
This concept cries out for a remake. Imagine a dark, gritty revisiting of this film done for drama rather than slapstick comedy. Denzel Washington stars as Burt Simpson, a grizzled cop whose imminent retirement plan is disrupted when his doctor (Philip Seymour Hoffman) informs him that he has but two weeks to live. Simpson uses the opportunity to recklessly pursue the villainous drug lord (Russell Crowe) against whom he could never quite build a case. But that is surely not to be. These days, Hollywood only remakes old big budget action and horror flicks.
The film apparently never made it to DVD, which is unfortunate, as we enjoy the work of Dabney Coleman. After all, he starred in 1983's Cloak and Dagger, which we here at Chronological Snobbery remember fondly. And who could forget his 1980s sitcom, "The Slap Maxwell Story?"
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