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Armed and Dangerous (1986) is a comedy film starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia and Meg Ryan. It was directed by Mark L. Lester and filmed on location in and around Los Angeles, California.
Officer Frank Dooley (John Candy) of the LAPD is framed for the theft of a television set by two corrupt detectives. He is dismissed from the force, but escapes criminal punishment at his day in court. The next case features hapless defense attorney Norman Kane (Eugene Levy) attempting to defend a white supremacist leader, who threatens him with death should Kane fail to keep him out of prison. A fearful Kane reveals his ineptitude to the judge (Stacy Keach, Sr.), who agrees to give the criminal an especially long sentence in exchange for Kane immediately leaving law behind.
Dooley and Kane both apply for work at Guard Dog Security, a low-rent firm run by the gruff Clarence O'Connell (Kenneth McMillan) and part of a security guard's union requiring heavy contributions that is represented by Klepper (Jonathan Banks) and Lazarus (Brion James). Becoming licensed security guards after a single afternoon of training, the pair are made partners by supervisor Maggie (Meg Ryan) and assigned to night duty at a pharmaceutical company's warehouse. After being loudly ordered to take a lunch break by senior guard Bruno (Tom Lister, Jr.), they happen upon an armed robbery of the warehouse and prove no match for the thieves.
Dooley, a cop wrongly sacked for corruption, teams up with a useless defense lawyer in their new careers... as security guards. When the two are made fall guys for a robbery at a location they are guarding, the pair begin to investigate corruption within the company and their union. They soon make enemies of everyone, but can the unlikely duo save the day ?
Keywords: aerobics, armored-car, burglar, cat, crooked-cop, cross-dresser, father-daughter-relationship, female-bodybuilder, framed, heist
The Cowboy: Slim, I ain't never seen a handgun that big before.::Frank Dooley: Yeah, it's a 50 caliber. They used to use it to hunt buffalo with... up close! It's only legal in two states. And this isn't one of them.::The Cowboy: You're somthin' else, Slim.
Noreen: Gosh, I didn't realize it was going to be this formal. If I had known it was going to be this kind of party I would have worn underwear.
Maggie Cavanaugh: Just remember, when you pull the trigger, the bullets come out going very, very fast. So make sure to keep the weapon pointing away from you. Now that's about it. You are now armed... guards. God help us all.
Frank Dooley: Ooh, they're going to feel that in the morning.
[Frank and Norman are hiding in a overheated steam room]::Norman Kane: "Let's hide in the steam room." Great plan, Frank! It's a good thing we didn't hide in the barbecue pit because Carlino would have had a sudden craving for ribs!
[Norman wants to question the union officials about "mandatory" contributions]::Frank: Are you crazy? Look at those guys; I bet any one of them could tell you where Jimmy Hoffa is buried!
Frank Dooley: [panting] Listen... I'm only gonna say this once. I'm a special officer. You have to get me to the corner of 83rd and Aviation in 10 minutes... otherwise, two wonderful people that I know are gonna die.::The Cowboy: Well, climb on in here, Slim.::Frank Dooley: [enters the truck's cab] Whew! Thank you.::The Cowboy: Well, let's just see how fast this son-of-a-bitch'll go! [the psycho Cowboy truck driver starts up the tanker truck and suddenly begins slaming into all the parked cars in the traffic jam!]::The Cowboy: Hold on tight to your saddle horn, son!
Bruno: Pay attention fat boy! It's canine control. You got it?::Frank Dooley: Daaahhh, I think so.::Bruno: Don't be a smart ass Dooley!
[Frank and Norman exit the porno bookstore disguised as a transvestite and leather man respectively when they run into the bad cops looking for them; Frank and Norman freeze]::Sergeant Rizzo: What are you looking at you schmucks?::[Frank and Norman sigh with relief that Rizzo does not recognize them and quickly get into their characters]::Frank Dooley: [mimicking 'Divine'] Oh, isn't he cute? And look that these muscles.::Sergeant Rizzo: Take your hands off me! I'm a police officer.::Norman Kane: [falsetto voice] Oh, don't mine him. He gets so frisky every time he sees a badge.::Frank Dooley: What are you doing later on tonight?::Sergeant Rizzo: Take a walk you jerks!::Norman Kane: [to Frank] Come on, let's trot.::Frank Dooley: Why can't you look this good?::Norman Kane: Mother Nature wasn't kind to some of us.::Sergeant Rizzo: [shoves Frank and Norman] Move it!::Frank Dooley: Ooo, he touched me! I got my Christmas goose early!
Judge: Mr. Kane, you are one of the worst lawyers I've ever known.::Norman Kane: Well, then I move for a mistrial.
[Intro/Hook x2: Layzie Bone]
I got a message for them (playa haters)
Them Bone Thug niggaz (armed and we dangerous)
I got a message for them (playa, haters)
Them Bone Thug niggaz (we armed and we dangerous)
[Chorus x2: Layzie Bone]
Why they keep smilin all up in my face when I'm here
Stabbin me in the back when I'm gone, when I'm gone
(Playa haters) When I'm gone, when I'm gone, gone
And they only come around when they need some money
Can you tell me why they want it from Bone, from Bone
(Armed and we dangerous) From Bone, from Bone, Bone
[Layzie Bone:]
Got my mind on my money and my money a monopoly
Number one hits and it ain't no stoppin me
Make a couple mil', put it all in property
Strut my swag and get cocky
Fuckin get sloppy drunk and callin all y'all punks
We can take it to the streets, we can pop the trunk
I don't give a fuck, I'm a give 'em what they want
Serve a nigga like a fiend on the first of the month
'Member my motto is "No shorts, no losses"
I'm a go get it no matter what the cost is
That's how we rep cause we Cleveland bosses
Bet on the wood and nigga y'all just talkin
In the coffin if you can't get with it
From my point of view niggaz don't stick with it
A nigga like me woulda been done did it
The answer is yeah if you wanna get money
[Chorus]
[Layzie Bone:]
I'm from a place really ain't safe, Cleveland the birthplace
Midwest niggaz, yeah we stay thirsty
Timb's in the winter with the J's in the summer
All four seasons, we stay workin
Ride with a G, come and slide with a G
With the trues on the 'Llac come and ride with the beat
Light it up and let it burn when you vibin with me
Gotta keep it real to survive in the streets
Come and see it for yourself how live we can be
Milwaukee to the Chi back down to the D
Michigan, Illinois, sho' nuff killa boys
Standin on the corner at ten degrees
We got pimps, dope pushers and petty thieves
Crooked cops won't let me breathe
But my love for the city won't let me leave
What they expect from me, now why they testin me?
[Chorus]