Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

writers_reign Most of the people writing here seemed to enjoy this out of all proportion to its actual worth. It's a very pedestrian story of police corruption and police corruption in a Southern state where - as far as non-American audiences are concerned - police corruption is as natural as corn-pone and hominy grits. Outsider Ellen Barkin - an assistant District Attorney sent to root out the corruption - is ready to compromise her position by sleeping with one of the suspects within hours of meeting him and even when she sees with her own eyes that he is on the pad and literally prosecutes him in court, she still continues to sleep with him. Realistic? Without doubt and if you don't believe me ask Elvis, he's busing tables in Denny's even as we speak.

Jackson Booth-Millard I will start by saying that I didn't pay full attention to this film while watching, I was doing something else at the same time, but to be honest it didn't look all that engaging anyway, but I tried my best. Basically in New Orleans, lieutenant in Homicide, Det. Remy McSwain (Dennis Quaid) is investigating a series of gang killings in he city, and at the same time being followed by beautiful attorney Anne Osborne (Ellen Barkin). As the killings continue he starts a relationship with her, and he ends up in the court charged with accepting bribes, while the criminals are obviously still on the loose. After a series of chatty scenes are a small chase or two, we find out in the end that the bad guys are actually cops, one being Det. Andre DeSoto (John Goodman), but they get their comeuppance, and Remy and Anne go on together. Also starring Ned Beatty as Jack Kellom, Ebbe Roe Smith as Det. Ed Dodge, Lisa Jane Persky as Det. McCabe, Thomas O'Brien as Bobby McSwain, Jim Garrison as Judge Garrison and Carol Sutton as Judge Raskov. Quaid was reasonable, as was Barkin, and I guess there was a spark between them, and Goodman did okay in his moments, apart from the courtroom and dockyard scenes there were not many highly engaging moments, but what I paid some attention to was relatively interesting, in my opinion, an alright crime thriller. Worth watching!

Amy Adler Remy Mc Swain (Dennis Quaid) works for the New Orleans police force, where cops and natives alike refer to their town as the "big easy". However, most of the officers are crooked, taking bribes from the businesses they are ordered to protect. As Remy says, his police officer father did it, too, before his death and the extra cash makes up for the meager salaries paid to those who put their lives on the line. Nevertheless, the corruption is so rampant that a new district attorney, Anne Osborne (Ellen Barkin) arrives in town to "clean up" the force and find out the truth about police involvement in an alleged gang war. Remy, a ladies man, tries to distract the reserved Anne with his charm but she will have none of it. At first, that is. But, when the two are thrown together on case after case, Anne's resolve wilts and she sleeps with Remy a couple of times. Yet, she brushes him off again when she sees a video of Remy accepting money in a bar. Anne also pursues two goofy cops (one is John Goodman) and the captain of the force (Ned Beatty) when indicators point to their heavy connections to missing narcotics that were seized as evidence. How easy will it be for Anne to nail the big fishes? This is a great movie, especially for those who like action and lusty romance. Quaid and Barkin are near perfect in their roles as a laid-back, amorous police officer and a puritanical but secretly romantic lawyer, respectively. Beatty and Goodman also are terrific, as are all of the lesser actors, too. Naturally, the scenery in and around the "Big Easy" is most fetching, but, sadly, some of the neighborhoods have been destroyed since the film was made. Costumes, also, are nice, with Barkin looking very lovely and Quaid appearing very "hot". Then, too, the script is truly enthralling and the action hardly pauses to catch its breath, culminating in an explosive finale. The only caveat would be that the film is definitely NOT suitable for family viewing but is for adults only. So, send the kiddies to bed and sit down for an evening that rocks, when you pop this one in the machine. One must say that it is very easy to love this film, in a big, big way.

Galina "The Big Easy" (1987) directed by Jim McBride is a very sexy thriller/neo noir -southern style. I always wanted to visit New Orleans and The Big Easy, "where they do things differently" and its Cajun music are the stars of the movie. Two hot and talented actors (Dennis Quaid at his sexiest) as Det. Remy McSwain, of New Orleans Homicide and criminally underrated Ellen Barkin (Ann Osborne, a beautiful attorney from the D.A.'s office investigating corruption charges against Remy) are incredibly believable in their erotic scenes that make the film deservingly famous. Ned Beatty, John Goodman, and Grace Zabriskie are the part of the first-rate cast in this very decent even if predictable Crime / Action / Thriller / Mystery /Romance