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Ricochet (1991) -- An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   5,669 votes
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Director:
Russell Mulcahy
Writers (WGA):
Fred Dekker (story) and
Menno Meyjes (story) ...
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Release Date:
4 October 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
He's a cop accused of murder. And the only man who knows he's innocent is the killer who framed him. more
Plot:
An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop. full summary | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Denzel Washington And Will Smith Have Got Jokes
 (From MTV Movies Blog. 10 June 2009, 10:00 AM, PDT)

Adrien Brody Becomes 'The Courier'
 (From Cinematical. 28 October 2008, 5:15 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Action Picture Fizzles Upon Impact **1/2 more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Denzel Washington ... Nick Styles

John Lithgow ... Blake

Ice-T ... Odessa (as Ice T)

Kevin Pollak ... Larry

Lindsay Wagner ... Brimleigh
Mary Ellen Trainor ... Gail Wallens
Josh Evans ... Kim
Victoria Dillard ... Alice
John Amos ... Reverend Styles

John Cothran Jr. ... Farris
Linda Dona ... Wanda (as Linda Doná)

Matt Landers ... Chief Floyd
Lydell M. Cheshier ... R.C.

Starletta DuPois ... Mrs. Styles

Sherman Howard ... Kiley
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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
Cinema Plus more

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Trivia:
Mary Ellen Trainor played reporter Gail Wallens, a character she also played in Die Hard (1988). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Styles is getting dressed in the locker room and stands up when the woman comes in the room you can clearly see that Washington is wearing a "modesty pouch". more
Quotes:
Book Man: You! You're a cop, you gotta help me!
Det. Larry Doyle: Sorry, mein fuhrer, I'm off duty.
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Movie Connections:
References "Cops" (1989) more
Soundtrack:
You Better Mind more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Action Picture Fizzles Upon Impact **1/2, 12 March 2006
6/10
Author: edwagreen from United States

Denzel Washington, a policeman in law-school is playing basketball with the neighborhood toughs.

He achieves fame by bringing down a drug dealing character, played extremely well by John Lithgow, who by his acting of a psychopath, put a new dimension into his acting abilities.

Washington has it made as the years pass. Lithgow plots revenge while incarcerated and breaks out violently at his parole hearing.

He turns the tables on Washington in several ways including the killing of his friend and fellow officer, nice played by Kevin Pollak. Washington is blamed for the killing. He kidnaps Denzel and shoots drugs into his system and provides him with a prostitute.

The two eventually tangle on top of a high area before the obvious ending occurs.

A good story allowed to go awry by crazy staged events.

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I really liked this movie, except.. Brynnda
Cliche early '90s movie justlev
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Forget denzel!!! scarface1981
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