Kinda like in the dark Knight rises scene when the field blows up during the opening kickoff and players are trying to tackle the returner instead of running for their lives
Yeah, three bloody homicides and then a suicide where you see half his head blown off, but we wouldn't want the kiddies to hear the word "bitch," now, would we?
Phil Luckett: What’s the status of the players?? Cop: They’re all dead. Phil Luckett: The players are alive and well. I repeat, the players are alive and well.
That is one of the most insane and memorable opening scenes in the history of film. Also, I just imagine how that would be reported on the news, that would be crazy to watch.
@@jasontoddvoorhees That's a good opening, but like many horror films, has a lot of gore, without seeing it, and he killed a bunch of people in that hospital. That film had great promise, not so good execution. But that nude scene, she was buck ass naked for at least 6 minutes, Betsy Rue, brave girl.
I saw this with my brother on the opening weekend in 1991, theatre was around 2/3 full, and at the end of this scene everyone including me and my brother were completely dead silent and looking around at each other like "What the FUCK did we just see?" One of the most staggering openers in movie history.
@@petermorris5837 lol that's a bit of an oversimplification. Back in the 90s if we didn't see it in theatres we had to wait damn near a year to rent it at block Buster and watch it in 360 Rez on our 30inch tvs. Now we can see it on Disney+ in 2 months in 4k. Also we only had 25 channels back then, and obv no streaming platforms. Movie theatres shined pretty bright compared to the entertainment options we had at home.
Considering they're basically the worst set of defenders ever to play in the NFL and let him catch the ball wide open then shrug off consecutive tackles with a wave of his arm, I don't think the firearm was necessary.
This movie was a Warner Bros. release, so they wouldn't have done favors for Disney. Probably Disney got wind of this (the script by Shane Black was a massive deal in Hollywood and every studio including Disney bid over $1M for it before Black and his agent accepted Warners' $1.75M offer) and made it clear they would take action if they included the line. You're right about the Disneyland line being better than "Ain't life a bitch?" too.
@@ADCC-qp2gk sports are doing just fine. Just because a Kevin in South Carolina or Mississippi thinks it’s dying doesn’t make it true. Sports will go on without those folks who contribute nothing to our gdp anyway
The way this film crafted dialogue was superb. Darian quips to Joe Hallenbeck "over her dead body" and is then gunned down a few scenes later. In another scene, one cop asks another cop what he thinks when he sees Hallenbeck to which the second cop replies that Hallenbeck looks like a guy who sleeps in his clothes when that is exactly the first shot we see of Hallenbeck. Nothing like this today.
@@rossl5908yeah seriously. He didn't seem so out of sorts to me that he would do something like that. When he says "ain't life a bitch" he seems 100% collected, just backed into a corner. As a result, I've always wondered why tf he bothered to shoot a bunch of players if he was just gonna shoot himself in the end. On top of that, anybody (especially a football player) would know that the touchdown isn't gonna count once you shoot a buncha dudes. He coulda slipped out of the locker room, and ran for his life, and even had a better chance at survival. Maybe OP is right, but I personally do not see it in the acting at all. Maybe he's finally having a moment of clarity when he says "ain't life a bitch" but I gotta say, I don't believe the acting and/or writing properly convey a breakdown of reality here. I guess I can kinda see it when he doesn't finish running for the touchdown, that would suggest he did in fact have some kind of epiphany that he's now completely f*cked lol.
Michael McLaughlin actually they would think he was justified in the new age nfl and in order to protect the man on offense they would give the defense a penalty for making him feel like he had to use a gun
Probably because it was filmed at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, but it was supposed to be Cleveland. The Coliseum is pretty unique, and would give away the location.
I saw this scene when I was a kid by accident scrolling through TV one time and for years I thought it was just somthing my brain made up. Guess I was wrong
There were 2 fouls on the play. Personal Foul, Unnecessary roughness, #41 on the offense. That penalty is declined. Personal foul, unsportsmanlike conduct, #41 on the offense. 15 yards. Repeat 1st down.
My teacher took us to the movies for a class trip. This was the movie, problem was we were 11 at the time, lol. She said keep it a secret. She became principle 10 years later. Love you Mrs Crespo, now Mrs Rodriguez.
This is one of the silliest openings to a serious movie I’ve ever seen. The coach hardly reacted considering his running back just shot two players on third down 🤣
I mean, players have to be smart enough to know when they're in a 4 down situation. They can't be needlessly risking silly penalties trying for a few extra yards. Ever since CTE, the league has been getting more and more serious about player safety.
@@rossl5908 I get that some players think they have to do it all on key 3rd downs with the game clock winding down, but he didn't have to shoot that guy and risk getting a 15 yard penalty. It's just not smart football, and it could end up costing his team in big games.
In the original cut of this movie there was more drug use. The player who has the phone call smokes crystal meth, or some other drug, and takes pills. This, and many other movies with drugs, have been edited.
I'm more amazed that he was able to keep a concealed weapon hidden while being drenched in rain, running, and hitting other players. The power of movies!
Brilliant opening : builds up tension, more or less explains the narrative and none of main actors (Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans) feature in this scene - good way of telling a story to an action thriller like this. Here's how I'd say what the storyline is : "The suicide of a blackmailed football player and a murdered exotic dancer lead a private detective and disgraced athlete to pursue justice" - despite the reported issues with various crew members not getting on (Willis and Wayans, Chelsea Field and Tony Scott et cetera) The Last Boy Scout is an good action movie!.
There should have been some penalty flags on the field. Would have been a nice joke. In the original script Cole's final line was "I'm going to Disneyland" but they changed it.
Say what you want about the movie itself - this was an incredibly well-written scene. It took everything that was dark and foreboding about the sport of American Football and cranked it up to eleven, and in a way, it took a subtle jab at American culture itself in the way that it twisted friendly, competitive sports-culture into an almost Vietnam-esque warzone to truly reflect the Darwinist nature of Capitalist society.
I always remembered this opening scene from my childhood and being shocked by it. I guess it was one of the first "life can be this messed up" situations I encountered.
Two things that stand out to me now as i watch this movie as an adult.. 1. It was "less than two minutes, down by 7.." He was across midfield with a first down.. even if they didn't have any timeouts they could have spiked it.. plenty of time. 2. All those cops were on the sideline, cocked and ready to roll with shotguns and rifles....
I vaguely remember watching the broadcast TV version of THE LAST BOY SCOUT (which is funny within itself trying to figure out how they were going to get around all of the hardcore violence and profanity), that 1st aired on ABC around 1994. In it Billy Cole says if I remember correctly, "Ain't life a BLAST!?"
Some say the Catch was one of the greatest plays or the Immaculate Reception or Tyree's catch a few years back, but I say Billy Cole ranks right up there, lol. He did what had to do to win, lol
I love the fact that players are still trying to make the tackle despite the fact they are getting shot at. Now that's dedication to the team.
CGH Hahahaha
Before the league went soft!
Kinda like in the dark Knight rises scene when the field blows up during the opening kickoff and players are trying to tackle the returner instead of running for their lives
Dedication to the game💯
You play to the whistle, that’s just good coaching.
Had he not killed himself he would have only been suspended for 3 games .
LOL, unless they had a better commissioner than Goddell
Yoszen Edward Newgate one for each player he shot
Reduced to two games on appeal.
If the cops didn't kill him first
but wait, he smoked weed? BANNED FOR LIFE!!!
The only realistic thing about this scene is that the Cleveland team loses again.
PackerBronco That is terrible but really funny at the same time
Nice.
Not after yesterday
if you have no panic, always loser. good point.
@Ray McNally They still have to go for the extra point after the drag Cole off the field.
I remember when they edited for TV, Billy Blanks said, "Ain't life a blast?"
lol
I love that better than "Ain't Life A Bitch?"
Way better than the actual line.
When I was a kid I used to think he said, 'Hey lights out bitch' lol
Yeah, three bloody homicides and then a suicide where you see half his head blown off, but we wouldn't want the kiddies to hear the word "bitch," now, would we?
Camera cuts to Ed Hochuli
'The previous play is under review'
Lmao
"We have a flag on the play. Holding on number 78"
LA penalty for murder. Cleveland penalty for rouging the passer. Both penalties offset, LA Touchdown.
Phil Luckett: What’s the status of the players??
Cop: They’re all dead.
Phil Luckett: The players are alive and well. I repeat, the players are alive and well.
That is one of the most insane and memorable opening scenes in the history of film. Also, I just imagine how that would be reported on the news, that would be crazy to watch.
Redefine the words, “take a knee!” But considering who’s playing, I bet we’ll see this some day!
Opening scenes goes to the Remake of My Bloody Valentine.
@@jasontoddvoorhees That's a good opening, but like many horror films, has a lot of gore, without seeing it, and he killed a bunch of people in that hospital. That film had great promise, not so good execution. But that nude scene, she was buck ass naked for at least 6 minutes, Betsy Rue, brave girl.
Nah this scene is straight ass
@@jasontoddvoorhees What in the actual fuck are you talking about? That shit is horrible!
Now that's Pistol formation!
Lmao, that’s the line he should have said before offing himself!
LOOOOOOL
😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀😂🤣💀💀💀💀😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣💀💀💀💀💀💀
Alex Sosna The dime play won’t work against that.
I saw this with my brother on the opening weekend in 1991, theatre was around 2/3 full, and at the end of this scene everyone including me and my brother were completely dead silent and looking around at each other like "What the FUCK did we just see?" One of the most staggering openers in movie history.
Because it's utterly ridiculous.
I remember when theatres were 2/3rds full circa 1991.......now they are 9/10ths empty on account of all the absolutely crap films being churned out.
@@petermorris5837 lol that's a bit of an oversimplification. Back in the 90s if we didn't see it in theatres we had to wait damn near a year to rent it at block Buster and watch it in 360 Rez on our 30inch tvs. Now we can see it on Disney+ in 2 months in 4k. Also we only had 25 channels back then, and obv no streaming platforms. Movie theatres shined pretty bright compared to the entertainment options we had at home.
ppetermorris5837there was tons of garbage then too, but they didn't have streaming or good tvs then
4:13 - Just imagine Joe Buck calmly saying "We'll step aside for a commercial and we'll be right back" followed by the NFL on FOX injury theme
I just imagine the video of Clint Malarchuck getting his neck cut open in a Buffalo NHL game where they go to a Buick commercial.
“That’s a disgusting act”
"Gunshot iiiiiis.... GOOD. This timeout brought to you by Geico."
Considering they're basically the worst set of defenders ever to play in the NFL and let him catch the ball wide open then shrug off consecutive tackles with a wave of his arm, I don't think the firearm was necessary.
Hell Yeah!!!
Shouldn't this be prefaced with a "Well, JEEEM..."?
Yeah. It's the BROWNS.
Lol that's gold 😁🤣😂
😂😂😂
he ended his career with a BANG!
And his life
😂😂😂😂
The only scene I remember from this movie lol
I remember watching this scene when I was like 5 I only remembered this scene
lmao same
This scene plus the 'if you touch me again I'll kill you' scene.
Right? I saw this a bunch as a kid but only remember this one scene.
BryceStawski That's what we call ADD.
Originally Billy Cole’s last words were going to be “I’m going to Disneyland!” Which would’ve been even better in my eyes.
I'm sure the Disney company would be happy with that
Who the hell cares what they think?
Joe Lubas well, the studio cared.
Still, that would’ve been one of the greatest lines in cinematic history!
This movie was a Warner Bros. release, so they wouldn't have done favors for Disney. Probably Disney got wind of this (the script by Shane Black was a massive deal in Hollywood and every studio including Disney bid over $1M for it before Black and his agent accepted Warners' $1.75M offer) and made it clear they would take action if they included the line. You're right about the Disneyland line being better than "Ain't life a bitch?" too.
If the NFL was more like this I would consider actually watching.
If golf and curling were like this I'd watch those too.
Nah, soccer. Give those grown men a real reason to fall and cry.
@@ADCC-qp2gk sports are doing just fine. Just because a Kevin in South Carolina or Mississippi thinks it’s dying doesn’t make it true. Sports will go on without those folks who contribute nothing to our gdp anyway
@Pedro Sepulveda that’s funny Pedro. You should get an award for creativity 🙄
A handful of players have played like this, but only off the field.
The way this film crafted dialogue was superb. Darian quips to Joe Hallenbeck "over her dead body" and is then gunned down a few scenes later. In another scene, one cop asks another cop what he thinks when he sees Hallenbeck to which the second cop replies that Hallenbeck looks like a guy who sleeps in his clothes when that is exactly the first shot we see of Hallenbeck. Nothing like this today.
"I like ice."
The comments on this are brilliant.
Gotta love the 90s
Aaron Hernandez definitely approves this
To bad he's not with us
@@erikoviedo8967 is it really?
And that's how the Run & Shoot offense was born.
Run & Gun
+D. Watson Rain and run
🤣😅😂 TOUCHE'! VERY CLEVER!!!! RUN AND GUN....GEDDIT?!?!??!?
I LOVED this scene. You could feel the player being absolutely out of touch from reality.
Great performance
This whole movie was out a touch from reality
@@rossl5908yeah seriously. He didn't seem so out of sorts to me that he would do something like that. When he says "ain't life a bitch" he seems 100% collected, just backed into a corner.
As a result, I've always wondered why tf he bothered to shoot a bunch of players if he was just gonna shoot himself in the end. On top of that, anybody (especially a football player) would know that the touchdown isn't gonna count once you shoot a buncha dudes.
He coulda slipped out of the locker room, and ran for his life, and even had a better chance at survival. Maybe OP is right, but I personally do not see it in the acting at all. Maybe he's finally having a moment of clarity when he says "ain't life a bitch" but I gotta say, I don't believe the acting and/or writing properly convey a breakdown of reality here.
I guess I can kinda see it when he doesn't finish running for the touchdown, that would suggest he did in fact have some kind of epiphany that he's now completely f*cked lol.
Pretty sure the Refs would have tossed a flag on the second homicide.
Michael McLaughlin actually they would think he was justified in the new age nfl and in order to protect the man on offense they would give the defense a penalty for making him feel like he had to use a gun
They probably waited until after he shot himself to throw the flag.
This comment block is hilarious
@@dcap79 "unsportsmanlike conduct: excessive celebration & using a prop - 15 yards assessed after the kickoff"
@@doubleemcastillano464 I’m in here dying 😂😂😂
Plaxico Burress' wildest fantasy
That's the worst-lit sporting event I've ever seen.
Probably because it was filmed at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, but it was supposed to be Cleveland. The Coliseum is pretty unique, and would give away the location.
Well the original XFL actually played a game like this at the Coliseum, the generators went out.
@@mikemurphy2932 No. The real reason is called 'style'.
That's literally all i could think about 😭
😂😂😂😂
I remember once I mistook this movie as based on a true story and went on UA-cam looking for the play this scene "depicted"
LOL
I saw this scene when I was a kid by accident scrolling through TV one time and for years I thought it was just somthing my brain made up. Guess I was wrong
"Friday night's a great night for Football!"
Only if it's a Friday Night Special.
Billy Cole took pistol formation too seriously
The run and gun lol
Bring back REAL football like this!
Damn bro 😀
Talk about dedication to the game, Billy Blanks is fucking shoot at the opposition yet they're still trying to tackle him...fuck man CRAZY!
That is one poorly lit stadium.
It's Cleveland Municipal Stadium, so...
Well, Billy didn't shoot blanks.
Ha!
Thanks Danny!
Happy birthday Danny :D
You're welcome...wait...you meant Dan Avidan. Sorry.
HAPPY B-LATED-BIRTHDAY DAN :D
IT'S THE COLE TRAIN BABY
Gears rules😀👍
There were 2 fouls on the play. Personal Foul, Unnecessary roughness, #41 on the offense. That penalty is declined.
Personal foul, unsportsmanlike conduct, #41 on the offense. 15 yards. Repeat 1st down.
And someone had to call a timeout 🤣
My teacher took us to the movies for a class trip. This was the movie, problem was we were 11 at the time, lol. She said keep it a secret. She became principle 10 years later. Love you Mrs Crespo, now Mrs Rodriguez.
Last night’s Steelers - Browns game brought me here!!!
Same here
I’m not gonna lie I miss Tony Scott man his action films were off the hook.
i remember seeing this scene as a very young kid and i was horrified....now i see it and it's funny as hell.
Best line ever: Ain't life a BITCH???... Priceless.
congratulations. how do u get it ?..it was more like "hey life a bitch" for me..
I won my Fantasy Football game thanks to that last run.
Nah that prolly would've been nullified somehow
Billy Cole is having the game of his life out there tonight
Lol. I thought for so long that I just imagined this scene as a young child
This opening scene never gets old.
I'm all for the run and shoot offense but this was taking it way too far.
@@xdmaster7888 He didn't take it too far, the damn NI**ER didn't even get to the end zone 🤣
Did that touchdown count or did he get a penalty?
Frank Conquest Jr pretty sure he died
Penalty of death.
flag ; unnecessary roughness
Frank Conquest Jr. - No, it didn't count. A 30-yard penalty from the previous spot due to "illegal use of gun".
It wouldn’t have mattered. There was no extra point afterwards
Thumbs up if you want to able to do this in the next Madden game.
:(
Libs will lose their fucking minds
@@erikoviedo8967 conservatives banned mortal Kombat cuz of blood :(
You can already do it in Mutant League Football!
Theyll put it in as a bonus hidden feature: "plaxico buress nightclub mode"
I just bought Any Given Sunday thinking that was the movie this scene was from. I should've looked it up before I bought it.
any given sunday is my favorite football movie of all time. im sure many will agree. you wont be disappointed
JM911204 I've heard of the Run and Shoot offense but this is ridiculous
Think you’ll find it’s a much superior film
Since this incident, tae bo has been banned from the NFL
Classic 90's action movie. Back when mainstream action directors weren't afraid to have violence and realistic strong language in their movies.
haven't seen this movie in 20 years and yet, the is the only scene I remember from it
This is one of the silliest openings to a serious movie I’ve ever seen. The coach hardly reacted considering his running back just shot two players on third down 🤣
I mean, players have to be smart enough to know when they're in a 4 down situation. They can't be needlessly risking silly penalties trying for a few extra yards. Ever since CTE, the league has been getting more and more serious about player safety.
@@harlequin2280 What
@@rossl5908 Who
@@harlequin2280 where
@@rossl5908 I get that some players think they have to do it all on key 3rd downs with the game clock winding down, but he didn't have to shoot that guy and risk getting a 15 yard penalty. It's just not smart football, and it could end up costing his team in big games.
And now you see the inspiration for Games Workshop's Blood Bowl.
I see what you did there.
If you're gonna cheat, super cheat.
Only Tony Scott could shoot a football scene in the dark.
Billy: Ain't life a bitch?
Shelly: Sommmmm bitch!
Still a better love story than twilight
I admit, when I saw that opening, I knew I was in for a really great movie.
The Super Bowl we deserve
I think every time the Superbowl has been on ever since, I've managed fit a "get the ball to Billy Cole" line in somewhere.
That defense couldn't stop a nosebleed.
"I'm the coolest" -Shadow the Hedgehog, 2001
Cue the fox injury music.
ESPN's Booger McFarland: "He's just an AR-15 away from being an active shooter."
Yeah, the refs that blew the Saints game would still miss this call for sure.
I saw this scene when I was like 5. Fast forward like 17 years later I finally know what movie its from
Now that’s a fucking opening!
In the original cut of this movie there was more drug use. The player who has the phone call smokes crystal meth, or some other drug, and takes pills. This, and many other movies with drugs, have been edited.
I'm more amazed that he was able to keep a concealed weapon hidden while being drenched in rain, running, and hitting other players. The power of movies!
Yes. This scene is ridiculous.
That's the whole point of concealing a weapon, to hide it. You mean keep it dry
And the only outrage was at the end he took a knee
Brilliant opening : builds up tension, more or less explains the narrative and none of main actors (Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans) feature in this scene - good way of telling a story to an action thriller like this.
Here's how I'd say what the storyline is : "The suicide of a blackmailed football player and a murdered exotic dancer lead a private detective and disgraced athlete to pursue justice" - despite the reported issues with various crew members not getting on (Willis and Wayans, Chelsea Field and Tony Scott et cetera) The Last Boy Scout is an good action movie!.
3:49 Fred: "My Leg!!!"
😅😅😅
They never tell you if the touchdown counts.
Illegal formation
There should have been some penalty flags on the field. Would have been a nice joke.
In the original script Cole's final line was "I'm going to Disneyland" but they changed it.
Am I fucked in the head for cracking up on this scene? I mean he did win the game.
No it's just a movie scene.
This shit made me depressed like I was sad when he shot himself
They missed the extra point.
He didn't win the game.
Damn, he 2nd amendmented like 3 guys on that play even on a field lit by mag lights!
Imagine if this happened for real? It would be the end of the universe. Talking heads on ESPN would have their heads explode.
and I thought OJ was a cut throat running back
Say what you want about the movie itself - this was an incredibly well-written scene. It took everything that was dark and foreboding about the sport of American Football and cranked it up to eleven, and in a way, it took a subtle jab at American culture itself in the way that it twisted friendly, competitive sports-culture into an almost Vietnam-esque warzone to truly reflect the Darwinist nature of Capitalist society.
It’s not that complicated. A guy high on drugs that was threatened shot some people and then shot himself. That’s it
BEAST MODE!
BLAST MODE!💥 💥 💥 💥
I always remembered this opening scene from my childhood and being shocked by it. I guess it was one of the first "life can be this messed up" situations I encountered.
he survived to run several Tai Bo gyms!
@TheSarlacPitt It's called dedication. He was getting that touchdown no matter what.
This was a rare as fuck moment for me personally, it took a lot for my dad to actually gasp when Billy Choel whipped out that Barretta.
When i was little, this made me laugh
Flag on the play. Too many guns on the field. 5 yards, replay first down!
"c'mon ref let em play!"
To me, this opening scene is iconic.
He is playing the game of his live... Even if he was so useless in the first half he was threatened by the mob to get going.
Love you Danny!
Tae bo went from exercising to shooting football players
KOBE #GOATBEAST!!!!!. THIS IS STILL THE BEST BEGINNING OF A MOVIE EVER!!! EVER!!!
This is me when I lose at Madden.
Powerful scene and good movie.
If football were like this, hell I’d even watch!
"Friday Night's a Great Night for Firearms!"
Two things that stand out to me now as i watch this movie as an adult..
1. It was "less than two minutes, down by 7.." He was across midfield with a first down.. even if they didn't have any timeouts they could have spiked it.. plenty of time.
2. All those cops were on the sideline, cocked and ready to roll with shotguns and rifles....
That man could run and gun
That's one hell o a way to try to get a touchdown haha 😂😂😂
lol i don't know how serious i could take this movie after an opening like that
It’s partially a comedy dude!
Yeah this movie sucks.
Is this from a documentary about the Patriots?
Chris Mullins salty
I vaguely remember watching the broadcast TV version of THE LAST BOY SCOUT (which is funny within itself trying to figure out how they were going to get around all of the hardcore violence and profanity), that 1st aired on ABC around 1994. In it Billy Cole says if I remember correctly, "Ain't life a BLAST!?"
Happy birthday Dan. Also, Grump Bump.
Imagine Booger McFarland analyzing this play.
Or Lamar
Some say the Catch was one of the greatest plays or the Immaculate Reception or Tyree's catch a few years back, but I say Billy Cole ranks right up there, lol. He did what had to do to win, lol