Saw The Last Boy Scout. It was pretty silly. A modern mystery movie without the cool. It tries, vaguely, for the moody grimness of the classic noirs, but settles in the end for car chases and one-liners. It keeps the platters spinning and keeps your attention though, so it's not all bad. It does not bear a bit of scrutiny however. The showdown is in front of an audience that somehow knows who's the bad guy and who's the good guy. Cops don't handcuff anyone ever (which, judging from episodes of COPS I've seen, is the exact opposite of their usual tack.) and don't really care if one of their suspects gets a punch in at another suspect ("Hey, now! Break it up you two!") The little girl's perpetual default giggling gets old faster than her supposedly humorous foul mouth.
The movie was competently made and sufficiently exciting. However, it was clearly not my cup of tea.
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