Ricochet (1991)

R  |   |  Action, Crime, Drama  |  4 October 1991 (USA)
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An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

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Odessa (as Ice T)
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DA Priscilla Brimleigh
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Alice
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Reverend Styles
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Councilman Farris (as John Cothran Jr.)
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Wanda (as Linda Doná)
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Lydell M. Cheshier ...
R.C.
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Mrs. Styles
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Kiley
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Storyline

In this action thriller, Denzel Washington plays Nick Styles, the assistant district attorney of L.A. The film opens in his early days as a cop on the L.A.P.D. During a carnival, master criminal Earl Talbot Blake creates a scene after a botched drug deal. Styles and Blake confront each other, during which Blake is wounded by Styles and later sent to prison. Seven years later, Blake escapes from prison during a parole board hearing to carry out his revenge against Styles, and what follows is a violent series of events that destroys Styles' career. This sets the stage for one last bloody duel between Styles and Blake. Written by Stephen Currence <billyc@erols.com>

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prison | drugs | revenge | murder | lawyer | See All (72) »

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This is one case that's going to be settled out of court. See more »


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Rated R for strong violence and sensuality, and for language and drug content | See all certifications »

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4 October 1991 (USA)  »

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$21,760,000 (USA)
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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The video camera that "The Camera Bug" is using at the fair appears to be a two-piece Canon VC-10 series color camcorder, which was appropriate to the setting of the scene in which it appears (1983). The camera transmitted the video signal to a VCR, which you can see in a bag slung over The Camera Bug's shoulder. See more »

Goofs

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". See more »

Quotes

Bookstore owner: You're the D.A.!
Nick Styles: Wrong! They fired me. As a private citizen I can kick anybody's ass I want to.
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Connections

References Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976) See more »

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You Better Mind
Performed by The Saint John's Methodist Church Gospel Choir
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User Reviews

awesome
12 March 2001 | by (Richardson, TX) – See all my reviews

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 ****


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