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Ricochet

R 1991 1h 43m Action List
74% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 52% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
After tracking down and arresting Earl Talbot Blake (John Lithgow), a psychotic hit man, rookie Los Angeles police officer Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) is hailed as a hero. Several years later, Styles' life appears perfect: He has married his girlfriend, started a family and risen to the position of assistant district attorney. However, his world is turned upside down when Blake escapes from prison with plans to exact brutal and well-calculated revenge.
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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times "Ricochet" is genuinely scary, suspenseful and disturbing in the best sense. Jul 25, 2018 Full Review Variety Staff Variety A taut, twisty urban suspenser powered by the spring-loaded performance of Denzel Washington in his first major action role, Ricochet has a nasty streak and a tendency toward implausible excess. Jan 6, 2010 Full Review Kim Newman Empire Magazine Dynamite action. This is a good bet for a night with the lads. And weedy girlies can at least wake up every ten minutes when Denz takes his top off. Rated: 3/5 Jan 6, 2010 Full Review Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal As more of a nasty psychological thriller, it could conceivably be an arthouse release for Silver Pictures. In the absence of big setpieces, it evolves into an unexpectedly incisive satire on America's cycles of triumph & teardowns for famous faces. Rated: 4/5 Oct 28, 2021 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An absurd urban thriller, with no street cred. Rated: C- Jun 19, 2017 Full Review TV Guide A brutally entertaining film. Rated: 3/4 Jan 6, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Fabrícia F Apesar de apresentar um roteiro ousado quando foca na vingança de um bandido contra o policial que o prendeu, a história se torna macabra no final quando o protagonista Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) não consegue provar a tempo sua inocência sem antes promover um banho de sangue e mortes. Preferia que ele tivesse feito como da primeira vez para que o bandido retornasse a prisão novamente desmoralizado. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/21/24 Full Review Mark B This one did not age well. This movie is stupid. Script is so bad the premise dumb. The acting ooooofff. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/12/24 Full Review KB B I saw this a couple decades ago and realize why I never watched it again. It was ok but had many things that made no sense. Finally the ending was really campy. I wouldn't bother with this one. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/22/24 Full Review Regina P Interesting story from the beginning of Denzel's career. It is definitely a relic of the time it was made. But I can easily see how this would make a great movie date back in the 90s. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/09/23 Full Review larrykohut L Ricochet This film is an action movie where Denzel Washington plays a cop who has busted 100s of criminals which being on case after case . One day he catches a man a criminal played by John Lithgow and arrests him . After he lets the girl go. And he's sent to prison. The bad guy ends up obsessing over him reading newspaper articles about him and watching TV about him. Trying to learn everything he can about him ( Denzel Washington's nick ) . One day he escapes prison with 2 other criminals and plans to catch nick . Which he does and he drugs him and has a woman seduce him . He wants revenge on nick for putting him in jail. Overall the plot is simple and the pacing seems fast . I think this movie was pretty good definitely worth a watch. Christian perspective/ parents discretion Violence there's a lot of gun violence in this movie lots of shooting . Fighting with fists and kicking. Also some blood depiction on screen in a few scenes. Language use of the f word several times and the lord's name in vain two gds and 2 j.c. words are said . Also crap and hell are said in this movie. Possibly a few s words as well. Shut up used once . Sex / drug references Sex there's a sex scene where villain woman seduces the cop nick and takes her clothes off. Nudity is shown in that scene and a strip club nudity is briefly shown. Drug references people are smoking cigarettes and in one scene smoking cocaine and meth . this takes place in a gangsters hideout. Played by ice - t Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/13/23 Full Review Steve D A fantastic cast giving strong performances and a script so over the top it is imposable to take it seriously. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After tracking down and arresting Earl Talbot Blake (John Lithgow), a psychotic hit man, rookie Los Angeles police officer Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) is hailed as a hero. Several years later, Styles' life appears perfect: He has married his girlfriend, started a family and risen to the position of assistant district attorney. However, his world is turned upside down when Blake escapes from prison with plans to exact brutal and well-calculated revenge.
Director
Russell Mulcahy
Producer
Joel Silver, Michael Levy
Production Co
Silver Pictures, Home Box Office (HBO)
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$20.6M
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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