On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.
Acting
Short's nervous energy weaponized against Nolte's exhausted gravel.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI car chases that actually dent real metal.
Costume
Meg's boy disguise: peak 'nobody will notice' cinema logic.
Director
Francis Veber
Nick Nolte
Lucas
Martin Short
Ned Perry
Sarah Rowland Doroff
Meg Perry
James Earl Jones
Dugan
Alan Ruck
Tener
Kenneth McMillan
Horvath
David Arnott
Bank Teller
Bruce McGill
Charlie
Lee Garlington
Woman Cop
Sy Richardson
Tucker
Rocky Giordani
Bowles
Rick Hall
Dog Handler
Stanley Brock
Release Sergeant
John Procaccino
Highway Patrolman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a shot-for-shot remake of Veber's own French film Les Fugitifs (1986), which is basically unheard of in Hollywood.
Released at the tail end of the 80s buddy-cop boom, it accidentally predicted the 'gruff guy + chaotic guy' template that dominated 90s comedies.
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