action comedy

Tough Guys is a 1986 American action comedy film directed by Jeff Kanew and starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Charles Durning, Dana Carvey and Darlanne Fluegel.

documentary

Tough Guys is a 2017 documentary film that explores the development of mixed martial arts as a mainstream sporting event in the United States from 1979-1983.

Blaxploitation

Tough Guys may be regarded as an example of the Blaxploitation genre.

a very typical and typically overblown comic action movie of the 80s

Tough Guys is a very typical and typically overblown comic action movie of the 80s, with the gym sequence then so prevalent, the throwaway humour, the car chases, the things being blown up behind the protagonists as they throw themselves towards the camera, the action sequences tied together by a song to add up to a video clip the producers hoped would get heavy rotation on MTV and help market the movie, the ugly synth score and the stuffing of the movie with songs so as as to have an extra revenue and promotion resource from the soundtrack (see the pre-packed ‘MTV montage’ below).

crime-action

Three Tough Guys Three Tough Guys (also known as Tough Guys) is a 1974 crime-action film directed by Duccio Tessari.

mostly non-powered heroes who rely on their fists, guns and wits to stop crime and punish evil-doers

Tough guys are mostly non-powered heroes who rely on their fists, guns and wits to stop crime and punish evil-doers.

a retrospective historical film, ” largely consisting of talking heads describing “what we did back then

TOUGH GUYS is a retrospective historical film, largely consisting of talking heads describing “what we did back then”

a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Fred Buscaglione, Totò, Paolo Panelli and Scilla Gabel

Tough Guys (Italian: Noi duri) is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Fred Buscaglione, Totò, Paolo Panelli and Scilla Gabel.

a decent criminal drama with comedy elements

Filmed in 1987, Tough Guys is a decent criminal drama with comedy elements.

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what type is tough, isn’t what type ?

Historical Fantasy

I guess if I had to pick a genre for a toughie, a toughie would probably be Historical Fantasy.

Hard rock

Hard rock is a genre dominated by strong, tough types.

the stomping ground of two of the great originals of hard-boiled detective fiction— Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer

fictional tough guys was the stomping ground of two of the great originals of hard-boiled detective fiction—Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer.

one of Hayes’ finest achievements in mood music

['Tough Guys' is] one of Hayes’ finest achievements in mood music; mood music drips with opulence 47 years after mood music's release, and mood music's horns still sound like a personal marching band singing your praises when you listen to mood music.

the gay bashers

Tough guys are usually the gay bashers, dripping our blood on the cold concrete when inside their thoughts and emotions leave them incomplete.

fighter-killer-drinker-whore-ers

The men characters are fighter-killer-drinker-whore-ers who are entertaining and amusing and incredibly hard- headed and often destructive and self-destructive.