Let me start this review with 3 funny facts about this flick: First one, "Hard Cash" could be played as a 'Six Degrees of Christian Slater' trivia game: Slater & Val Kilmer were also together in "True Romance" & "Mindhunters"; Slater & Bokeem Woodbine in "3000 Miles to Graceland"; Slater & Balthazar Getty in "Young Guns 2" and so on... Second, if in the late 80's to the early 90's this pack of promising leading stars had a time machine to look up what they will end up doing: Val Kilmer that came from "Top Gun", "The Doors" & "Tombstone"; Christian Slater from "The Name of the Rose"; "Pump Up the Volume" or "Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves" and Darryl Hannah from "Splash", "Roxanne" & "Wall Street", it would be a riot. Third, "Hard Cash" it's just a plot rehash of several other movies that this group of actors were previous in, such as Slater's "Hard Rain" or "3000 Miles to Graceland"; Kilmer's "Kill Me Again" in a "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" character mode; William Forsythe doing what he does best, playing an effective douchebag & Peter Jason in a short cameo almost reprising his way similar character from "Johnny Handsome". The team behind "The Expendables" franchise produced it in a direct-to- DVD low budget style: the sets are cheap looking; the action sequences poorly staged; the plot is a mess; the direction is pedestrian and the performances all around are over-the-top caricatures, so why in the hell is this movie so entertaining ? Maybe because it's so twisted & off-beat, sometimes looks like a straight action / thriller / heist flick and others just a parody of the genre, that lifts up its own watchable factor ? Or the cast full of well-known (more like has-been's...) faces that signed to act in it just desperate for the dime that enhanced what it could have been a thrash can movie to a level of capture the morbid curiosity of the movie-goer ? (Well, even the Mini-Me guy from "Austin Powers" is in it...) Sincerely, I do not know, but in the meanwhile this movie works as a pure escapist B-grade flick for an uncritical viewer which accepts hitchhike this ride into the almost realms of absurdism. Footnote: For movie buffs, "Hard Cash" reminds me a lot of the B-movie director Gene Quintano's works such as "Honeymoon Academy"; "Why Me ?" or "Loaded Weapon 1": cheap made; frantic pacing and an unpretentious sense of surrealism in comedy.

The majority of user comments on this movie, Hard Cash, claim that this is the Worst Movie Ever, and loads of people have rated it a "1". I swear I have no idea what the hell everybody seems to have against this perfectly good movie. They must have expected something completely different, which I frankly don't see how is possible. The DVD sleeve is pretty up front about everything.This is not some big-budget Hollywood action movie, and, for cripes sake, it isn't meant to be! It's a low-key drama with interesting characters, situations and humor. And good actors. And yeah, it's straight to video, or reminiscent of a TV movie. So what? It's possible to do good stories in that format (and on that budget), too.From the moment I started watching Hard Cash, I had fun. Not for a single moment anywhere in the movie did I stop being absolutely engaged in the story. I liked the characters and the dialog and the action. I had nothing against the car and boat chases; for a small budget I thought it all looked pretty damn good. The characters were well fleshed out, the story flowed smoothly, with every detail being important. Lots of fun.This is a movie I'd normally rate a 7 or a 7.5 out of 10, but just because everybody hates it I'll raise that to an 8.God, it burns my ass when people just crap all over a totally decent, entertaining, well-written movie with good characters and performances all-round. Why, I oughtta...!!!

I bought Hard Cash at Wal-Mart for only $4.99. I noticed both Slater and Kilmer were in this film. With paying only $4.99, i wasn't expecting much. I was surely wrong. Sure the car chases are lame but i enjoyed the plot, comedy, and different twists. Both the opening robbery and the "Big Heist" are enjoyable, funny, and clever. The ending also could have been much better. The movie was almost a amazing movie until the end. Since i only payed 5 bucks for Hard Cash, i will have to say it gets a 7/10 in my view. It is definitely overlooked and underrated especially for 5 bucks. If you find it for this price, get it, but anymore than that i would just rent it first.

To pretty known actors, Val Kilmer and Christian Slater. I thought, well this can go both ways. Well it went south and pretty fast. This movie sucks bigtime. What are these people thinking about making a movie like this. Do they actually hug eachother in the end and say. Wow guys, we have made an excellent movie. ??? The low point of the movie is of course all the driving scenes. It looks more real in Austin Powers and there the backgound is in black and white. And the way they manage to escape in the end, i didn't know whether to laugh or stick my eyes out with a rusty object. Nothing more to say i guess. This movie sucks but it doesn't suck enough to get a 1 so i will give it a 2.