Armed and Dangerous is a
comedy from
1986 starring the late
John Candy. This movie was directed by
Mark L. Lester and was written by
Brian Grazer,
James Keach,
Harold Ramis, and
Peter Torokvei. In addition to
John Candy the case includes
Eugene Levy,
Robert Loggia,
Kenneth McMillan,
Meg Ryan,
Brion James,
Tom "Tiny" Lister Jr., and more.
Undercover. Overdressed. And keeping you safe from the scum of the earth.
Frank Dooley (John Candy) is a recently fired cop. Norman Kane (Eugene Levy) is an out of work lawyer. Both of them go to work for a security guard company and end up in the training program at the same time. For their first job they get pair together to guard a warehouse. It gets robbed and now the two must investigate the crime on their own time to clear their names. Along the way they also have to deal with a corrupt union and Norman falls for Maggie Cavanaugh (Meg Ryan) who also works for the private security firm and is related to the owner.
Not a great movie. It is probably about average for a John Candy film. If you enjoy a lot of the other films he has been in you may enjoy this one also. There was definitely some funny scenes in this movie and some good one-liners, but for the most part it was a series of one-liners and gags. Definitely not a serious movie, but should be enjoyable for the light-hearted or easily amused (like myself).