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About
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 works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss 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.
Theatrical
Mar 8, 1991
Box Office
$65.6M
Budget
$24.0M
Return
2.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 17, 1998
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
The Badham-Cohen Group, Universal Pictures
Quotes
See all →Struggles of a Cop's Personal Life
John
No one since my divorce even stuck around for a second date. They say they don't like me being a cop, or I don't know. Maybe it's something about my personality-
John
What do you think? HEY! UP YOURS, ASSHOLE! God damn it!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Confronting Consequences of Reckless Actions
Pooley
Jesus, Moss. What are you gonna tell the captain? "I'm sorry about the 45 people I killed, I was horny?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →M
Michael J. Fox
Nick Lang
J
James Woods
John Moss
S
Stephen Lang
Party Crasher
A
Annabella Sciorra
Susan
J
John Capodice
Grainy
L
Luis Guzmán
Pooley
L
LL Cool J
Billy
M
Mary Mara
China
D
Delroy Lindo
Captain Brix
C
Conrad Roberts
Witherspoon
C
Christina Ricci
Bonnie
P
Penny Marshall
Angie
G
George Cheung
Drug Dealer
F
Frank Geraci
Newsman
L
Lewis Black
Banker
A
Anderson Matthews
Banker
K
Kathy Najimy
Lang's Girl Friday
Y
Yasiin Bey
Dead Romeos
D
Dwayne McClary
Dead Romeos
S
Sharrieff Pugh
Dead Romeos
