Director Bob Clark (PORKY'S) is not just known for his handfuls of weird horror movies in the 70s, but for comedies that are offending and tasteless. You'd believe that Dan Aykroyd would pair himself well with Gene Hackman in helping LOOSE CANNONS out as a farce of espionage and spy thrillers. As a first-rate comedy star, why not? His imitations of movie references and cliches are very annoying to make this generally unfunny along with the sexist dialogue that is rendered useless. It's confusing and sloppy for a movie like this to carry multiple personalities of its own compared to, again, Aykroyd. At one point it is slapstick and stupid, only to be followed by some intense (surprisingly graphic) violence and sheer boredom. The cycle repeats itself again to make this very uneven in the comfort of it all. Dom DeLuise wasn't a big delight like he has always been; he also gets into the act by speaking of porno movies and other offensive things. This movie tries its darndest to make it succeed, but it ends up firing loose blanks long before it's all over.
Review of Loose Cannons
