The Hard Way
Movie • 1991 • Action
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Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.
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I don't know what made someone answer "Yes".
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No, but a little girl unfortunately witnesses a violent scene, and her reactions (which include her exclaiming "Break his face!") suggest that she's somewhat hardened. She seems to be absolutely fine, though, and she acts like a normal little girl the rest of the time.
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There's an explosion at a gas station which suggests two possible deaths. However, one of the two persons may have got out of there in time, and the other one had most likely already been killed by a gun shot (judging by the sound of a shot and someone's facial expression immediately after the shot).
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Someone is made to believe that he did something horrible which he actually didn't do; he learns the truth when he happens to overhear a group of people laughing at the way he was fooled. Maybe that's what made someone answer "Yes" to gaslighting? Because it's an elaborate lie? I don't know... I didn't register any gaslighting in the movie.
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Yes. Someone is shot dead off-screen. Someone else is shot in the shoulder/chest on-screen and taken away in an ambulance; he survives and is fine the next time we see him. Someone appears to be shot dead on-screen, too, but it's an act.
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Strangled but they dont die
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No one is pregnant.
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Yes - a middle-aged man whose little daughter we've seen playing in the background in one scene. We don't see him die; we just hear the shot.
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There are many car accidents, ranging from the tiniest fender-benders to extreme "car flying through the air and rolling over several times"-crashes. Nobody is killed or maimed in a crash.
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Someone wakes up to find himself cuffed to the bed (comical scene). Later on, we see that he's managed to free himself, one cuff still around one of his wrists.
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Main character is trying to quit smoking
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No one is pregnant.
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The actor character is VERY clingy
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Ambulances
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We see a drug deal
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A car jacking at gunpoint
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Spit at 1:44:05
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Blood, yes. Gore, no.
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Implied jealousy tactic
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Homophobic slurs and maybe other stuff too. Very sexist remarks.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Not first, but a black man does die. And black teenagers are shot at, but they dont die
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A transgendered or cross-dressing person is seen lying dead (murdered) in their underwear in the street. The movie calls the person "a transvestite".
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F slur, but also in a particular scene, the actor character pretends to be the cops love interest and its kinda homophobic
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Cop character likes to use violence to "interrogate"
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Some bloody mouths
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Extremely mild. A woman speaks a line that goes something like, "We haven't even slept together... I mean, I want to, but..." - I think that's all.
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