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Thought this was a comedy

posted 14 years ago by lsdoxie
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A couple of laughs in the beginning. For example Travoltas look right before he pulls the gun on Slater in the cockpit. Then, when Slater lands with his parachute, and the Park Ranger comes, and they start hitting eachother for no good reason and there's like five turn-overs with that gun, I couldn't stop laughing.

And the commandos who are to find the lost nukes, run around like crazy "CHECK THERE CHECK THERE CHECK THERE CHECK THERE"

And everyone is double crossing everyone

I had to check IMDB if this was a comedy, but apperently it isn't.

[–] serendipity-13 14 years ago

I always think of it as an action comedy too.....hence the hammy performance from JT. I always thought he was playing for laughs. It gives me a chuckle anyway and I bought the DVD ...heehee, the smoking gag and thermo-nuclear weapon gag get me every time :)

[–] JoshOrtiz88 14 years ago

The gag at the end when Christian Slater hangs the dead body over the side of the train. And John Travolta and Howie Long think that's it's him and they start shooting always gets me. But it's the "HALE" scream from Travolta that does it as well.

And that scream from Howie Long..HAHAHAHA, What's it called?

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[–] vargstra 14 years ago

"HUSH!"

Hahahahahaha!

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[–] Alfabeta 13 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream

[–] avortac 10 years ago

Kinda late, but .. what makes you think it isn't?

I see no evidence that it's NOT supposed to be a comedy. It's a fun ride for the most part, and you can laugh a lot (so much ridiculousness) every few minutes.

In my viewpoint, it's certainly a comedy.

[–] Tjanssen411 10 years ago

It's a 90s action Movie...

Once John McClane said "Yippie ki Yay, MotherF'r" all action Movies dialed up the comedy to the point where the only way to know if it was Action or Comedy is by the body count... and even then it could be iffy

[–] DracTarashV 9 years ago

Travolta was so hilarious in this. I even found myself laughing at the part where he jumped away from the grenade Slater threw at him. (The scene in which he kills Gunton's character after growing tired of his complaining is hysterical.) And, how about his very final scene? It's one of the funniest, yet most awesome villain deaths ever. As much as he hammed it up though, he was excellent.

At any rate, it's easy to laugh at the "unrealism" and/or stupidity of this movie, but I don't think it tried to hide the fact that it had "a bit" of silliness in it.

Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!

[–] IHateJakeGyllenhaal 9 years ago

If it was actually meant to be a comedy, this movie would be pretty good.

[–] Silverhawkins 8 years ago

The funniest exchange was:

"Looks like we got ourselves a mexican stand-off"

[Shoots him in the leg and smashes his face into the steering wheel]

"NO...WE...DON'T!"

[–] Drooch 8 years ago

It's that fine blend of an action thriller that doesn't take itself too seriously and lets the actors off the leash, especially of course Travolta. His villain is a surprisingly interesting psychopath, the script gives him some great lines and he delivers with zany confidence. Add Hans Zimmer's brilliant, weird score and it all makes for a really enjoyable watch. A 90's gem that today's Hollywood action directors could learn from.

[–] TalesfromTheCryptfan 8 years ago

Agree Drooch and this is one of your fave Woo productions? what about Hard Boiled and The Killer?

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