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Heart Condition

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Racist police officer Jack Moony (Bob Hoskins) has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone (Denzel Washington), a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerrity (Chloe Webb). Jack has a heart attack, but his life is saved when he receives Stone's heart, since Stone died mysteriously the same night as Jack was stricken. Stone is not completely gone, however, and as a ghost he is all too happy to give Jack advice on how he should do his job and live his life.
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Hal Hinson Washington Post 01/01/2000
The film is caught somewhere between seriousness and cheesy exploitation. Go to Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2/4
The movie is all over the map, trying whatever seems to work at the moment. Go to Full Review Juan Carlos Coto Miami Herald 08/18/2021
2/4
The movie seems over a good half-hour before it ends and is forgotten even more quickly. Go to Full Review Joe Leydon The Moving Picture Show 12/28/2020
A surprisingly engaging action-comedy-fantasy that places greater emphasis on high-caliber acting than rapid-fire shootouts. Go to Full Review Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel 02/12/2019
1/5
A casually racist murder-mystery (minus the mystery) that was rejected by both audiences and critics due to a chaotic tone, insipid comedy beats and clunky action scenes set to slap-bass and scat-singing. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 11/12/2004
2/5
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Steve D 02/24/2023 Plays bigotry for laughs while being too unpleasant for generate any. See more 05/13/2021 It is a decent film with funny moments. Serious too. I like that it deals with serious racial tones head on. And the transformation on a deplorable racists into a semblance of a human being. See more 10/20/2020 The writing is all over the place. I couldn't figure out what's the point with the story, it continuously changes focus (and genres). It's saving grace are the two leads (Washington and Hopkins), specially Bob Hopkins, he's incredible as always. But, nothing can make this a good film. I wouldn't recommend watching this film, but I did enjoy parts of it. See more 02/14/2020 Funny hopeful orginal wholesomeness film. See more 01/01/2018 Great movie, watched it many times, on VHS. See more 09/20/2014 Surprised to see how lenient the reviews are... Yes these are two great actors but this is at best a mediocre movie. All over the place, can't decide what it's intended to be and too long. What a mess. Even great actors make mistakes sometimes! See more Read all reviews
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James D. Parriott

Director

Bob Hoskins

Jack Moony

Denzel Washington

Napoleon Stone

Chloe Webb

Crystal Gerrity

Roger E. Mosley

Captain Wendt

Ja'net DuBois

Mrs. Stone

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Synopsis Racist police officer Jack Moony (Bob Hoskins) has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone (Denzel Washington), a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerrity (Chloe Webb). Jack has a heart attack, but his life is saved when he receives Stone's heart, since Stone died mysteriously the same night as Jack was stricken. Stone is not completely gone, however, and as a ghost he is all too happy to give Jack advice on how he should do his job and live his life.
Director
James D. Parriott
Producer
Steve Tisch
Screenwriter
James D. Parriott
Production Co
New Line Cinema
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 20, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.1M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround
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