The Last Boy Scout

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The Last Boy Scout

R

1991

1h 41m

Action

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Once a first-rate Secret Service agent, Joe Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis) is now a gruff private investigator whose latest gig is protecting a pole dancer (Halle Berry). When she's murdered, he grudgingly teams up with her boyfriend, Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans), an ex-quarterback with a gambling problem, and the two go after her killers. Before long, they stumble onto a plot by a well-known football magnate (Noble Willingham) to bribe federal legislators into legalizing sports gambling.

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Critics Consensus

The Last Boy Scout is as explosive, silly, and fun as it does represent the decline of the buddy-cop genre.

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Michael Wilmington

Los Angeles Times

08/04/2023

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

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

08/04/2023

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.

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Jo Berry

Empire Magazine

08/04/2023

3/5

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.

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Bill Cosford

Miami Herald

08/17/2021

1/4

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

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

08/13/2020

3/5

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

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Vanessa Letts

The Spectator

07/25/2018

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

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Nicholas t

@nicktalbert2025 Dec 31

Action packed and comedy

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Wayne K

@RT88290232 Dec 18

Profane, violent and full of 90s action-ism, The Last Boy Scout netted writer Shane Black a hefty sum, but it’s not one he looks back on fondly. Notorious studio interference and script rewrites gives the impression of a film at war with itself, so it’s incredible it turned out as well as it did. The action sequences are choppy and often difficult to get a handle on, as was the style at the time. The story is standard ‘underdogs vs rich baddies’ set up, full of ruthless goons, car chases and shootouts where the antagonists are required to be both stupid and colossally bad shots in order for the plot to progress. You wont think too much about the ins and outs of the narrative, or at least you shouldn’t, but you’ll be swept up in all the flashy action, cool set pieces and hard-hitting action beats. A very enjoyable flick, and one that could only possibly have existed in the 1990s.

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Andres B

@AndrewBP Sep 8

Grab some popcorn and enjoy! Few films are more entertaining than this one. Action, comedy and yes, a lot of swearing, but it's R. Bruce Willis in his prime, what can go wrong?

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Apr 4

Bad boy duo of Willis and Wayans fizzled fast - and their backstories and constant bad language are tired.

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cybersnax T

@RT41705217 Apr 2

Phile. Ball is in your court now.

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Calvin O

@Caltus 02/20/2025

The Last Boy Scout is an action hero movie with a dirty mouth. It's one of the first mainstream movie to use the F word in all its variations and glory multiple times in each scene. The good. Plenty of action. Funny banter. Tough hero. Interesting intrigue. The actors. Bruce Willis plays a dirty version of his seminal role, John McClane. Halle Berry started her rise on the big screen in this flick. The bad. The hero does a lot of killing, yet he's not handcuffed once.🤙👍

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Synopsis

Once a first-rate Secret Service agent, Joe Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis) is now a gruff private investigator whose latest gig is protecting a pole dancer (Halle Berry). When she's murdered, he grudgingly teams up with her boyfriend, Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans), an ex-quarterback with a gambling problem, and the two go after her killers. Before long, they stumble onto a plot by a well-known football magnate (Noble Willingham) to bribe federal legislators into legalizing sports gambling.

Director: Tony Scott
Producer: Joel Silver, Michael Levy
Screenwriter: Shane Black
Production Co: Warner Bros., Silver Pictures, Geffen Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.9M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Surround

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