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Lightning Jack

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Lightning Jack (1994)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:1

Rotten:14

Average Rating:3.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Lightning Jack Kane, a former member of the infamous Younger Brother gang, recently left the boys to ride the range on his own. When he comes upon a small town, he robs the bank and takes a mute... Lightning Jack Kane, a former member of the infamous Younger Brother gang, recently left the boys to ride the range on his own. When he comes upon a small town, he robs the bank and takes a mute named Ben as his hostage. But before long Ben and Jack are partners on equal ground. Together they comb the prairie, crossing hostile Indian territory and cavorting with women of ill-repute along the way. Eventually Lightning Jack catches up with his old girlfriend Lana, but not before he's taken a long and dangerous ride across the new frontier. [More]

Starring: Paul Hogan, Cuba Gooding, Beverly D'Angelo

Starring: Paul Hogan, Cuba Gooding, Beverly D'Angelo

Director: Simon Wincer

Director: Simon Wincer

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Politically incorrect jokes (endlessly) about hearing impaired (Gooding) make for tasteless flick.

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03/14/09
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

It's a long slow trek from gag to gag.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
08/25/08
Channel 4 Film

The relationship between Ben and Jack never really develops any warmth or resonance, mainly because it seems never to have been thought through.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/25/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A good-natured, if laconic, oater that rides along nicely on the screen persona of writer/actor Paul Hogan.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
08/25/08
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Variety
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No review available.

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04/04/06
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

No review available.

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08/12/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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04/07/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

The film has no internal comic rhythm to match its faltering sense of humor. Much of the time, it plods along like a mediocre conventional western.

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05/20/03
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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No review available.

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09/11/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

This road has been trod a few too many times before.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Hogan should hang up his spurs until a truly original impulse comes along.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

A Western for people that hate Westerns.

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01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Lightning Jack feels like a film you might stumble across late at night on the USA Network.

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01/01/00
Richard Harrington
Richard Harrington
Washington Post
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It's impossible to dislike Paul Hogan, and almost as hard to like his movies. They're as goodhearted as they are simple-minded.

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01/01/00
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