Nick Lang

Nick Lang is the main protagonist in the Hard Way. Nick Lang is a box office champ movie star who is not being taken seriously as an actor. His movie the The Smoking Gun II where he plays Joe Gun which is a parody in an Indiana Jones Movie. His movie is box office gold, but he doesn't feel like nobody takes him seriously, the movie wants to be a lead in Blood on the Asphalt where he wants to play the lead Ray Casanov. He needs that part to be taken seriously as an actor. When he saw Detective John Moss on tv, he decided to shadow him to get into character. The audition for the part is in a week, mostly the producers of that movie wants Mel Gibson for the lead. So he called the studio and make the arrangements with Mayor David Dinkins to partner up with John Moss. John is reluctant to have Nick tag along, his boss told him that he is off the murder investigation of the serial killer the Party Crasher that he is after. But he defy his boss and wants to throw Lang out, but Lang would call the captain and tell him that you are working this case and he would be fired. So he reluctantly let Nick help him out in this case and take down the party crasher. Nick had a new purpose in life, when he helped John with this case and what it is like to be cop. In the movies, you get a million takes to get it right. But the cops get only gets one take it last their whole life. John is also going with a girl named Susan and who has a daughter Bonnie. They both made friends with Nick, since they both unaware that he is Nick Lang the movie star. They found out who he is in the end of the movie. Nick helps John catch the killer and take him out. Nick got the lead of Ray Casanov. They change the movie title to The Good, The Badge and The Ugly.