Best Defense (1984)
Genre: Comedy / War
Duration: 94 minuten
Alternative title: Best Defence
Country:
United States
Directed by: Willard Huyck
Stars: Dudley Moore, Kate Capshaw and Eddie Murphy
IMDb score:
3,9 (6.732)
Releasedate: 20 July 1984
Best Defense plot
"Unfortunately, they're both on our side."
Wylie Cooper (Moore) is a handy tinkerer who accidentally invents an essential part for a tank. Promotion and an adventure with his sensual boss lie ahead. But when the invention is tested by Lieutenant Landry (Eddie Murphy), everything goes haywire. The official invitees literally and figuratively run away. In the chaos, Eddie unleashes a real border war.
Actors and actresses
Wylie Cooper
Lieutenant T.M. Landry
Laura Cooper
Steve Loparino
Clair Lewis
Singer, Rive Gauche Room
Frank Holtzman
Kurly
Arab Girl
Japanese Singer
Reviews & comments
Zinema (crew films)
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- 10276 messages
- 7317 votes
Mediocre film with an unfunny Moore. The film was a big box office success at the time mainly due to the presence of Murphy who was a real hype at the time. However, Murphy's role is actually a supporting role. Below average comedy.
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Filmkriebel
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- 10013 messages
- 4679 votes
Not a great film, sometimes bordering on annoying, I have to agree, but there were some nice things in it, especially in the Dudley Moore part. The whole situation in which he gets the plans for a gyroscope for war tanks in his briefcase and the subsequent situations worked for the most part. In between there are also many sexual innuendos with his head of department Claire (actually a shameless promotion of adultery), and a crime plot with a KGB agentthat makes everything even more complicated. The Eddie Murphy part, on the other hand, can be called weak. You shouldn't expect much from him, it is mainly a Dudley Moore film. The only funny thing was that they scripted the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait here, which would actually happen seven years later.
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