Hollywood Homicide (2003)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Ron Shelton

Writers (WGA):

Robert Souza (written by) &
Ron Shelton (written by)

Release Date:

13 June 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

In Hollywood, no one is who they really want to be.

Plot:

Two LAPD detectives who moonlight in other fields investigate the murder of an up-and-coming rap group.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Audition | Clothing Store | Fight | Psychic

Cast

Harrison Ford	...	Sgt. Joe Gavilan
Josh Hartnett	...	Det. K.C. Calden
Lena Olin	...	Ruby
Bruce Greenwood	...	Lt. Bennie Macko
Isaiah Washington	...	Antoine Sartain
Lolita Davidovich	...	Cleo Ricard
Keith David	...	Leon
Master P	...	Julius Armas
Gladys Knight	...	Olivia Robidoux
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Wanda
Meredith Scott Lynn	...	I.A. Detective Jackson
Tom Todoroff	...	I.A. Detective Zino
James MacDonald	...	Danny Broome
Kurupt	...	K-Ro
André Benjamin	...	Silk Brown (as Andre Benjamin)

Also Known As:

Two Cops (USA) (working title)
Untitled Harrison Ford Starrer (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual situations and language.

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:12 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Canada:G (Quebec) | France:U | Spain:18 (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39540)

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

The hip-hop club was also used as the base of operations in Ocean's Eleven (2001) according to Ron Shelton.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the handcuffed prisoner steals a gun and shoots up the parking lot, KC and Gavilan agree that he fired 15 shots; he actually fired 18, which, according to them, is more than the gun holds.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Shooting Practice Announcer: Shooters step up to the 20 yard line.
[K.C. has trouble shooting his target during shooting practice, so Joe shoots his and K.C.'s at the same time]
K.C.: Thanks Joe.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Reel Thing (2008)

Soundtrack:

Lord Made An Angel

Harrison Homicide

I've always been a fan of Harrison Ford and odds are I always will be, regardless of what comes out of his personal life now. Considering how Hollywood can screw a man up, Harrison still ranks as one of the few to have successfully held his head together. That and I usually find something entertaining his films. It's hard not to be entertained by him in the old Star Wars films, where he was hilarious as Han Solo, or to root/feel for him in the Indiana Jones trilogy and films like "Blade Runner", "Witness", the Jack Ryan films, "The Fugitive" and "Air Force One".

Thing is, "Witness" marked the turning point of Harrison's career in which he would mature into the modern day quiet, reluctant hero. Understandably, after playing this role again and again for about 20 years Ford would naturally want to go back to playing things a little funnier than he had previously been allowed. It's a bit of a shame that he picked such a weak script for a return to comedy. All in all, it's just an excuse to let Harrison reprise his Han Solo persona as an older man. But in the opinions of some, his age dried him out, preventing him from being as funny as he used to be.

This one tries very hard to be both apart OF the mismatched buddy cop genre AND to make fun of it. As a result, it never quite realizes it's potentially funny premise or even serve as usual time filler.

Ford plays Joe Gavilan, a cop working real estate on the side and Josh Hartnett is his younger partner KC Calden, who works a yoga class on the side, sleeps with his customers and is also an aspiring actor. They get assigned to solve the murder of an up and coming rap group and are repeatedly dogged by Bruce Greenwood as Ford's nemesis. The cliche of Josh's dad being a cop who got killed by way of his partner could have been left on the cutting room floor.

Ford and Josh do the young cop/old cop bit as well as anyone else, but Ford deserves a better than this, and after "Black Hawk Down" Josh should be more picky about his vehicles. The only real comic highlight is when they're being interrogated and are either mouthing off or playing quiet. This is the only gem in an otherwise dull film.

Here's hoping they both make better decisions in the future.