Hard Way, The

Hard Way, The

1991

Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox) works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix (Delroy Lindo), who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss (James Woods) and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer (Stephen Lang).

It's easy to act like a cop. But there's only one way to stop a killer.

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Film Detail

Genre

Action - Comedy

Length

1 hr. 51 mins.

US Theatrical Release

March 8, 1991

US Box Office

$25,895,485 (#3009 of 7074)

Global Office

$65,595,485 (#2155 of 3929)

Rating

R

Restricted

Strong Language

Collection Detail

Release Method

Digital Only

Aquired Format

Movies Anywhere

Aspect Ratio

WS 2.35:1

Audio

English: DD+ 5.1

Studio

Universal Studios

Released

October 6, 2020

Acquired Date

May 6, 2023

Times Seen

0 Times

Last Watched

Haven't seen it yet.

Actors

Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox

James Woods

James Woods

Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang

Annabella Sciorra

Annabella Sciorra

John Capodice

John Capodice

Luis Guzmán

Luis Guzmán

LL Cool J

LL Cool J

Mary Mara

Mary Mara

Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo

Conrad Roberts

Conrad Roberts

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci

Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall

George Cheung

George Cheung

Kathy Najimy

Kathy Najimy

Directors

John Badham

John Badham

Producers

Rob Cohen

Rob Cohen

William Sackheim

William Sackheim

Writers

Daniel Pyne

Daniel Pyne

Lem Dobbs

Lem Dobbs

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User Reviews

Ratings

JB Users

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RT Fresh

75%

Tomatometer

24 votes

RT Stale

53%

Popcornmeter

305 votes

METASCORE

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

22,858 votes

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