The read
Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do. Most of the 747 1980s action movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defense lawyer Norman Kane. When the two botch a job guarding a local warehouse, they begin to uncover corruption within the company and their union.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes9%
Metacritic17/100
Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do.
220 audience votes
Key crew
- Brian GrazerScreenplay
- Harold RamisScreenplay
- PJ TorokveiScreenplay
- Mark L. LesterDirector
Cast
- John CandyFrank Dooley
- Eugene LevyNorman Kane
- Robert LoggiaMichael Carlino
- Kenneth McMillanCaptain Clarence O'Connell
- Meg RyanMaggie Cavanaugh
- Brion JamesAnthony Lazarus
- Jonathan BanksClyde Klepper
- Don StroudSergeant Rizzo
- Larry HankinKokolovitch
- Steve RailsbackThe Cowboy
- Robert BurgosMel Nedler
- Tony BurtonCappy
