When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going on between a crooked politician and the owner of a pro football team.
The movie has a lot of laughs, its action sequences are thrilling, its surprises are startling, and it shows a real ingenuity in the ways by which it gets Willis into, and out of, trouble.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Strictly for viewers who don't want surprises, just a laundry list of buddyisms.