Posts tagged action comedy
1986's Armed and Dangerous Was Written for Aykroyd and Belushi but Bombed with John Candy and Eugene Levy as Its Leads

John Candy and Eugene Levy ended up playing roles intended for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in a misfiring buddy cop movie screenwriter Harold Ramis tried to get his name taken off of for reasons that are very easy to understand.

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Rando! Bending the Rules (2012)

An ever so slightly overqualified Phillip Baker Hall and Jessica Walter are Jamie Kennedy’s parents in 2012’s Bending the Rules, a featherweight buddy cop comedy vehicle for WWE superstar Adam “Edge” Copeland distinguished by a powerful performance from the legendary star of Secret Honor and Hard Eight.

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Exploiting our Archives: Assault With a Dead Weapon Case File #149/My Year of Flops II #46 Dead Heat (1988)

It’s Lethal Weapon meets Tales from the Crypt, only shitty, in 1988’s Dead Heat, a spooktacularly disappointing zombie buddy cop horror comedy from Shane Black’s brother.

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