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Ricochet Details

1991

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Starring	Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T
Director	Russell Mulcahy
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

Ricochet

A cop (Denzel Washington) receives lots of media attention when he nabs an infamous, sadistic killer (John Lithgow) at an amusement park. The murderer stews in jail for seven years, obsessively following the rising career of his arresting officer, who becomes a DA with a promising future, a husband, and a dad. This doesn't sit well with the vengeful convict, who after escaping from prison, puts into play a series of fiendish plots in an attempt to destroy the attorney's marriage and career. And only by engaging in a violent rematch with his diabolical nemesis will the desecrated DA be able to clear his name and save his marriage.

Starring	Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T
Director	Russell Mulcahy
Studio	ELEVATION
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 38 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1991 To Rent: DVD: 02 Apr 2007

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- "...RICOCHET is genuinely scary, suspenseful and disturbing in the best sense....Mulcahy gives Washington and Lithgow the confidence to dare the bravura flourishes they both have the talent and intellect to sustain..."
- 10342
- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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  The rating is for the DVD, not the film...
  
  Lets get something striaght right away, the rating given is for the DVD, not the film.
  
  The film is a great action thriller and star John Lithgow in ... read more »
  
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  - Michael Oglesby
  - Norwich, UK
  - 17 Apr 2005 at 13:47
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  Ricochet 1991
  
  This is an old action movie,making the way for movies of today.It had a lot of action throughout the movie and Denzel,say no more always at his very best.Its ... read more »
  
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- - pinty
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  - South Shields
  - 18 May 2010 at 22:00
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  brilliant/underrated
  
  this film starring my favourite actor is underated in my opinion denzel is a cop who shoots a sadistic bloke that is the chilling john lithgow who is at his ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 11 Jul 2009 at 16:07
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  good to watch chose to see it
  
  good to watch chose to see it
  
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  - 01 May 2009 at 01:42
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Denzel Washington
- 11 Dec 2006
This season, the new black is black. Going into the Academy Awards period it's clearer than ever there has been a sea-change in the status of African-Americans in Hollywood movies. The Academy's history is self-evidently shameful. When Denzel Washington won the Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Glory in 1989, he became only the third black actor to take home an Oscar. The others were Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939) and Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field (1963). In... Read more
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  A cop (Denzel Washington) receives lots of media attention when he nabs an infamous, sadistic killer (John Lithgow) at an amusement park. The murderer stews in jail for seven years, obsessively following the rising career of his arresting officer, who becomes a DA with a promising future, a husband,...