For the most part, Tony Scott (brother of Ridley Scott) stuck with the action/suspense/thriller genres. Dialogue often seems to just be filler in between action shots, at least for his earlier films. Looking at his career, he seemed to get better as he got older, the movies improving in quality regardless of the scripts he was using. Getting away from using Tom Cruise couldn’t have hurt, either. Scott passed away last year at the age of 68
Beverly Hills Cop 2: I honestly remember virtually nothing about this movie, other than I didn’t laugh much and whenever I flip by it on TV I don’t find myself laughing.
Grade: D-
The Last Boy Scout: The opening scene to this movie is awesome. A star football player finds out in the locker room that he’s S.O.L. with the wrong man. Back in the game, he catches a pass, makes a few good moves, then pulls out a freaking gun and shoots a bunch of defensive players, including one in the face; he scores a touchdown, kneels, then kills himself. Holeee shit. Unfortunately, it doesn’t get better after that. Bruce Willis plays buddy cop with Damon Wayans, delivers some corny one-liners amidst some awful clichés and decent action scenes. It’s fine, but it’s not Die Hard.
Grade: C-
Top Gun: All homo-erotica jokes aside (or perhaps because of them!), Top Gun is a decent time-waster when you want a testosterone laced dogfight. The dialogue is an extra helping of ham, and Tom Cruise’s character would be given a dishonorable discharge in reality–if not a fast trip to Fort Leavenworth–for the stunts he pulls. It’s a largely offensive movie with a terrible romantic subplot and a terrible romantic song, but the actors have a lot of fun with it and the action shots are top-notch. It’s not as fun or as dumb as Iron Eagle, but it’s a close second.
Grade: C
Crimson Tide: We move from battles in the sky to battles under the water. Hackman and Denzel are really fun to watch (“I’m the commander of this ship!”), and there’s a good sense of claustrophobia on the submarine. The military protocol broken is laughable, and the movie’s denouement is ridiculous, but it’s entertaining if you can look past those things.
Grade: B
Enemy of the State: Scott utilizes Hackman again for good results; this time his partner is another young black actor, Will Smith. Smith is just a normal dude who accidentally gets his hand on evidence of a political crime, putting his life and his family’s life in danger. Hackman, who knows a lot of inside info, begrudgingly helps Smith avoid being taken. Sometimes funny, sometimes suspenseful, but never quite as engaging as it could be. Still, it has a fun ending and the performances are solid.
Grade: B+
Other Tony Scott Moves You May Have Seen
Man On Fire
Deja Vu
True Romance
Unstoppable
Days of Thunder
The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3
Spy Game
The Fan
Death By Troggles 
I can stand a couple of Tony Scott movies, though I don’t consider him one of our better directors. I’m with you on Boy Scout. I remember almost nothing about the movie but that opener is insane.
I love the True Romance script but I’m not sure his direction is anything special – he weirdly adds in special effects to punctuate deaths, but does this for some of the lesser characters that we don’t care about for some reason. Tarantino really should have done his own thing here.
I think Scott committed suicide by jumping off a bridge, right? He was working on a Bill O’Reilly documentary at the time, for some reason. I hope I’m not mixing guys up.
You are correct. For some reason IMDb makes no mention of suicide.
I remember the opening scene, when Damon Wayans breaks that dude’s nose with the football and when Bruce Willis dances a jig at the end. So apparently I liked the movie three times as much as you guys.
I should probably add that while I haven’t seen Days of Thunder in its entirety, it’s as ridiculous as Top Gun and might be in the running for most unrealistic sports movie.
There was great tension in Crimson Tide.
Last Boy Scout opening scene was great. Only other thing I remember was someone telling a couple “your mamma” jokes.