So, at this point we have gotten to see Mr. Hanks in a few different forms. Drama, comedy, but now we get a new one! Mystery!
Dragnet is the 8th movie on our Hustle!
This movie is based on the TV series of the same name. Dan Aykroyd plays straight laced detective Joe Friday. He comes into that the office to find that his partner has left to force to chase his dream of becoming a goat farmer. He is replaced by the smart talking Pep Streebek. In a classic crazy comedy they find themselves in the search for the cult P.A.G.A.N.. Their mission is to find what they are about and stop them from causing a rampage on the city.
I have to say that I am more impressed with this movie than I thought I was going to be. I knew it was going to be funny but I didn't think it was going to be as funny as it was. Now, it's not the best comedy he has ever don't mind you, but it's was funnier that I expected it to be. I feel that this is what cop comedies should be like.
Mr. Hanks is very funny in this film. For some reason I thought that he would be the one that was the straight laced cop.
After about 3 seconds into the film I realized that Dan Aykroyd was meant to play that role and not Tom Hanks.
I really enjoyed this film because of it's simplicity. Yet, the part about that cult was not super simple but the premise of what made it funny was. The dynamic between the two characters is the bulk of the hilarity and some of the hilarity was from what happened to them. You can put two different kinds of "funny cops" from today in this same situation and it would not be nearly as funny as what we have right now in this 1987 film.
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