Early Bruce Willis flick with Andie McDowell and a cast of recognizable players including Danny Aiello and David Caruso. Willis as a cat burglar has to steal Da Vinci art to foil a plot for world dominance by a world domanatrix. This movie came out just after Willis had problems with Moonlighting and was rejected badly by the public. But when you watch the flick, the humor rocks and you spend most of your time laughing.
The portrayal of the vatican secret police is about 12 years early, but seems right on in the world of security today. And the concept of timing by music is kinda cool. The Da Vinci motif adds to the humor, especially now that some of the missed subtlety has been explained in depth through books like the da vinci codes. I also got a kick out of the candy bars snoops. The science is shaky, but at least science is part of the theme.
This is the tape i pull out when i want to laugh. I switched to Dogma (1999) for a while, but the slapstick in Hudson Hawk is reminiscent of older fine comedies. Now if we only could tranform lead in gold ... Of course the premise is goofy, but what do you want from a comedy? This tape will be replaced because it is wearing out from overuse. Doctor Lenny - media critic
February 01, 2006
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