
Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts. Another one of them is that all his employers that want him to find a girl named Zuzu Petals get killed. Why didn't he become a fisherman's detective instead? A must-see for Andrew Dice Clay fans.... (Full plot summary below)
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Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts. Another one of them is that all his employers that want him to find a girl named Zuzu Petals get killed. Why didn't he become a fisherman's detective instead? A must-see for Andrew Dice Clay fans.
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| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfIt's harmless fun with a breezy '80s ambiance -- a neon playground with a cross-eyed soundtrack, smoky widescreen cinematography, and a cool snapshot of Dice when he was king of the world. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkThough Clay is unbearably watchable, the mis-cast director means this comedy would be better as an action flick - it isn't funny but the violence is well executed. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyUnder the direction of "Die Harder's" Renny Harlin, the movie has a crackling pace and a glossy look. It's all the more pernicious for that, this slick glorification of hate and loathing that portrays women as sexually promiscuous and men as infantile, violent and feeble-minded. Here's one Ford that doesn't have a better idea. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrRenny Harlin, who did a much better job directing ''Die Hard 2,'' displays no sense of humor and takes the film's nonsensical action scenes much too seriously, at one point even blowing up a beach house in the process. |
| Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerIf he wants a future in the movies, Andrew Dice Clay is going to have to play somebody other than himself. |
| VarietyVariety StaffSurprisingly funny and expectedly rude, this first starring vehicle by vilified standup comic Andrew Dice Clay has a decidedly lowbrow humor that is a sort of modern equivalent of that of the Three Stooges. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumIt's especially doomed by a strained script that recalls certain bottom-of-the-barrel Bob Hope vehicles of the 50s in its attempts to be brittle and self-mocking in its humor. |
| Time OutNigel FloydThis expensively empty action comedy is as much fun as a car crash. |
| User ReviewPaolo RFantastico !!! Rock fuckn Roll ! Renny's best movie ever. |
| User ReviewTim TOne of my favorites...just had to watch again. Has some of the best one-liners in cinema. Dice in his prime. We do so miss Stanley - the power drill, oohhhhh! |