Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780780607101 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 0780607104 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Release Date: January 01, 1998 Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 02, 1990 Sales Rank: 41460
Amazon.com: Bob Hoskins and Denzel Washington are two of the more interesting actors in Hollywood, so what they're doing in this movie is a big mystery. Certainly each could have done better; that both would agree to this film makes you wonder what they're putting in the water out there. Hoskins is a bigoted L.A. cop with a bad ticker and a penchant for greasy, vein-clogging cheeseburgers; Washington is a slick attorney who Hoskins believes is crooked. When Washington is killed and Hoskins suffers a heart attack, Hoskins gets the lawyer's heart in a transplant--and then starts seeing his donor's ghost. The lawyer maintains he was murdered and wants Hoskins to find his killer. Much mock frivolity involves Hoskins talking out loud to someone who's not there, to the bemusement of his friends and superiors. Har har. These actors give a lot--way more than the writer ever did. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A film in serious need of some heart resuscitation...
I should have known that this was going to be pretty bad, but I was blinded by the idea of Bob Hoskins and Denzel Washington doing a movie together. Sure, neither are especial favorites of mine, but both ... Read More
Rating: - Pretty good movie as I remember...
Okay, this movie is a little old now, but Denzel and Hoskins are a great pair in this comedy. Prejudiced-white guy is haunted by black guy after receiving his heart in transplant, Denzel becomes his conscience, ... Read More
Rating: - Heart Attack!
Beware of purported "comedies" with big-name stars but a no-name director. You might just get burned.
HEART CONDITION (1990) fits that cautionary note all too well. Starring Bob Hoskins, coming right ... Read More
Rating: - One star is too good for this turkey
Denzel Washington and Bob Hoskins tested many critics' high opinion of them by co-starring in this awful supernatural comedy. Hoskins is a racist cop with a weak heart. Washington is a slick lawyer who dies and ... Read More
Rating: - Good story for light entertainment
Bob Hoskins plays Jack Moony, a policeman following a suspicious criminal lawyer played by Denzel Washington. The lawyer is murdered. The policmen has a heart attack and receives his heart from the lawyer. Now ... Read More
- A film in serious need of some heart resuscitation...
- Pretty good movie as I remember...