Review of The Last Boy Scout (1991) by Michael P — 05 Mar 2014

Dripping with misogyny and pointless violence, the usually dependable Shane Black joins forces with the late poet Tony Scott to bring us something that isn't so much a film as it is a nicely lit collection of action movie cliches and gaping entry wounds.

Highlights include Willis holding a loaded gun (finger on the trigger) to his daughters head in order to escape a situation that did not require it, an endless army of goons gathered from the early 90s thug hiring fair, and the apparent conclusion where father and daughters fractured relationship is healed through the universal bonding experience of explosions and bloodshed.