The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.
Director:
David S. Ward
Stars:
Tom Berenger,
Charlie Sheen,
Corbin Bernsen
UN's secretary general uses covert operations to help diplomacy along. Shaw's called back 6 months after one such operation. He witnesses the murder of Chinese UN ambassador at UN, NYC, chases the assassin and ends up a suspect.
A young woman is murdered in the White House. Homicide detective Regis/W.Snipes investigates while Secret Service works against him. He's assigned agent Chance/D.Lane. She eventually cooperates after a man's framed.
When an escort girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in Los Angeles, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham.
Billy and Sydney think they're the best basketball hustlers in town, so when they join forces, nothing can stop them, except each other. To add to their problems, Billy owes money and is being chased by a pair of gangster types.Written by
Rob Hartill
Of the many lessons Ron Shelton learned from his time making Bull Durham (1988), the biggest may have been, "You've got to play." Yearning for credibility, he knew that he needed to find actors who could pass for ballplayers, so before he would let actors read for the project, weeks of pick-up games were set up. "I just threw a ball out there", he says. "That sort of weeded it out. Agents would call asking about their clients and I'd say, 'He can't play. He can't beat me, never mind these guys.'" It even meant ruling out high-profile up-and-comers like Keanu Reeves, as Shelton describes the Point Break (1991) star as a hard worker, but "not a basketball player." "Everybody who was anybody at the time and everybody who wanted to be somebody were all there for this audition", adds Snipes. With credits as a football player in Wildcats (1986) and a baseball player in Major League (1989) to his name, the actor was looking for the trifecta with a basketball role, his lack of jump shot be damned. "Wesley is not a great basketball player, but he is a great athlete, big distinction," explains Shelton. "When he showed up to audition, he just had more attitude than anybody. He walked on the court trash-talking and it didn't matter if he had any game. He showed up with more attitude and less jump shot than anybody." While Snipes doesn't dispute the assessment of his game, it's clear that from day one, he personified the cocky, confident Sidney. "I had great handles, great passing, great defense, but every shot I took was a brick", he laughs. "Every time I shot it, even if it didn't go in, I talked like it did. I made you believe that you were lucky it didn't go in." With the future star signed on, the search was still on for his deceptively talented and jumping-challenged partner. The prospect of reuniting with Harrelson, his Wildcats (1986) co-star, was enticing for Snipes. "I can neither confirm nor deny", he chuckles when asked about his past comments about leaving a hopeful Reeves out to dry during an audition in the hopes of helping Harrelson land the role. "Woody and Wesley had magic instantly", says Shelton. "Woody's a great counterpuncher. Wesley could come up with a funny line and Woody could steal the moment with his reaction. That's the key to chemistry, and you don't get it very often. You need two people who can't do what the other one does." To round out the main trio, Rosie Perez came in and made Shelton completely reimagine the role of Gloria, originally written as a white, upper-class Southern woman. "You can't invent that", he recalls of watching the actress become Gloria. "That's original." See more »
Goofs
Audience members like Billy and Sidney wouldn't be able to sneak backstage of Jeopardy to see Gloria. See more »
Quotes
Gloria Clemente:
[referring to Sidney]
He lives in The Jungle, right?
Billy Hoyle:
[while on a bus]
No honey, we can't. They don't let white people into the Crenshaw District. I don't know about Puerto Ricans but it's a reverse discrimination thing.
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Crazy Credits
In the opening credits, we can hear the classical 20th Century Fox Fanfare in a hip hop style. See more »
Alternate Versions
Some U.S. video versions are three minutes longer. See more »
Wesley and Woody are great together. Perez is a plus. You don't have to be a fan of the game to love this movie. It's fast paced, funny and if you are a fan of hoops then you are in Basketball movie heaven. Hustle out to the video store and rent yourself a copy. The film also has more Mama jokes than you can shake a stick at.
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Wesley and Woody are great together. Perez is a plus. You don't have to be a fan of the game to love this movie. It's fast paced, funny and if you are a fan of hoops then you are in Basketball movie heaven. Hustle out to the video store and rent yourself a copy. The film also has more Mama jokes than you can shake a stick at.