Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerrity. Jack has a heart attack, but his life is saved when he receives Stone's heart, since Stone died mysteriously the same night as Jack was stricken. Stone is not completely gone, however, and as a ghost he is all too happy to give Jack advice on how he should do his job and live his life.
Acting
Hoskins commits to absolute absurdity with straight face
Writing
Premise so unhinged it somehow got greenlit in 1990
Director
James D. Parriott
Bob Hoskins
Jack Moony
Denzel Washington
Napoleon Stone
Chloe Webb
Crystal Gerrity
Roger E. Mosley
Captain Wendt
Ja'net DuBois
Mrs. Stone
Alan Rachins
Dr. Posner
Ray Baker
Harry Zara
Jeffrey Meek
Graham
Eva LaRue
Peisha
Robert Apisa
Teller
Kieran Mulroney
Dillnick
Lisa Stahl
Annie
Clayton Landey
Posner's Assistant
Julia Silverman
Staff Member
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Denzel Washington took this role right before his Malcolm X breakthrough, reportedly as a favor to help get the film financed.
The film bombed critically and commercially, becoming a curious artifact of Hollywood's clumsy 90s attempts at racial reconciliation narratives through magical realism.
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