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Domino (2005) -- A recounting of Domino Harvey's life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
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Domino (2005) -- A recounting of Domino Harvey's life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
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Richard Kelly (screenplay)
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14 October 2005 (USA) more
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I Am a Bounty Hunter more
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A recounting of Domino Harvey's life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter. full summary | add synopsis
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Mo'Nique Seems To Be Shunning Press Again For Precious
 (From The Humor Mill. 21 December 2009, 9:56 PM, PST)

Tom Waits in The Hobbit?
 (From TotalFilm. 8 December 2009, 5:38 AM, PST)

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A little editing would've been nice. more (349 total)

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Also Known As:
Domino (France)
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Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexual content/nudity and drug use.
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127 min
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Mickey Rourke's character, Ed Moseby, is based on real-life bounty hunter Ed Martinez, while Delroy Lindo's character, Claremont Williams III, is based on real-life bail-bondsman Celes King III, Domino Harvey's real boss. Both men were used as technical advisors on the film. more
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Anachronisms: In the flashback to Domino at the beach and boardwalk with her dad in England/1993, you can clearly see stuffed animal prizes of "Nemo" the fish from "Finding Nemo" around the carnival games... "Finding Nemo" didn't come out until 2003. And, incidentally, this scene was shot on the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles. more
Quotes:
Domino Harvey: I want you to book us a hotel suite.
Brian Austin Green: What, with my money?
Domino Harvey: I want you to put it on your credit card.
Brian Austin Green: Are you serious?
[Domino glares at him]
Brian Austin Green: Ok, ok, don't look at me that way!
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References "Jenny Jones" (1991) more
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Animal Control more

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182 out of 272 people found the following review useful.
A little editing would've been nice., 22 November 2005
5/10
Author: (johnny_betts@hotmail.com) from http://www.themoviemark.com

My reaction to Domino is about as mixed as the mixed race flowchart that Mo'Nique presents on The Jerry Springer Show during the movie (I know, that doesn't make much sense unless you've seen the movie). I dare you to not laugh once she starts introducing terms such as Blacktino, Chinegro, and Japanic. I suppose if you suck at the teat of political correctness then you might not get the joke, but otherwise it's one of the funnier scenes in the movie (the running 90210 joke being the funniest). At this point you're probably wondering what in the world Mo'Nique, Jerry Springer, mixed flow charts, and 90210 have to do with a movie about bounty hunters. It's a legit question. All I can say is welcome to the unconventionalism that is Domino.

I didn't mind the fact that this isn't very conventional, but at times it does feel a little convoluted. By the end of the movie I was pretty clear regarding what was going on, unlike the 'tard in front of me who couldn't decipher the concept of flashbacks, but the script does feel unnecessarily complex. Yeah, the movie kept my interest and is fairly entertaining, but it was just begging for tighter editing. Trimming about 20 minutes would've made the story stronger and the narrative more fluent. My guess is that Scott was experimenting and just couldn't bear to get rid of anything (Tom Waits' cameo especially felt unnecessary).

Tony Scott's made a movie that appears to be something he and his friends could most enjoy while under the influence of substances of a dubious nature. I can deal with the frantic pacing, the quick camera cuts, and the strange coloring, but is it really necessary to show characters saying the same line multiple times from different angles? Sometimes it's all just a little too weird for the sake of being weird.

One of my biggest complaints is that we mainly know that Domino is a bounty hunter because she tells us about 24 times in her narration, which starts to grate on the nerves after a while. I would've preferred to see a little more focus on, you know, her actual bounty hunting. SHOW us why she was a really good bounty hunter; don't just tell us over and over. I was expecting some really cool scenes with Mickey Rourke and Keira hunting down their bounty, showcasing the technical side of the hunt, and wrapping it all up with cool, tough-guy (and girl) bounty hunter stuff. Maybe a little sniping here, a vicious beat down there. Sadly, it never came.

Do I remind everybody that I'm a reviewer by pointing out in every single review that, "I'm Johnny Betts. I'm a movie reviewer"? No, I do my job and show you what it is that makes me a movie reviewer!

"By writing crappy reviews, Johnny?"

Uh, well, I guess we all get mixed reactions sometimes.

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