I love this movie so much

Touches You

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

i thought this was a great movie. i am not a big dabney coleman fan but he was funny in this.the idea of the movie is that dabney coleman is a cop who is getting close to retirement. he is very careful, doesn't swear, eats healthy food and doesn't like to chase criminals if it puts himself in danger at all, especially now that he is so close to retirement.but then he has a regular checkup with his doctor and discovers that he has a rare disease that can't be cured. he worries about his ex-wife and child so he checks out his insurance and finds out that they only get a huge payout on his life insurance if he dies on the job. so obviously he ends up all of a sudden taking huge risks like getting into car chases, fighting on the side of a building, confronting a maniac with a bomb, etc.his partner is very funny too. this is a great comedy.

I found this to be a very entertaining comedy-suspense film with some wild action.Until the movie "Ronin" came out in the late '90s, the car-chase scene in this movie was the best I had ever seen on film. It still may be the best - you have to see it to believe it!Basically, this is simply a dark humor film in which a cop, "Burt Simpson" (Coleman) deals with real - or imaginary - imminent death.Thinking he's dying, he takes ridiculous chances, actually hoping he gets killed so his kid gets insurance. Of course, he survives....and how he does is hilarious. Beware, though: this is not family viewing with the high amount of profanity. This movie needs to be out on DVD!

Burt Simpson is an uptight, practical Seattle detective with just over a week before retirement. He expects his son Dougie (who lives with mother Carolyn) to go to Harvard. His partner Ernie is more easygoing and carefree and wants to go into the hot tub business.Not wanting anything to happen in his last week on the job, Burt refuses to take risks, and he lets a suspect get away--a man whose face appeared on a wanted poster he was looking at just seconds before spotting him, and a man connected with Carl Stark, whose gang hijacked a shipment of military weapons. Naturally, the captain is furious. While he is getting tests at the doctor, Burt's blood sample is switched with that of a bus driver who smoked a joint and doesn't want to get caught. The bus driver, as it turns out, has a terminal illness. Burt wants to make sure his son is provided for (especially after a dream he has where the son gets into Harvard but his mother has no money to pay for it), but the only life insurance he has is a $350,000 policy that pays off only if he is killed in the line of duty. So Burt volunteers for the most dangerous duty and takes lots of risks. He also learns what is important in life.This movie was very funny, when it was funny. At first it didn't seem as good in the dramatic scenes, but Dabney Coleman did so well in them that even those were good. Matt Frewer, on the other hand, didn't give a strong enough performance as Burt's partner. Barry Corbin made an impression as the captain.One of the biggest highlights of the entire movie was an exciting and hilarious car chase involving Carl Stark's gang. Burt had nothing to lose, and the criminals thought he was insane. I was exhausted afterward from laughing. Later, Burt's new outlook on life proved quite valuable in another risky assignment, in a well-done dramatic scene.There was some violence, but I guess no more than in a typical cop movie. I was glad I saw a version where they cleaned up the language.This movie was a real winner.********************SPOILERS********************Burt defused a hostage situation, but he forgot to defuse the bomb!Near the end, Burt went to the hospital and found the men whose car was demolished in that car chase, and tortured them until they told him Carl Stark's whereabouts. What followed was an edge-of-your-seat adventure involving the cop and the criminal hanging off the side of a building. And Burt was assured, from a helicopter, that the doctor made a mistake--he's not going to die! (Oh, yeah?) Oh, yes, we do see what happens when the bus driver starts to feel the effects of his illness. *************************************** *************************************** SPOILERS YOU DON"T DARE READ UNLESS YOU REALLY REALLY WANT TO*************************************** ***************************************It's a touching funeral ceremony after Burt falls off that building. But Burt is on crutches. His son can't understand why that bus driver was so important.

I did not enjoy this film at all. Usually I like Dabney Coleman and I saw this movie for sale for only $3.99. Well, that was $3.99 NOT well spent. What can I say? The premise is good, but the movie did not follow through. I watched this movie with three other people and nobody enjoyed it at all. It was not funny (as the cover of the movie box implies), nor heartwarming. As Homer Simpson would say, "BO-RING!" Don't waste your time with this dull film.