Best Defense (1984) is a movie I recently watched on Amazon Prime. The storyline follows a military weapons expert down on his luck and about to get his operations shutdown when he bumps into the wrong person causing his luck to turnaround. He accidentally acquires the instructions to turn his experiments around and create the greatest weapon ever seen...or was it an accident? Meanwhile the troops in the field are living and dying by the success of the experiments.
This movie is directed by Willard Huyck (Howard the Duck) and stars Dudley Moore (Arthur), Eddie Murphy (Boomerang), George Dzundza (The Deer Hunter), Helen Shaver (The Amityville Horror), Tom Noonan (Robocop 2) and Kate Capshaw (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom).
The sex opening was hilarious and a perfect way to start the movie. Eddie Murphy was awesome in this and every scene he was in was hilarious. He nailed this character. Meanwhile Dudley Moore was inconsistent, awkward and not as funny as he needed to be. The tank scenes are tremendous and fun, but the experiment scenes were painful.
Overall, this was a fairly mediocre addition to the comedic genre that is still a must see due to Murphy. I would score this a 5/10 and recommend seeing it once.
This movie is directed by Willard Huyck (Howard the Duck) and stars Dudley Moore (Arthur), Eddie Murphy (Boomerang), George Dzundza (The Deer Hunter), Helen Shaver (The Amityville Horror), Tom Noonan (Robocop 2) and Kate Capshaw (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom).
The sex opening was hilarious and a perfect way to start the movie. Eddie Murphy was awesome in this and every scene he was in was hilarious. He nailed this character. Meanwhile Dudley Moore was inconsistent, awkward and not as funny as he needed to be. The tank scenes are tremendous and fun, but the experiment scenes were painful.
Overall, this was a fairly mediocre addition to the comedic genre that is still a must see due to Murphy. I would score this a 5/10 and recommend seeing it once.