Armed and Dangerous
1986 · Movie · PG-13 · 88 min · ★ 5.7 · 14% critics
After being framed and losing his job, a former police officer takes work as a security guard and gets paired with an inexperienced ex-lawyer. When a routine warehouse assignment goes wrong, the unlikely duo starts digging into shady dealings tied to their workplace and its union.
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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-08-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 14/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (207 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an easy, upbeat buddy comedy with goofy mishaps, a bit of action, and a light mystery around workplace corruption; Not for you if you dislike broad humor or “Police Academy”-style antics like Loaded Weapon 1.
Pros: buddy-comedy chemistry; feel-good, harmless laughs; action-comedy mix | Cons: uneven jokes; thin story setup; broad, silly moments
Themes
- corruption
- ex-cop
- private detective
- criminal lawyer
Cast & crew
John Candy
as Frank Dooley
Eugene Levy
as Norman Kane
Robert Loggia
as Michael Carlino
Kenneth McMillan
as Captain Clarence O'Connell
Meg Ryan
as Maggie Cavanaugh
Brion James
as Anthony Lazarus
Jonathan Banks
as Clyde Klepper
Don Stroud
as Sergeant Rizzo
Larry Hankin
as Kokolovitch
Steve Railsback
as The Cowboy
Directed by Mark L. Lester