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43% Critic Match
Best Defense
“Unfortunately, they're both on our side.”
4.3 / 10• 1984• 1h 34m•R• English
ComedyWar
Storyline
An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.
Cast & Crew
Dudley Moore
Wylie
Lead
Eddie Murphy
Landry
Kate Capshaw
Laura
George Dzundza
Loparino
Helen Shaver
Claire
MA
Mark Arnott
Brank
Peter Michael Goetz
Joyner
Tom Noonan
Holtzman
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Willard Huyck's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Best Defense is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
