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Tom Fontana (writer)
Eric Overmyer (co-writer)
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13 February 2000 (USA) more
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The One Case So Important, Every Detective Is Back.
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Former Homicide Shift Commander Al Giardello is now the leading candidate for Mayor or Baltimore. As... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
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About the ending you'd expect going from the show's run. more (27 total)
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Homicide: Life Everlasting (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for violence and some language.
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Jason Priestley was a big "Homicide" fan, and was disappointed that he never had the chance to direct an episode of the series. So Tom Fontana wrote the part of Det. Hall for Priestly. more
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Captain Roger Gaffney: That's the beauty of power: it's arbitrary. more
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Features "Homicide: Life on the Street: Bones of Contention (#7.11)" (1999) more
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Crestfallen more
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I was a big fan of Homicide: Life on the Street which remains one of the television shows I've most enjoyed watching. The last two seasons do colour my impression somewhat but I usually like to remember the good times of the first five seasons.
Homicide: The Movie is definitely in the mold of the last two seasons in that it's good but the magic is missing, the movie is a pretty good effort all the same though. Pembleton is back to his old self and old favourites Brody and Detective Howard are back, although their input is minimal. I liked spotting actors from the HBO show "Oz" (not coincidentally this movie was co-written by Oz creator Tom Fontana).
Homicide: The Movie is worth watching but it's not great, eg. I didn't bother burning a copy of the rental DVD, I'd rather hold out for a DVD boxset which I'll probably have to import from overseas. The story is fairly interesting but still isn't up to the standard of the early days of the show, the presentation is very "TV movie" but we can hardly knock that given its source material. The writers went for Bayliss/Pembleton as the main dynamic which is reassuring, but again the magic is never quite recaptured.
Homcide: The Movie ends up being a fitting end to the unfortunately downward trend of the TV series. It was good to see all the characters back but it ends up being yet another installment of Homicide that doesn't live up to the show's brilliant first five seasons. It was a good effort though.