Taglines: The goal is to survive.
The Last Boy Scout movie storyline. During halftime of a televised professional football game, L.A. Stallions star running back Billy Cole (Billy Blanks) receives a phone call from a mysterious caller named Milo (Taylor Negron), warning Cole to win the game at all costs, or “he’s history”. Cole ingests PCP and, in a drug-induced rage, brings a gun onto the field, shooting three opposing players to reach to the end zone. Cole then shoots himself in the head.
Private investigator Joseph Hallenbeck (Bruce Willis), a disgraced former Secret Service agent who at one time was a national hero for saving the President from an assassination attempt, discovers that his wife Sarah (Chelsea Field) is having an affair with his best friend and sometime business partner, Mike Matthews (Bruce McGill). Joe’s indifference frustrates Sarah, who only did it to get his attention. Outside Joe’s house, Mike is killed by a car bomb, after giving Joe an assignment to act as bodyguard for a stripper named Cory (Halle Berry).
At the bar where Cory works, Joe is approached by her boyfriend, former L.A. Stallions star quarterback James “Jimmy” Alexander Dix (Damon Wayans), who was banned from the league on gambling charges and allegations of drug abuse. After an argument where Joe and Jimmy scuffle, an annoyed Jimmy takes Cory from the stage while she is performing. Joe plans to wait outside, where he is knocked out by a team of hitmen.
Jimmy and Cory leave the bar in separate cars while Joe is escorted into an alley by one of the hitmen, who laughs at his jokes which enables Joe to bring down the gunman and escape. When Cory is struck from behind and stops to confront the other driver, she is assassinated by hitmen in the car. Jimmy is fired upon and pinned down, but is saved by Joe.
The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 American action comedy film directed by Tony Scott, starring Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron and Danielle Harris. The film was released in the United States on December 13, 1991.
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Directed by: Tony Scott
Starring: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron, Danielle Harris, Halle Berry, Bruce McGill, Kim Coates, Chelcie Ross
Screenplay by: Shane Black
Production Design by: Brian Morris
Cinematography by: Ward Russell
Film Editing by: Stuart Baird, Mark Goldblatt, Mark Helfrich
Costume Design by: Marilyn Vance
Set Decoration by: John H. Anderson, Thomas L. Roysden
Art Direction by: Christiaan Wagener
Music by: Michael Kamen
MPAA Rating: R for graphic violence and very strong language.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: December 13, 1991
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