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Summary: Homicidal Tendencies
Review: Despite hearing some not so great things about Hollywood Homicide, I decided to see for myself, just how bad it could be. After all, director Ron Shelton, hit one out of the park with Bull Durham, and talked a very good game with White Men Can't Jump. He knows what he's doing. The fact that Harrison Ford is in the movie, was also another reason to watch it anyway. He's been making movies for quite some time now and he also knows how to pick movies. Both Shelton and Ford usually don't disappoint...That is, until now.Ford plays veteran homicide detective Joe Gavilan, who like in most cop buddy pics, has to break in a new partner and he doesn't much like the idea. Young and idealistic, K.C. Calden (Josh Hartnett) tries to make the best of it though. Every familiar part of the cop/buddy pic formula is here. And when the film does try something new it just doesn't seem all that credible as part of the plot. Of course Calden and Gavilan don't get along at first, they are being watched by someone from the Internal Affairs Division, (played by actor Bruce Greenwood), the younger partner's father was a cop who was killed in the line of duty and has a way with the ladies. Stealing gimmicks from other cop films like who gets to drive and the virtues of a healthy diet are just two examples of why this is a poor script. In order to provide some distiction though, writers Shelton and real life ex-homicide detective Robert Souza, try to have each of the leads, hold down other jobs as a way to supplement their income. This may have worked for Souza in real life, but here the comedy mined from that part of the story gets old fast. Hartnett's character is a cop, who also works as a Yoga instructor, but who really wants to become an actor--say what?? Things and folks are introduced, as potentially important and never mentioned again. Now, I know there's only so many ways a story like this can go, but come on...Ford seems like he's the only one who's trying to hold it together. After tryng his hand at comedy in 40 Days And 40 Nights, and now this, I am covinced that Hartnett should skip the genre all together. Maybe he could do another Halloween movie or stick to hokey dramas. The limited DVD supplements include a screen-specific audio commentary track with Shelton. He spends too much time on the track reconting the on screen action for my tastes. In the end it's a rather average track, with a few nuggets about how he made the film. Filmographies and a gaggle full of theatrical trailers/previews for other projects top off the extras. The film can be also be viewed in either the widescreen or pan and scan formats. 1 star for Ford--amid a total mess. I guess sometimes bad buzz is just that--BAD
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Summary: What a movie
Review: This movie was really good but I expected more.This is a clever comedy action movie.Harnett always makes mistakes and Ford has to set him straight.This movie is worth watching, my sisters didnt like this movie that much but i loved it.
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Summary: This movie has an identity problem!
Review: It's as if the producers just drew some clichés out of a hat and then tried to make a movie out of them. I can just imagine the pitch, "okay for starters we've got eye candy for women of all ages (Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett), a multiple murder, feuding hip hop musicians, corrupt recording moguls, a cop with money problems, a young stud struggling to avenge his father's murder, an Internal Affairs guy with a grudge, a high class madam, characters that can pull a script out of their pocket at the mere mention of the word 'producer', AND a psychic girlfriend, how can it fail?" Perhaps the filmmakers should have asked a few other questions first. Is it a comedy? A buddy/action picture? A cop drama with some lighthearted moments? Sad to say, the result of all this is a barely watchable mishmash of nonsense The basic plot (and I'm being generous to call it that) has two detectives trying to balance police work and supplementary careers. Ford is a homicide detective who also sells real estate. Hartnett isn't just content being a detective and babe magnet yoga instructor, he's also a wannabe actor. Do you really want to know more? How about the hero trying to negotiate a home sale over the phone while he's involved in the climactic chase with the bad guys? Were it not for Ford's easygoing performance, this would have been a straight to video release that would languish on the shelves between Ishtar and Rockie 5. And sadly, the talents of able actors like Martin Landau, Lena Olin and Lolita Davidovich get wasted in minor cartoonish roles, along with a nice cameo by Gladys Knight (sans Pips). Mr. Hartnett manages to speak most of his lines clearly. Just to add insult to injury, the movie begins with the classic continuity error of having a character in a sunny daylight setting turn up only ten "plot minutes" later in a rainy nighttime scene; then they bookend that faux pas nicely by moving the guys directly from a downtown evening gathering to a sunlit crime scene in the hills.
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Summary: Utterly routine
Review: Hollywood Homicide is a by-the-book routine crime drama with sporadically amusing moments, but generally completely indistinguishable from dozens (if not hundreds) of its predecessors. The movie follows two homicide detectives investigating some murders within the rap music industry. Both of the detectives have their little quirks. The younger of the pair is a part-time yoga instructor and wannabe actor whose cop father was killed in the line of duty. The killer was never caught, but of course, his current investigation will solve this crime as well. The elder partner is a part-time real estate agent with a girlfriend who is a radio psychic. There are the requisite number of chase scenes and shoot-outs; the characters must deal with internal affairs and are given a certain time limit to solve the crime. Fortunately, even if they don't have any actual evidence, the bad guys will at least start shooting and incriminating themselves. Ron Shelton has somehow become a big name screenwriter, but you would never know why from this movie. The story seems like it was generated on a computer; just fill in a couple blanks and the film writes itself. Harrison Ford does what little he can to make his part semi-interesting, but even he can do little to redeem this movie. While not a truly bad movie, there is no real need to see this film; you've already seen it before many times under other titles.
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Summary: Comedy? Perhaps one after all.
Review: Was I the only one who loved Dwight Yoakam's performance? I did not expect this country star to have such a normal voice, nor did I expect him to have the acting skills of a pickle or less XD I still loved him though. Anyway, about the actual movie, I expected it to be a great CSI like film, with some, *gasp* comedy. Though, Harrison is no Gil Grissom, that's for sure, and Josh Harnett is no Jim Brass either. Ruby the phone phsyic did bear a striking resemblence to Lady Heather, you CSI fans know what I am talking about? Ah well, it can be rather funny if you look at all the mistakes they made and not the so called comedy. The car chase at the end ownz the whole movie. So, if you are hoping a masterpeice go for movies such as "The Mummy" or "The Matrix" and if you are looking for a side spliting comedy, I recomend "Rat Race." Hope I helped you all out. Odd coincidence, however, after seeing this movie I threw up my entire stomach contents that very night, heh, go figure eh?
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Summary: I found it quite funny!
Review: Not as bad as I thought it would be and if you take your brain out when you view this film then you will enjoy it.
one person said no action, well he must have seen another film as this one is full of shoot-out`s,fights,car crashes,and some funny moments along the way.
I found it to be a good fun film. (its not real life its a movie!)
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Summary: A good satire about cop action flicks...
Review: Well done satire on the american cop/buddy movie genre, but pretty sure that people into those action films aren't looking for a satire. Takes too long to develop the chemistry between Ford and Harnett's character making the buddy film a little awkward to watch; I felt like I was constantly waiting for something. Much more comedy than action, which again, is a reminder that this watches more like an artistic film, intentional or not.
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Summary: Harrison Ford & Josh Hartnett chase bad guys in Hollywood.
Review: Here is a film that when I saw the behind-the-scenes interviews on television that this film was filmed in Hollywood and that I would see some landmarks plus a proper name, Harrison Ford, was said makes a film I want to see. His sidekick being Josh Hartnett who I remember from Halloween: H20 (1998) and Pearl Harbor (2001). Lena Olin is also in this film who was in Fanny and Alexander (1983). Harrison Ford plays a real estate broker. Josh Hartnett plays a yoga instructor. But both are also Los Angeles detectives. They are called to investigate a shooting at a nightclub. Making cameo appearances: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dwight Yoakam, Eric Idle, Martin landau, Frank Sinatra jr., Robert Wagner, Johnny Grant, Smokey Robinson and Jennifer York from KTLA Channel 5 News. DVD gives you the choice of Wide-Screen and Full-Screen. After the release of this film, it was said officially that Harrison Ford will do the fourth Indiana Jones film (Raiders Of The Lost Ark [1981], Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [1984], Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [1989]), to be released in 2006.
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Summary: Awful
Review: Awful....just plain awful. No plot, no humor, no excitement, no nothing. Don't waste your time or money. If I could have rated this movie zero stars, I would have.
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Summary: bomber
Review: i didn't like this one bit. i expected so much more fun to a action comedy. if you want that see bad boys 2. this should have been shelved for life.
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