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Hollywood Homicide | 
 enlarge | Director: Ron Shelton
Actors: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  120 reviews
Sales Rank: 13807
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 116
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D00927D
ISBN: 1404931368
UPC: 043396009271
EAN: 9781404931367
ASIN: B0000B00KB
Theatrical Release Date: June 13, 2003
Release Date: October 7, 2003
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Product Description
From Oscar -nominated Ron Shelton (Best Writing Original Screenplay Bull Durham 1989) this hot action comedy is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat...and in stitches. Starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE redefines the buddy-cop genre. In Hollywood no one is who they really want to be. Veteran police detective Joe Gavilan (Ford) and his rookie partner K.C. Calden (Hartnett) are no exception. Between Joe's struggling real estate business and K.C.'s fledgling acting career and yoga instruction they've got a major murder case to solve. With both Internal Affairs and their main suspect on their tails Joe and K.C. have to infiltrate the dangerous world of the hip-hop recording industry. Juggling two careers proves to be a comical adventure with Joe and K.C. desperate to stay alive long enough to catch their big break.System Requirements:Running Time: 115 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396009271
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Harrison Ford lends his solid, perpetually disgruntled presence to Hollywood Homicide, an action comedy in which he's paired with the squinty eyes and peaches-and-cream complexion of Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down, O). Radical French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard would appreciate this complete deconstruction of the buddy-cop flick genre; basic cinematic elements (mismatched partners, a hard-ass superior riding them, arguments about who's going to drive, arguments about intuition vs. diligent detective work, the bad cop who killed Hartnett's father, etc.) have been scrambled and slapped together with no concern for coherence, making clear their innately artificial nature. Sex scenes and car chases come out of nowhere and disappear without consequence, providing arbitrary visual stimulus. During shootouts, it's impossible to tell who got killed or why, underscoring a basic doubt about the purpose of making movies like Hollywood Homicide. It's rare for a mainstream movie to be so daringly (if perhaps accidentally) avant-garde. --Bret Fetzer
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 Unfunny Drama June 19, 2008
The film begins at a shooting range. Next we see scenes of Hollywood with a sound track that hints about this story. Customers are searched upon entry to a club. Two men prepare to shoot up this club. The crowd panics and flees, the police are called. The written note hints at humor, so do the actions of the detectives. Joe needs to sell his house for financial reasons. There is a comic scene with "Wanda"; it wasn't funny. The scene with the talk show host isn't funny. Then we see who ordered the attack at the club. Back at the police station Joe is under investigation. Then there is an incident out in the parking lot that pads out the film. The detectives visit a recording studio to gather information. The scenes change, and the story plods on. Do you find them funny?
Ever hear a worse script? Does it make much sense? If you think the film has hit bottom after the half-way point, just keep watching. Will a car chase wake up the audience? There is lots of action at the ending, and the good guys win. No surprises here.
If you want to watch a funny police drama see "Stop or My Mom Will Shoot".
Shelve this movie in the cheap movies bin June 3, 2008
This movie is not worth watching. It had a subpar plot and to be honest not a lot of action you would expect with a Harrison Ford movie. If you are looking for a great movie that stars Harrison Ford, please see another movie. By no means not this one!!!!.
Hollywood Homicide (Alias Harrison Ford: What Were You Thinking?) March 10, 2008
Ever since I was a kid seeing "Star Wars" for the first time more than thirty years ago, I have always been a big fan of Harrison Ford. However, the mind-boggling poor judgment he has exhibited in the last decade as to what box office failures he is willing to star in can no better be witnessed than in the astoundingly awful and unfunny movie, "Hollywood Homicide," which doesn't rate any better than a bargain bin rental.
Prior to viewing, I hadn't seen any movie with Josh Hartnett before, so, frankly, I didn't know what to expect from him. Still, I already knew director Ron Shelton writes relatively solid screenplays, and the supporting cast (including Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Keith David, and cameos by Lou Diamond Phillips, Smokey Robinson, among a few others) seemed well-chosen. With those positives in mind, I gave "Hollywood Homicide" a home DVD screening recently on a Saturday night.
Here's the premise: two mismatched L.A. homicide cops (Harrison Ford & Josh Hartnett) are partners on the gang slaying of a hip-hop rap group amidst a melee in a downtown nightclub. Ford's character, Joe Gavilan (who is also desperately trying to sell off a lavish monstrosity of a home in the hills in his part-time gig as a real estate agent), also has the burden of covering for his distracted, young partner (Hartnett), who wants to give up police work to become a 'serious' actor.
Meanwhile, the drug-dealing thug (Isaiah Washington's character) who masterminded the multiple-homicide has a corrupt cop on his side (who, conveniently enough, has ties to the death of Hartnett's father, also a cop). To add a little extra spice to the storyline, another corrupt cop, this one with Internal Affairs, is cracking down on our heroes for their outside interests.
Not too original, is it?
I simply couldn't believe my eyes as to how terrible this movie really is. Every conceivable cop movie cliche is here (the mismatched partners, corrupt cops, Internal Affairs, stupid car chases, vicious drug dealers, etc.), but Shelton's generic script doesn't bring anything new to the table. Harrison Ford (playing a cop for the umpteenth time) clearly looks bored out of his mind, and seems no doubt as tired and haggard as the grizzled character he plays. Josh Hartnett, as Ford's yoga-loving sidekick, doesn't provide even adequate back-up, since he too knows this movie is simply a contractual obligation and nothing more.
All in all, the movie felt completely artificial to me in that none of the performances were remotely plausible (with the exception of Isaiah Washington, who at least redeems himself as the chief villain). It just seemed like I was watching movie stars acting for the sake of acting vs. seeing them portray the cops and the robbers they want you to believe they are.
As an example, the film's worst scene (there are far too many to choose from, mind you) arguably comes at the climax in which Hartnett commandeers a family SUV (complete with Mom and two little kids in the backseat) to prolong a violent chase sequence. Listening to Hartnett's character banter with the kids while chasing the bad guys is a painful lesson in bad taste in terms of needlessly endangering innocent lives for a cheap action movie thrill.
Instead, if you are looking for a solidly funny cop action-comedy that actually makes good on its promise of ridiculing cop movie cliches, I would recommend checking out 1987's "Dragnet" (w/ Dan Ackroyd & Tom Hanks) and/or 1988's "The Naked Gun" (w/ Leslie Nielsen). They are both far superior to this uninspired rehash.
Perhaps Harrison Ford was aiming for a similar type of action comedy spoof or maybe he was somehow conned into believing that this would be the next big "Lethal Weapon"-like franchise. However, the reality is that Ford, pardon the expression, ends up shooting only blanks here, and, yes, frankly looks a wee bit too desperate for a hit movie (particularly, next to a supposedly hot young actor like Hartnett).
In the end, here's my suggestion: carefully examine the promo picture on the DVD box. To me, it was the only honest thing about the movie, because it delivers exactly what you are going to see: a generic buddy cop flick. Still, from that picture, if you can somehow convince yourself that Ford and Harnett look even remotely interested in selling this movie, then maybe you should give "Hollywood Homicide" a chance. Otherwise, you're definitely better off finding something else to invest your time and money in.
Side Note: As for the DVD special features, they are all standard issue, so don't expect anything redeeming in that regard for your potential purchase.
Incredibly crappy movie December 22, 2007
I saw this movie in the theater when it was first released. It was a bad movie then. It's a bad movie now. It doesn't even rate one star. The problem wasn't the acting so much as it was the script. The pacing of the script is slow as molasses in January. I was frankly bored.
In fact it was so bad I remember wishing I had gone to the movie alone so I could just leave. But I was with a friend who had really wanted to see it so I stayed. When it was finally over I asked my friend what she thought. She said it was the crappiest movie she had ever seen and she regretted we had spent money on it.
A bad odor here ... December 5, 2007
I'm a Harrison Ford fan, but this movie is hard to watch!!
I didn't even want to give it one star!!
If you want to enjoy it, go into it thinking it's
a comedy, just maybe you'll be a little entertained!
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