Shock comedian Andrew Dice Clay's meteoric rise to super-stardom,circa 1988 thru 1991,was topped off by this Renny Harlin directed tour-de-force. While I cannot claim to be a great fan of "The Dice Man",I can say that his stage presence and confidence makes this movie walk,talk,run and kick butt!
Rock'n roll Private Investigator(he once was a musician)Ford Fairlane(Clay) can't seem to make the rent pay and gets a lot of deadbeat clients. When the deaths of two connected music business types--one of who Ford was once friends with--bite the dust,Ford looks into it and finds himself up to his neck in sadistic killers,groupies,seedy Music industry moguls and,of course,violence. Along for the ride(whether she wants to be or not)is his patient secretary Jazz(Lauren Holly) and the last groupie to see one of the victims alive named(get this!)Zuzu Petals(Maddie Corman).
I gather that most of the critics(assuming all of them DIDN'T trash this)who hated this film were dumping on this show primarily BECAUSE of Mr.Clay and his rudeness,but from what I've sampled of his act,he seems actually pretty restrained in this flick. I saw him first in a TV series that I enjoyed immensely,"Crime Story",and from those two things,plus some of the other work I've caught him in,I think he's actually a perfect,larger-than-life screen presence. This movie moves along easily,and if you can square yourself with Mr.Clay and his humor,you should be just fine with this flick,too.
Rock'n roll Private Investigator(he once was a musician)Ford Fairlane(Clay) can't seem to make the rent pay and gets a lot of deadbeat clients. When the deaths of two connected music business types--one of who Ford was once friends with--bite the dust,Ford looks into it and finds himself up to his neck in sadistic killers,groupies,seedy Music industry moguls and,of course,violence. Along for the ride(whether she wants to be or not)is his patient secretary Jazz(Lauren Holly) and the last groupie to see one of the victims alive named(get this!)Zuzu Petals(Maddie Corman).
I gather that most of the critics(assuming all of them DIDN'T trash this)who hated this film were dumping on this show primarily BECAUSE of Mr.Clay and his rudeness,but from what I've sampled of his act,he seems actually pretty restrained in this flick. I saw him first in a TV series that I enjoyed immensely,"Crime Story",and from those two things,plus some of the other work I've caught him in,I think he's actually a perfect,larger-than-life screen presence. This movie moves along easily,and if you can square yourself with Mr.Clay and his humor,you should be just fine with this flick,too.