The Hard Way
“There's only one way these two are going to get along...”
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Studio
The Badham-Cohen Group
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Hard Way performed
Budget
$24.0M
Worldwide Gross
$65.6M
Gross Profit
$41.6M
Return
2.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$9M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Nick Lang
Michael J. Fox
Nick Lang
John Moss
James Woods
John Moss
Party Crasher
Stephen Lang
Party Crasher
Susan
Annabella Sciorra
Susan
Grainy
John Capodice
Grainy
Pooley
Luis Guzmán
Pooley
Billy
LL Cool J
Billy
China
Mary Mara
China
Captain Brix
Delroy Lindo
Captain Brix
Witherspoon
Conrad Roberts
Witherspoon
Bonnie
Christina Ricci
Bonnie
Angie
Penny Marshall
Angie
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