Armed and Dangerous | | Cast : | John Candy, Meg Ryan | | Director : | Mark L. Lester | | Studio : | Columbia Tristar Hom | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | August 15, 1986 | | DVD Released Date : | December 07, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | November 04, 2004 | | Summary | FAIRLY FUNNY CANDY VEHICLE | Content
 | John Candy is Frank Dooley, a cop unjustly fired from his job. Candy decides to become a Security Guard for Guard Dog Security. He is teamed with second-rate former prosecutor Norman Kane.
On the job they find themselves mixed up in a plot with shady, mob-run Union reps led by Robert Loggia as the mob boss. They try to tell their story to a young Meg Ryan, daughter of the security company boss but she doesn't beleive them. Soon they find themselves accused of murder and on the run from the cops and the mobsters.
Levy and Candy, two ex-SCTV alums have a good chemistry together in a kind of modern day laurel and hardy stlye. Not an uproarious movie but some funny parts, the best being when the pair hide out from the cops in a LA sex shop and Candy dresses in drag to escape the cops.
A fun movie. Not a gem but some good bits. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 29, 2004 | | Summary | Like an SCTV sketch... | Content
| Except John Candy and Eugene Levy's performances aren't quite as subtle, and Meg Ryan was never on SCTV, and there are more special effects here, and it's not all that funny.
And there's a theme song, which is terrific solely for the fact that someone, somewhere had to sing the words "Armed and Dangerous"--a phrase that's all too rarely set to music. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 22, 2004 | | Summary | Very Funny | Content
| One of the best comedys of the late 80s. In one scene..John Candy dressed as Divine and Eugene Levy in assless chaps(are'nt you the cheeky one)worth the price of admission. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 20, 2003 | | Summary | Great John Candy romp! | Content
| Like many of the action comedies of the time this one delivers an entertaining story with John Candy's wacky humor. Candy and Levy star as the protagonists who are forced to join a security agency when all other options fail. Revolving around a plot involving corruption and crooked cops Candy and Levy aim to get to the bottom of all that is wrong while [complicating matters] frequently. I really laughed a lot at this film. Candy and Levy make a great team and offer up some very hysterical scenes. Levy's attempts at being a defense attorney, Candy fishing at a pier, and the two crashing a ball thrown for the chief of police all seem like harmless events but these two always know how to screw them all up. If you are a fan of the SCTV or SNL crews then you definately have to see this movie. It is lesser known but very funny. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 27, 2002 | | Summary | good movie | Content
| good movie,only good john candy movie made....if u like chevy chase movies, u might like this one |
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