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- 1990
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 36 m
- 1990
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 36 m
Summary Left for dead with his wife killed in their house, L.A. Detective Mason Storm will have to make a quick recovery, expose those behind the murder and take revenge.
Directed By: Bruce Malmuth
Written By: Steven McKay
- 1990
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 36 m
- 1990
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 36 m
Hard to Kill
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6.2
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Summary Left for dead with his wife killed in their house, L.A. Detective Mason Storm will have to make a quick recovery, expose those behind the murder and take revenge.
Directed By: Bruce Malmuth
Written By: Steven McKay
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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25% Positive
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42% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
33% Negative
4 Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
41
25% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
42% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
33% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Mr. Seagal is effective for both his novelty value and his ability to be both literally and figuratively disarming. And the film itself is a lively one for its genre, ambitious enough to do more than simply string fight scenes together.
Director Bruce Malmuth keeps the pace taut, the shots tight.
As it is, Hard to Kill has just enough going for it between the explosions and bone-crunching fight scenes to qualify as two hours of solid, high-decibel action entertainment.
While Seagal is spraying bullets, breaking bones and throwing interchangeable bad guys through windows, this has a certain mindless appeal. But Malmuth's flaccid direction lacks the vicious muscularity and authentic edge of Seagal's previous feature.
Steven Seagal should go into a seven-year coma more often. It suits his acting ability. A coma is what happens to him in Hard To Kill, his latest hard-to-swallow and dull-to-sit-through formula vigilante movie. [10 Feb 1990, p.C7]
At this point, revenge thrillers have become so standardized that these films are really all the same film — a Mixmaster blend of Death Wish, Dirty Harry, Enter the Dragon, and Rambo. A star with a personality would only gum up the works.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
6.2
54% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
6.2
54% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
23% Mixed
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23% Negative
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Production Company
Warner Bros.,
Lee Rich Productions,
Adelson / Todman / Simon Productions
Release Date Feb 9, 1990
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating R
Tagline He's L.A. Detective Mason Storm. Three hired assassins left him for dead. And he's waited seven years to even the score.
