Ricochet (1991)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Russell Mulcahy

Writers (WGA):

Fred Dekker (story) and
Menno Meyjes (story) ...

Release Date:

4 October 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

He's a cop accused of murder. And the only man who knows he's innocent is the killer who framed him.

Plot:

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Drugs | Revenge | Tower | Sex

Cast

Denzel Washington	...	Nick Styles
John Lithgow	...	Blake
Ice-T	...	Odessa (as Ice T)
Kevin Pollak	...	Larry
Lindsay Wagner	...	Brimleigh
Mary Ellen Trainor	...	Gail Wallens
Josh Evans	...	Kim
Victoria Dillard	...	Alice
John Amos	...	Reverend Styles
John Cothran Jr.	...	Farris
Linda Dona	...	Wanda (as Linda Doná)
Matt Landers	...	Chief Floyd
Lydell M. Cheshier	...	R.C.
Starletta DuPois	...	Mrs. Styles
Sherman Howard	...	Kiley

Also Known As:

Besatt av hämnd (Sweden) [sv]
Harhaluoti (Finland) [fi]
Ricochet (Spain) [es]
Ricochet - Der Aufprall (Germany) [de]
Ricochete (Portugal) [pt]
Rikoset (Serbia) [sr]
Verdetto finale (Italy) [it]
Visszakézböl (Hungary) [hu]

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 (cut) | Argentina:16 | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:R | South Korea:18 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:18A | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R | Netherlands:16 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cinema Plus

Trivia:

Denzel Washington worked out for three hours a day, six days a week for four months so as not to look out of shape for his shirtless scenes.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Styles is getting dressed in the locker room and stands up when the woman comes in the room you can clearly see that Washington is wearing a "modesty pouch".

Quotes:

Nick Styles: I'm a husband, I'm a father, I'm a provider, see?

Movie Connections:

References "The Love Boat" (1977)

Soundtrack:

Automatic

awesome

This movie rocks! The double cat-and-mouse game played by Washington and Lithgow works. If you are looking for an action movie that provides plenty of thrills, conflicts, drama, chases, and breathtaking suspenses and actually has a PLOT, then this film is for you.

Washington and Lithgow are both first rate, as always, and this movie does not disappoint. Watch it!

*** out of ****