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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity, Substance Abuse Movie Release: 1991 DVD Release: 05/27/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 21 Genres: Action, Crime Thriller, Buddy Film See Also: The Last Boy Scout

Producer Joel Silver, director Tony Scott, and screenwriters Shane Black and Greg Hicks team up for this gridiron-set action thriller. Bruce Willis stars as Joe Hallenbeck, who was once a top-of-the-line Secret Service agent but has since become an alcoholic, flea-bag detective. While performing the chores of a two-bit shamus, he discovers his wife Sarah (Chelsea Field) is having an affair with his best friend. Joe is hired to protect Cory (Halle Berry), a stripper who has been getting death threats; Joe begins to sober up when Cory is blown to smithereens. Cory's boyfriend, Jimmy Dix (Damon Wayans), was at one time a NFL football quarterback, but was thrown out of the game for gambling and addiction to Demerol. Smelling something fishy, Joe and Jimmy begin to investigate further and discover layers of corruption in professional football circles, leading up to Sheldon Marcone (Noble Willingham), a corrupt team owner who wants to pay off legislators to legalize gambling on pro football games. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Bruce Willis - Joe Hallenbeck
Damon Wayans - Jimmy Dix
Chelsea Field - Sarah Hallenbeck
Noble Willingham - Sheldon Marcone
Taylor Negron - Milo

The package for =The Last Boy Scout on DVD proclaims it as a "guilty pleasure." Unfortunately, the fact that the film does not look as good as it should and that it lacks supplements takes some of the pleasure out of the DVD. While it does have an impressive remastered Dolby 5.1 Surround track, the picture quality is surprisingly weak. It is rare that a DVD will have a better sound than picture, and in this case the great Dolby track just makes the poor picture more noticeable. Presented in an anamorphic 2.35:1 aspect ratio (the flip side includes the pan-and-scan version), the transfer looks as if no attempt was made to give the video a similar upgrade as the audio. Through most of the movie, the print looks overly hazy, grainy, and dull, like a bad print. Thankfully, the quality of the sound will make acceptable viewing for most action fans. There are no extra supplements except for an unusual amount of trailers and some production notes. =The Last Boy Scout is an early DVD release from Warner, and while it will have viewers' walls rattling, more attention should have been paid to the quality of the video transfer. ~ Oliver Thornton, All Movie Guide