A story about lonely heroism in a sick age should be a little hipper to what’s really heroic and what’s really sick.

| Aug 4, 2023

When automobiles are not crashing, going over embankments or being blown up (the film's favorite mode of distressing a car), someone falls atop the rotors of a helicopter in mid-air. The body count is high.

| Aug 4, 2023

It's very similar to Shane Black's previous scripts, but the action and the fast and funny one-liners almost make the film a five-star, must-see movie in the vein of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 4, 2023

Pointless and vile, The Last Boy Scout is a perfect example of what's wrong with Hollywood.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 17, 2021

A few big laughs, a lot of big explosions and a ripping climax to boot.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 13, 2020

Violent, chauvinist and funny, and I enjoyed it tremendously.

| Jul 25, 2018

It's a slick, dumb, exciting, implausible, surprising movie, told quickly and cleanly.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 17, 2016

...it's ultimately not difficult to see why it's considered one of Scott's least successful efforts.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 5, 2015

It's a very problematic movie, no doubt, but it's frequently the biggest problems that are the most interesting things to study.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 16, 2013

Everything seems mechanical, forced and contrived.

| Original Score: C- | Jan 17, 2012

A cheerfully disreputable buddy thriller that also happens to be one of most entertaining movies of the season.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2011

...formulaic from start to finish.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 5, 2010

There’s not a lot of chemistry between Willis and Wayans, but both can be flat-out funny, and the script provides them plenty of opportunity to zing each other as well as the cartoonish bad guys.

| Mar 26, 2009

The apotheosis of the modern interracial-buddy action film genre.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 19, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 14, 2007

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 5, 2006

Every element is present and correct in this violent, smart-mouthed, buddy-buddy action comedy, with just enough of an ironic inflection to ensure that familiarity breeds content.

| Feb 9, 2006

A slick, big-budget exploitation movie that's preposterous, foul-mouthed and gratuitously violent, but also a great deal of fun.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 25, 2006

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 1, 2005