Dragnet(1987)- User Reviews

Wow, this movie is worse than I remember it.

DRAGNET (1987, Tom Mankiewicz) is a late eighties parody of the original series from the sixties, which was essentially reenactments of actual crimes and their undoing by the police. It took place in Los …more»

This was a really good buddy-cop comedy of the 80's! Although I never saw the original series, so I can't compare it to the show. Dan Akroyd does an awesome job as Joe Friday and Tom Hanks does an awesome job as Pep Streebek! Joe is by-the-books, …more»

Dan Aykroyd characterization of the ultra-conservative,ultimate public servant Joe Friday is so right on the money that I don't understand why they felt he couldn't play that character,instead of his nephew.In fact,had this movie's setting …more»

Dragnet is a pretty good movie. Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks perform well in this movie and are perfect fits for their characters. The movie is entertaining and most of it is funny. The dialogue between Aykroyd and Hanks is hilarious. One of the few …more»

Take a bad TV show and make it into an even worse film. That is what you get here, Tom Hanks and Dan Ackroyd are definitely not the epicenter of hilarity, but of sheer boredom and aggrevation. Still, their are far more worst example of bad shows made …more»

Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks teamed up in the comedy spoof that was based on the 1950's TV series. Aykroyd played Joe Friday, and Hanks played Pep Streebeck. They teamed up to solve the so-called Pagan robberies in the city of Los Angeles. I like Tom …more»

this is a good movie of a police force "serving and protecting" the city of LA from the gang related PAGANs, the problem is that it doesn't have much of details to some of the scenes. most of the scenes were like to short or some of the …more»

Many filmakers have tried to do movies based on TV shows, and have not done so well, for example, 2004's Starsky and Hutch, and most others have failed miserably (ex: Garfield, Scooby Doo, The Avengers)
The movie version of Dragnet, although not …more»