Buddy Cop Buffs Pour One Out for a Troubled Classic That Never Got Sequels
via Warner Bros.
Having nailed the formula with his very first screenplay, one that continues to cast a shadow over the genre to this day, expectations were high when it was announced Lethal Weapon writer Shane Black was heading back into buddy cop territory with The Last Boy Scout, especially when he was being paid a record $1.75 million fee to write it in the first place. Bearing all of his signature hallmarks that included (but was absolutely not limited to) bickering partners paired up against their will to…