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Summary: that other guy is just grumpy
Review: The first thing I have to say is that Hollywood Homicide is a very funny movie. Josh and Harrison were hilarious! I personally think that the review from that other guy was just coming from a wanna-be critic, and everyone knows that critics even hate themselves, so he is overly critical of the movie. I thought that Harrison and Josh's on-screen chemistry was awesome. It's a must-see for all Josh and/or Harrison fans!
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Summary: No Oscar winner, but
Review: Hollywood Homicide is fluff, but good fluff. It was nice seeing Harrison Ford play a lighter role than K19 the widowmaker and such. Josh Hartnett is well, Josh Hartnett... ok I guess, but not nearly at the acting level of other people his age. The script is funny, compensating for an underdeveloped plot, though I did begin to tire of cell phone jokes. Plus the chase scene was a bit too long. Other than that, this was a good summer movie, action and comedy rolled into one.
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Summary: Hollywood Homicide is one of the best cop buddy movies ever!
Review: Hollywood Homicide is brilliant from beginning to end. Harrison Ford stars as Joe Galivan, the cop/real estate agent is good in one of his funniest performances of his career. Josh Hartnett is just as brilliant as K.C. Calden, Galivan's partner in the police business is also a yoga instructor and actor. Ron Shelton's brilliant directing proves that the movie is good from beginning to end. It never gives up at any time. See it now!
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Summary: funny
Review: although a bit corny in some sense... i really enjoyed this movie... there are a lot of scenes that are funny and makes me laugh and i think it is a good movie to lift up your souls
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Summary: A Major HOLLYWOOD DISAPPOINTMENT Saved Only By Harrison Ford
Review: I am a Harrison Ford fan who loves good comedies, so I was excited when the preview clips indicated that this cop buddy movie seemed to indicate that this role had some potential. Unfortunately, the writers and directors never decided what they wanted the movie to be so they tried to combine comedy with some action scenes interspersed with romance, police corruption, social commentary and a police procedural with several additional subplots. Rather than being additive, all these various elements meant that the story had little coherence, too often was played for slapstick that degenerated into silliness and that none of the potentially interesting storylines were really allowed to develop. Ford is Joe Gavilan, an experienced cop with a young partner K.C. Calden (Josh Hartnett). However, Joe is also trying to get rich by dabbling in real estate and Josh is a yoga instructor who attracts all the chicks in his class while also trying to prove himself an actor. They are made the lead detective team on a quadruple homicide at a hip hop club, and the investigation leads to an examination of the seamy nature of the music business and in that respect unfortunately closely mirrors the violence that has all too often become part of that culture. Further murders occur, and almost by accident K.C. stumbles on to their connection to the first case while trying to avoid retching while viewing an autopsy at the morgue. Of course, there is little time to actually devote to routine police work, since Joe seizes a fortuitous opportunity to attempt to sell the mansion of a famous producer (Martin Landau) and Josh is getting ready to produce and star in Tennessee William's A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE in a vacant building in order to showcase his acting talents. Luckily, Joe can call on his girlfriend Ruby (Lena Olin) to use her psychic powers to locate their suspect, a record producer (played by Isaiah Washington) who has disappeared. There is also an Internal Affairs investigation of Joe in progress and a possible connection to the death of K.C.'s dad during a bust gone bad while he was on the force. Finally, Smokey Robinson and Gladys Knight make cameo appearances but despite the music context of the case neither of them gets to perform. Well, hopefully you get the idea. Too many characters for much character development, too many ideas to tie together to have any time for subtlety and too little effort spent trying to develop the potential of the material rather than going for the quick laughs. As my title states, Harrison Ford does a good job within the limitations of the script and direction, but there is no time for any real chemistry to develop between K.C. and Joe or even with any of the other actors. Some of the scenes are truly funny, especially one chase scene near the conclusion (but which then is drawn out interminably). If you have seen the preview clips, you have seen a lot of the funny parts. Amazing, the film does manage to tie all the various elements together. Furthermore, while there is a lot of murder and mayhem, it is stylized and inoffensive rather than gory and gruesome. And even more amazingly, this is a cop buddy film with no profanity or even moderately foul language. (Therefore, it is a good film for kids, since a lot of the comedy and action is on their level.) In summary, this film is slightly better than two stars but definitely not good enough to warrant three. I wasn't tempted to leave, but definitely won't buy the DVD. It especially suffers in comparison with the much better BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (5 stars), BRUCE ALMIGHTY (4 stars) and even THE INLAWS (3 stars), all currently available alternatives.
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Summary: This movie is DOA
Review: I'll simply say, skip it. This movie had great potential. I thought this was going to be a fun cop buddy picture. Between the convuluted story to the truly appalling dialogue and right on to the dreadful editing, I cannot find anything good to say about it. I spent much of the movie trying to figure out what was going on, Gavilan (Ford) has two jobs, Calden (Hartnett) has two jobs and a dream to be an actor, and on the side they are LAPD Homicide detectives trying to solve the murders of an up and coming rap group. It should have been a drama or a comedy, not tried to be both. I have great respect for Harrison Ford. All I can think of is that he needed some money to pay for something or there is no good reason he would have chosen this project. Skip this one and get one of Harrison's good movies. Your time will be much better spent watching Frantic, any Indiana Jones movie, or Patriot Games.
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Summary: Just another cop movie or a cop movie parody?
Review: HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE was a dumb, formulaic and downright silly cop movie about a grizzled old pro who's under the glare of Internal Affairs and, get this, his new partner - a young cop driven by the need to avenge the death of his father, a great officer gunned down in the line of duty under mysterious circumstances. The case they're currently working on, the murder of a rap group, implicates rich men in positions of power and may be more than it seems. Is there any chance that all of these plots won't all be tied together in the same case? Of course not. That's like asking if it ends in an elaborate car chase scene. Duh. It's not a great movie. It's probably not even a very good movie. But, a funny thing happened while I was watching it. I enjoyed myself. I didn't care if it was predictable or bad. I had fun. I had fun not because it was predictable or bad. I had fun because Harrison Ford proved once again that he's the most charismatic, natural actor onscreen. I had fun because a lot of the jokes weren't incredibly groan-inducing. I enjoyed Josh Hartnett's character getting silly little moments - though I didn't for one minute buy that the "death of my father" [stuff] was anything more than an intentional parody of almost every cop movie ever made. I enjoyed that the cop-movie elements, at times, become beside-the-point as the film goes off on tangents involving Harrison Ford talking real estate or Josh Hartnett rehearsing for a bad, bad production of STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE while also making time as a yoga instructor. Ron Shelton, who's made some good movies and one great one, is too smart to have done a movie this predictable on purpose. It HAS to be a parody. It HAS to be in on its own joke of a premise. The film is only slightly less subtle than THE NAKED GUN when it comes to its own wink-wink capabilities. I mean, why else would a film be more interested in its cop characters' side jobs than in their roles as cops? At the point where a cop movie as great and original as NARC can be released, HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE cannot have been playing its eye-rolling plot twists, stereotypical villains and deus ex machina conventions at all seriously. It's either clever or intensely stupid. I honestly can't tell.
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Summary: One of Harrison's Lighter Moments and It works.
Review: I saw Hollywood Homicide over the weekend and I must say that, although the same ol' cop chasing, good guy versus bad guy formula is stale, Harrison Ford gives us another side of himself that is fun and interesting to watch. He is an absolute delight and still quite a hunk (nevermind his age, he makes it work). Although he touched on comedy with Working Girl, he is more animated and gives the movie it's more lighter moments. Josh Hartnett is O.K., but I thought he came off as a bit of a sissy as a cop especially in one particular chase scene around the water. Gives a good attempt, but this is definitely Harrison's movie. It's quite hard to keep him from stealing movies anyway unless he works with more blockbuster talent (i.e., Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Michael Douglas, etc.). The only thing that bothered me was the rap music whenever they were chasing a Black criminal (annoooooyyyying). Overall, I would recommend the film and will own it when it is available on DVD.
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Summary: Homicide or Suicide?
Review: The only thing this movie kills is itself. This movie is not funny nor does it have a cool,dramatic plot that sucks you into it. Harrison Ford loses props in this movie and Josh Harnett(sp?) must be attempting to kill his own movie career. If I were looking for a good movie to see this summer that provides a good comeical performance, try 'Bruce Almighty' instead.
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Summary: Lighthearted entertainment
Review: Although conventional and somewhat formulatic, Hollywood Homicide is surprisingly funny. Nest of all, it doesn't have a 60 year old lady saying "Off the hizza', dogg." Recent films have gotten money by making fun of people, both real and fictitious (ex.; Bringing Down the House, Head of State, Barbershop), and, while I would recommend the last two, it's refreshing to see a film like this. In some ways. It has some weird jokes, awkward scenes, lines we have heard before, and at times, self-paroding. I thing I'm going to be sick if I have to hear "My Girl" ring on a cell phone again (although the last scene was acted well). Although thin on plot, it is easy to get confused. This film was done well, realizing that the buddy crime comedy has been done with the Lethal Weapon films, the Rush Hour films, I Spy, Bad Company, National Security, etc. This had some funny scenes, but I was surprised that they cut out the "Your just mad at the brother because the brother is a brother" line from the trailer, but I'm sure it will the dvd will either have deleted/extended scenes, or the trailer. All in all, a decent film. Thanks for taking the time to read my review and feel free to leave me a helpful/not helpful feedback. God Bless America!
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