Hudson Hawk, IMHO, was so far over the heads of critics that it moved faster than their brains (or pens) could work. They hated it because they just didn't get it. They showed up for Die Hard and got Moonlighting-meets-Airplane. I've seen that film probably a hundred times and I catch something new every time. And now, with the popularity of the Da Vinci Code, it seems more relevant than ever. They could re-release next summer and use a marketing strategy like Manhunter used after the success of Silence of the Lambs.
I can see the trailer now. Don Fontaine's bosso profundo announcing:
"Before Robert Langdon cracked the Da Vinci Code, Eddie Hawkins went in search of a cup of coffee. If you thought you'd learned all the secrets of Leonardo Da Vinci, you ain't seen nothin' yet."
Various clips of hijinks follow.
"And now, for it's fifteenth anniversary, see the movie that nobody saw the first time around. Catch the Excitement! Catch the Adventure! Catch the Hawk! Bruce Willis is .... Hudson Hawk."
Close with the quote of Richard E. Grant saying:
"If Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today, he'd be eating microwave sushi naked in the back of a Cadillac with the both of us!"