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MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Gregg Champion
Genres: Action, Comedy
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Gregg_Champion, the son of dance stars Marge and Gower_Champion, made his feature film directorial debut with this sitcom-influenced cop comedy. Dabney_Coleman stars as Burt Simpson, a police detective one week short of retirement, who is told he has a rare blood disease called Wechsler's Curtain and that he will be dead within two weeks. Before receiving the dire news, Burt was the kind of guy who made it a point to be cautious when in pursuit of criminals. He also was unable to tell his wife (Teri_Garr) that he loved her. But now that he has only two weeks to live, Burt undergoes a complete personality reversal -- much to the shock of his partner Ernie Dills (Matt_Frewer). Burt throws his well-known caution to the wind and volunteers for double-duty in the city's most dangerous neighborhood to take on the notorious psychotic Carl Stark (Xander_Berkeley). The reason for this sudden turnaround? Burt figures that if he is killed in the line of duty, his son can go to Harvard on the 320,000 worth of department insurance, rather than die after retirement and collect a paltry 22,000 on his regular insurance policy. Paradoxically, Burt finds that comedy is easy but dying is hard. Paul Brenner, Rovi
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