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Ricochet
- Director: Russell Mulcahy
- Writer: Fred Dekker; Menno Meyjes; Steven E. de Souza
- Producer: Barry Josephson
CGiii Comment
Not one of Denzel’s best – far from it.
Lithgow camps it up terribly as the psychopath and somehow this action/thriller becomes a comedy - and, not a very good one at that.
To be avoided at all costs.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In this action thriller, Denzel Washington plays Nick Styles, the assistant district attorney of L.A. The film opens in his early days as a cop on the L.A.P.D. During a carnival, master criminal Earl Talbot Blake creates a scene after a botched drug deal. Styles and Blake confront each other, during which Blake is wounded by Styles and later sent to prison. Seven years later, Blake escapes from prison during a parole board hearing to carry out his revenge against Styles, and what follows is a violent series of events that destroys Styles' career. This sets the stage for one last bloody duel between Styles and Blake.
Cast & Characters
Denzel Washington as Nick Styles;
John Lithgow as Earl Talbot Blake;
Ice-T as Odessa;
Kevin Pollak as Larry Doyle;
Lindsay Wagner as DA Priscilla Brimleigh;
Mary Ellen Trainor as Gail Wallens;
Josh Evans as Kim;
Victoria Dillard as Alice;
John Amos as Reverend Styles;
John Cothran Jr. as Councilman Farris;
Linda Dona as Wanda;
Matt Landers as Chief Floyd;
Lydell M. Cheshier as R.C.;
Starletta DuPois as Mrs. Styles;
Sherman Howard as Kiley