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 | Commandeered Vehicle | Elevator | Autopsy

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

Colour:

Colour

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:

Ron Shelton mentions two scenes that were cut from the movie: an early scene where Ruby breaks up with former boyfriend Bennie Macko, because Shelton thought this was giving too much information too soon and would've ruined the shocked look on Gavilan's face when he learns that Macko used to date Ruby; and a more explicit love scene between Gavilan and Ruby (a side profile of her breast appears to have been edited out) to achieve a PG-13 rating.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the closing sequence, the sweat soaked shirts of Gavilan and K.C. suddenly dry out.

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 "Psych: Bollywood Homicide (#4.6)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

My Girl

One of the biggest disappointments of 2003.

I don't know what it was. I don't know what brought me to anticipate this film so much. Maybe it's just me or maybe everyone feels the same but Hollywood Homicide was a Hollywood bust.

Joe Galivan (Ford) and K. Calden (Hartnett) are two very different cops but are friends for many different reasons. One is a professional, smooth sharpshooter while the other uses his calm, inner peace to help in being a cop. (Can you guess which role goes with each actor?) They then are assigned to a case to track down a hip-hop nightclub shooting in which could be leaded by a rap group. As they go through their investigation, more and more people turn out bad and it leads to unsatisfying chase scenes with some decent action and good farces. The film goes through it slow and strongly stereotypes how blacks are which even I found a bit offending. I think what really kills the movie is the absolutely unnecessary sexual situations that are pro-longed to fill up time and only slow down the already lagging plot. They could have left these for deleted scenes but instead the director, Ron Shelton, had no concern for an action-rushing plot.

Overall, Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett made Hollywood Homicide surprising bad. A lot of people expected a good Action/Comedy but it wasn't done very well. The stunts weren't that exciting. The action was mediocre and the comedy was pretty bad. I guess some learned a lesson not to expect comedy from Hartnett and even Ford (at least from this role). I found little chemistry between Ford and Hartnett. However there were some good jokes, only in random places however. The only thing that saves the film is its 20 to 30 minute climb to the climax, which is put into two separate chases with Ford and Harrison's characters. Only see this if you wanted to see how they failed to make a good movie. Oh, by the way, you need 2 hours on hand.

My Rating: 6/10

Eliason A.