The Last Boy Scout
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The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 action-comedy film starring Bruce Willis as a down-on-his-luck private detective who teams up with a disgraced ex-football player to uncover a deadly conspiracy involving professional sports and political corruption.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Last Boy Scout canonical | 37 |
| The Last Boy Scout franchise | 2 |
| The Last Boy Scout universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1651005 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Last Boy Scout Context triple: [Shane Black, notableWork, The Last Boy Scout]
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A.
Tommy Boy
Tommy Boy is a 1995 American comedy film starring Chris Farley and David Spade, known for its slapstick humor and enduring cult following.
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B.
The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints is a 1999 cult vigilante action film about two Irish-American brothers who embark on a violent mission to rid Boston of organized crime.
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C.
Fist Fight
Fist Fight is a 2017 American comedy film in which two high school teachers, played by Ice Cube and Charlie Day, are set to settle their differences in an after-school fistfight.
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D.
The Brother from Another Planet
The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 independent science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by John Sayles about a mute, black alien who crash-lands in Harlem and navigates life as an undocumented outsider.
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E.
Demolition Man
Demolition Man is a 1993 sci-fi action film set in a dystopian future where a cryogenically frozen cop and criminal are revived to resume their battle in a highly controlled, sanitized society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Last Boy Scout Target entity description: The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 action-comedy film starring Bruce Willis as a down-on-his-luck private detective who teams up with a disgraced ex-football player to uncover a deadly conspiracy involving professional sports and political corruption.
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A.
Tommy Boy
Tommy Boy is a 1995 American comedy film starring Chris Farley and David Spade, known for its slapstick humor and enduring cult following.
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B.
The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints is a 1999 cult vigilante action film about two Irish-American brothers who embark on a violent mission to rid Boston of organized crime.
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C.
Fist Fight
Fist Fight is a 2017 American comedy film in which two high school teachers, played by Ice Cube and Charlie Day, are set to settle their differences in an after-school fistfight.
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D.
The Brother from Another Planet
The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 independent science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by John Sayles about a mute, black alien who crash-lands in Harlem and navigates life as an undocumented outsider.
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E.
Demolition Man
Demolition Man is a 1993 sci-fi action film set in a dystopian future where a cryogenically frozen cop and criminal are revived to resume their battle in a highly controlled, sanitized society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action film
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action-comedy film ⓘ buddy cop film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by Shane Black ⓘ |
| character |
Cory
ⓘ
Jimmy Dix ⓘ Joe Hallenbeck ⓘ Milo ⓘ Sarah Hallenbeck ⓘ Sheldon Marcone ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Ward Russell ⓘ |
| composer | Michael Kamen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Tony Scott ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Stuart Baird ⓘ |
| featuresSport | American football ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre |
action
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comedy ⓘ crime ⓘ |
| hasAwardNomination | MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Action Sequence ⓘ |
| hasTagline | Everyone had counted them out. But they're about to get back in the game. ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
friendship
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political corruption ⓘ professional sports corruption ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Shane Black’s high-paid spec script
ⓘ
high-budget action sequences ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A down-on-his-luck private detective teams up with a disgraced ex-football player to uncover a conspiracy involving professional football and political corruption. ⓘ |
| producer | Joel Silver ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Silver Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1991 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1991-12-13 ⓘ |
| runtime | 105 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Shane Black ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| starring |
Bruce Willis
ⓘ
Chelsea Field ⓘ Damon Wayans ⓘ Danielle Harris ⓘ Halle Berry ⓘ Noble Willingham ⓘ Taylor Negron ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Last Boy Scout Description of subject: The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 action-comedy film starring Bruce Willis as a down-on-his-luck private detective who teams up with a disgraced ex-football player to uncover a deadly conspiracy involving professional sports and political corruption.
Referenced by (40)
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