Hollywood Cops

I went to see this movie not expecting much from a Star who you least expect to be funny, but Ford is funny, but I am not sure about Hartnet. The movie is gripping with some amazing car chases, courtesy of the Digital editors. I happen to be seeing Italian Job on the same day, I came out thinking it was well worth my money since I have squandered my earnings on hollywood decadance that started with Beutiful mind.

From the get-go I could tell Hollywood Homicide was something people were going to miss completely. The fact that the movie isn't really a buddy-cop movie in the sense that a Lethal Weapon is, never really occuring to them. This movie isn't about the crime that takes place. And it's not about the action. It's about the two characters played by Harnett and Ford. The interplay between them, the way they feel each other out, and along with audience grow to know one another.

All the cops in the movie are portrayed as people who want something better for themselves, which recalls to us the 'dreams of the rap-star might-have-been's' who are gunned down in the opening scene.

The roundabout way that things unfold in Hollywood Homicide is quite frankly a breath of fresh air, because the tensions in the movie aren't hinged on the solving of any crimes, but on Harrison selling that property and Josh playing 'Stanley' to perfection. The last bit involving an impropable car chase, an even more impropable foot chase, and two quirky final showdowns show that the guys still 'get down to work' when that time comes.

I recommend the film for anyone who doesn't really hold movies to expectations of genre or style. To people who like to be shown something odd, new and fascinating now and again. It was a good time.

I really enjoyed watching Harrison & Josh acting together. It was a fun, action-packed film with two great hunks! They made it look like they enjoyed filming it too. I always enjoy watching Harrison Ford! The only time he freaked me out was in What Lies Beneath, at the end.

This movie is a lot of fun. Everyone seems to be doggin' this movie, but most negative critiques I've read sound like the person expected "Hollywood Homicide" to be bad. The movie has failings to be sure, but I laughed out loud many times and smiled throughout the whole film. All I wanted was to have a good time, and I did.

HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE (2003) ** Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Keith David, Dwight Yoakam, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau, Master P, Lou Diamond Phillips, Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson, Kurupt, Dre, (Cameo: Eric Idle; Robert Wagner as himself). By-the-numbers cop/buddy flick with Ford and Hartnett as gruff and flaky (respectively) LAPD detectives on the case of a rap group assassination while attempting to juggle their moonlighting gigs as real estate broker and wanna be actor (respectively) with a more-miss-than-hit attempt in the laughs department sadly by the out-of-touch script by director Ron Shelton (who acquits himself however in the action sequences including a smash bang-up thrilling car chase along Hollywood Boulevard) and Robert Souza that may have worked 20 years ago with its punchy takes at how LA is a town of many colorful characters on the make at something other than their boring careers (in this case police work). Although it is nice to see Ford's natural humor break through his bristling scowly demeanor Hartnett is miscast and clearly has no knack for comedy; that's the real joke.