Hollywood Homicide (DVD)

Description: Genre: Action & Adventure / Theatrical Release: 2003 / Director: Ron Shelton / Actors: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett ... ... more

Hollywood Homicide (DVD) ... / DVD released 26 January, 2004 at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / Harrison Ford lends his solid, perpetually disgruntled presence to Hollywood Homicide, an action comedy in which he's paired with the squinty eyes and peaches-and-cream complexion of Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down). Radical French film-maker Jean-Luc Godard would appreciate this complete deconstruction of the buddy-cop flick genre; basic cinematic elements (mismatched partners, a hard-ass superior riding them, arguments about who's going to drive, arguments about intuition vs. diligent detective work, the bad cop who killed Hartnett's father, etc.) have been scrambled and slapped together with no concern for coherence, making clear their innately artificial nature. Sex scenes and car chases come out of nowhere and disappear without consequence, providing arbitrary visual stimulus. During shoot-outs, it's impossible to tell who got killed or why, underscoring a basic doubt about the purpose of making movies like Hollywood Homicide. It's rare for a mainstream movie to be so daringly (if perhaps accidentally) avant-garde. --Bret Fetzer

Newest Review: ... the bull by the horns with this one. The actors appear uncomfortable and the plot is just too weak. The plot is one that has ... more

... been used before. Two cops pitted together against their will, the veteran Joe Gavilan (Ford) and the rookie K C Calden (Hartnett), to investigate the murders of four men in a club shooting. They uncover corruption as they worm their way towards a bigger plot that they find themselves caught up in. And, naturally, there is an internal investigation going on in the department, and the internal investigator just happens to have a long term grudge against Gavilan. There are positives about the film. It does pass the t...more

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Hollywood Homicide [DVD] [2003]
Release Date: 2004 - 01 - 26, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,

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Hollywood Homicide (DVD): Hollywood Homicide is a drag (357 words)
by - written on 17/09/08 (Very useful, 35 readings)
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I'm not averse to watching a couple of films with negative reviews every now and then, and this is what I experienced with Hollywood Homicide. The film stars Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett as two cops who moonlight as other things and pits them against some bad guys in investigating a multiple homicide. It hasn't received great reviews, and I could see why. The director, Ron Shelton, hasn't really grabbed the bull by the horns with this one. The actors appear uncomfortable and the plot is just too weak. The plot is one that has been used before. Two cops pitted together against their will, the veteran Joe Gavilan (Ford) and the rookie K C Calden (Hartnett), ... Read the complete review

Im afraid you have p?d on your mr chips (874 words)
by - written on 12/08/04 (Very useful, 32 readings)
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Over the years in the world of comedy double ups have brought us some bone tickling and suspense moments leaving us begging for more. The likes of martin Lawrence and will smith sparkle together like a pair of diamonds on a beach sunbathing. So when I heard about this latest film, Hollywood Homicide and seeing previews about it I was curious to get a taste of the action. Harrison Ford stars as Joe Gavilan, a well known detective who cannot capture the same success in his personal life as he does at work. There are 3 ex-wives in Joe's life and he is well and truly stuck with a particularly bad investment ... Read the complete review

Hollywood Homicide (DVD): Good Cop-Bad Cop (538 words)
by - written on 13/03/04 (Very useful, 38 readings)
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Hollywood Homicide was a bit of a flop on release. A budget of $75 million was spent but only $30 million was pulled back at the US box office. This could have been due in part to the overcrowded summer releases but also due to the fact that the film was poorly marketed and ultimately doesn?t know what it wants to be. Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) is an LA cop who moonlights as a real estate broker. His young partner KC (Josh Hartnett) also longs to get out of police work and into acting, he pulls in part time money by teaching yoga as well. The pair get stuck on an investigation into the shootings of a rap group in a club. But internal affairs also start poking ... Read the complete review

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