Politically incorrect jokes (endlessly) about hearing impaired (Gooding) make for tasteless flick.
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03/14/09
Lightning Jack (1994)
7
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:1
Rotten:14
Average Rating:3.4/10
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... [More]
Reviews for Lightning Jack
1 - 15 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
It's a long slow trek from gag to gag.
08/25/08
The relationship between Ben and Jack never really develops any warmth or resonance, mainly because it seems never to have been thought through.
08/25/08
A good-natured, if laconic, oater that rides along nicely on the screen persona of writer/actor Paul Hogan.
08/25/08
Top CriticNo review available.
04/04/06
No review available.
08/12/05
No review available.
04/07/04
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.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
09/11/02
No review available.
07/26/02
This road has been trod a few too many times before.
01/01/00
Hogan should hang up his spurs until a truly original impulse comes along.
01/01/00
A Western for people that hate Westerns.
01/01/00
Lightning Jack feels like a film you might stumble across late at night on the USA Network.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's impossible to dislike Paul Hogan, and almost as hard to like his movies. They're as goodhearted as they are simple-minded.
01/01/00
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