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The Last Boy Scout

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Once a first-rate Secret Service agent, Joe Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis) is now a gruff private investigator whose latest gig is protecting a pole dancer (Halle Berry). When she's murdered, he grudgingly teams up with her boyfriend, Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans), an ex-quarterback with a gambling problem, and the two go after her killers. Before long, they stumble onto a plot by a well-known football magnate (Noble Willingham) to bribe federal legislators into legalizing sports gambling.
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The Last Boy Scout is as explosive, silly, and fun as it does represent the decline of the buddy-cop genre.

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Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times 08/04/2023
A story about lonely heroism in a sick age should be a little hipper to what’s really heroic and what’s really sick. Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times 08/04/2023
When automobiles are not crashing, going over embankments or being blown up (the film's favorite mode of distressing a car), someone falls atop the rotors of a helicopter in mid-air. The body count is high. Go to Full Review
Jo Berry Empire Magazine 08/04/2023
3/5
It's very similar to Shane Black's previous scripts, but the action and the fast and funny one-liners almost make the film a five-star, must-see movie in the vein of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. Go to Full Review
Bill Cosford Miami Herald 08/17/2021
1/4
Pointless and vile, The Last Boy Scout is a perfect example of what's wrong with Hollywood. Go to Full Review
Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) 08/13/2020
3/5
A few big laughs, a lot of big explosions and a ripping climax to boot. Go to Full Review
Vanessa Letts The Spectator 07/25/2018
Violent, chauvinist and funny, and I enjoyed it tremendously. Go to Full Review
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Cornelious S. @Bobilla3 1d Excellent, magnificent comedy Thrill action drama movie See more Chris S @Janomi 3d The Last Boy Scout is a sharp, fast, highly entertaining action comedy built around Bruce Willis in full antihero mode. As Joe Hallenbeck, Willis is bitter, exhausted, beaten down, and still dangerous, using dry humor and weary cynicism to give the movie most of its personality. Damon Wayans makes a strong mismatched partner, a washed-up football player whose hostile dynamic with Hallenbeck slowly turns into one of the film’s biggest strengths. The screenplay is packed with hard-boiled one-liners, buddy-cop banter, pulp violence, and noir attitude. Tony Scott gives the movie an aggressive early 90s style that makes it feel bigger than the plot probably deserves. The conspiracy involving football, gambling, politics, and crime is ridiculous and messy, and the tone can be harshly cynical. Still, it is very entertaining if you are on its wavelength. See more Ben W @Username618 May 27 Golden Child, much better. See more thiago S @Thiagostone May 10 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Christian K @ckacar May 10 The leads chemistry was not exactly popping here, this is such an easy role for Willis that he seemed mostly bored by it. Tony Scott was the true one of one. See more Nicholas t @nicktalbert2025 Dec 31 Action packed and comedy See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Once a first-rate Secret Service agent, Joe Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis) is now a gruff private investigator whose latest gig is protecting a pole dancer (Halle Berry). When she's murdered, he grudgingly teams up with her boyfriend, Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans), an ex-quarterback with a gambling problem, and the two go after her killers. Before long, they stumble onto a plot by a well-known football magnate (Noble Willingham) to bribe federal legislators into legalizing sports gambling.
Director
Tony Scott
Producer
Joel Silver, Michael Levy
Screenwriter
Shane Black
Production Co
Warner Bros., Silver Pictures, Geffen Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$57.9M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround