Hollywood Homicide (2003)

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

Director:

Ron Shelton

Writers:

Robert Souza, Ron Shelton

Stars:

Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)

Storyline

When not solving murders in Tinseltown, Detective Joe Gavilan and his rookie partner Kasey Calden both moonlight in other fields: Gavilan sells real estate (poorly), and Calden aspires to become an actor (Brando, namely). Assigned to the vicious in-club slaying of a promising young rap act, the two detective delve into the recording industry where they hope to find answers - ideally ones that also come with property buyers or auditions.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | audition | tough cop | transgender | hollywood walk of fame | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual situations and language

Details

Official Sites:

Columbia Tristar [fr] Sony Pictures [de]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 June 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Two Cops

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$223,743 (Japan) (23 January 2004)

Gross:

$584,587 (Japan) (30 January 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios, Pitt-Shelton Productions, Pitt Group, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

H20Klick is really the 504 Boys, a New Orleans-based hip-hop group that Master P produces.

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Goofs

During the chase scene involving the minivan and the Mercedes SUV, in the early shots the Mercedes doesn't have a front number plate, but in later shots it does.

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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.

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits, Joe and K.C. arrive at the location of their new crime scene investigation.

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Connections

Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: The Haunted Mansion (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Yeah"
Written by Scott Storch, Aaron Martin, Arnold Beasley, and Derek Jackson
Performed by 216
Courtesy of Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

So many people have missed the point

Anyone who has seen this movie and commented on it as a serious action film should be shot.

From the very start it is fairly obvious it crosses the cheese line into a parody. From the totally pointless/unrelated cheesy opening scene of HF on a shooting range, the lake chase scene, the whole buddy buddy chemistry (or total deliberate lack thereof) to the non stop annoying phone ringing or maybe the complete lack of an interesting plot? Some of these should have given away to most people the real intentions of this film.

The 'love' scene with Harrison Ford should be the last clue to anyone blind enough, that this is really not to be taken seriously and can be considered made specially for Mystery Science Theatre.

The film is called 'Hollywood Homicide', I believe, so titled as to ruffle some Hollywood feathers with the notion that Hollywood has been killed by the never ending rain of terrible buddy cop movies. The real joke is that some suit somewhere probably OK'd this as a real action movie.

In fact, the funniest thing is that some people took it seriously and enjoyed it as a serious action movie.

The chases are deliberately over the top lame (I mean really, really bad), the dialogue is so silly and pointless it just makes you laugh, the character development is totally non-existant, the cliches flow non-stop, the whole side plot of internal affairs is placed there because it's in every buddy cop movie, etc, etc. How anyone took this movie as a serious action film is beyond me.

I give it 6/10 because, it's hilarious in places (in a MST kind of way), I agree with their intentions (THE COP FILMS MUST END!!!). Just please, don't take it anything more than a parody.