Despite its big budget production values--one would expect no less from HIGHLANDER director Russell Mulcahy and DIE HARD producer Joel Silver--RICOCHET is at heart a very mean-spirited exploitation film. That it isn't totally successful seems to be mostly the fault of conflicting
aspirations.
Two men's lives intersect at a Los Angeles street fair. Earl Talbot Blake (John Lithgow) is a hit man pulling a bloody double cross on some dope dealers. Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) is an ambitious rookie cop with plans to be a lawyer. When the dust clears, Styles has captured Blake and is
the media's darling for a day, thanks to an amateur cameraman's footage of hand...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
105 mins