Hollywood Homicide Movie Review 2003

In 2003, director Shelton released the hard-edged corrupt cop film "Dark Blue." And then this buddy cop comedy. The first works, this doesn't (much), although the premise had possibilities. Veteran L.A. homicide detective Joe Gavilan (Ford) has three ex-wives, a couple of kids he never sees, money troubles thanks to his off-duty job peddling real estate, and an Internal Affairs investigator (Greenwood) dogging him. His dewy partner, K.C. Calden (Hartnett) isn't sure he even wants to be a detective--he'd rather be an actor. Meanwhile, he moonlights as a yoga instructor. Their on-and-off duty jobs collide as they investigate multiple homicides at a rap club. Ford's relaxed and grumpy; Hartnett's naive and cute but they don't have much rapport and the story's generally weak.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 111 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Buddy Cops, L.A., Homicide, Yoga, Real Estate, Hip-Hop/Rap

Screenplay

Ron Shelton, Robert Souza

Cast

Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Master P, Bruce Greenwood, Keith David, Isaiah Washington, Lolita (David) Davidovich, Martin Landau, Dwight Yoakam, Kurupt, Lou Diamond Phillips, Gladys Knight, Meredith Scott Lynn, James MacDonald, Clyde Kusatsu, Frank Sinatra, Smokey Robinson, Robert Wagner

Cinematography

Barry Peterson

Director

Ron Shelton

Music

Alex Wurman

Other

Eric Idle, Kirk Francis, Paul Seydor, Christa Munro, Bernie Pollack, James Bissell

Producer

Ron Shelton, Lou Pitt, Revolution Studios, Columbia Pictures