Big trouble / Touchstone Pictures presents a Jacobson Company and Sonnenfeld/Josephson Worldwide Entertainment production, a Barry Sonnenfeld film ; producers, Barry Sonnenfeld, Barry Josephson, Tom Jacobson ; screenplay writers, Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone ; director, Barry Sonnenfeld.
Based on the novel by Dave Barry. Special features: "making of Big Trouble"; audio commentary. Tim Allen, Omar Epps, Dennis Farina, Ben Foster, Janeane Garofalo, Jason Lee, Dwight "Heavy D" Myers, Rene Russo, Tom Sizemore, Stanley Tucci.
Summary:
Two hitmen show up in Miami to whack crooked businessman. At the same time Matt, a high school kid, comes to the same house to "kill" another student as part of a game. When the plans collide, mayhem ensues, and Matt's struggling ex-columnist dad, a bored wife, and two confused police officers are called to the scene. Then two dimwitted criminals choose to hold up a dive bar where a nuclear arms deal is going on. Soon the whole motley crew are caught up in a hostage scenario in which the weapon accidentally gets brought aboard a hijacked plane.
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