Hollywood Homicide (2003)

So much average

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Hartnett is another one of those guys who is all face and no talent. He's not off-putting like a DiCaprio type but he's definitely there just for his looks. While it's not a straight-up chick flick, it's pretty close. This has some action, decent eye candy, some great stars, about 30% good tunes AND the jokes aren't all stale but they mostly come up short of the quirkiness they're selling here. I can watch this every 5 years or so.

It's not hard to see what attracted Harrison Ford to Hollywood Homicide, buddy cop movies if done well are usually successful, Josh Hartnett was on a role after 'Pearl Harbour', 'Black Hawk Down' and '40 days and 40 nights'. While Ford's last effort 'K-19 Widdowmaker' had flopped massively grossing only $65 million dollars World Wide off a $100 million dollar budget. You had to go back to the Robert Zemekis directed 'What Lies Beneath' with Michelle Pfeiffer in 2000 for his last hit. And in Hollywood 3 years can be a lifetime. The plot, which was ridiculous to follow at times. Two LAPD detectives played by Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett investigate the murder of an up and coming rap band. In his spare time Ford moonlights as an real estate agent, Hartnett as a yoga instructor, but he really wants to be an actor, an spends a lot of time reciting 'A Streetcar Named Desire'There are scenes of action, car chases (more like Smokey & The Bandit than Bullit) chases on foot and shoot outs. In between there was loving making and some sentimental soul searching before the predictable finaleLou Diamond Phillips pops up, as does Martin Landau, Eric Idle Smokey Robinson, Robert Wagner and Gladys Knight. Ford remains watchable, as always, but these are not two of his better hours.

There's nothing to spoil so don't worry about that.This thing was hanging onto about a 4 until the last 40 minutes; everything after that point drops it to a 2. Part of me is debating whether I should be more generous, but the gap doesn't seem big enough. It kind of just ran into a wall and fell down hard.It's pretty bad but not the worst ever. Really there's no reason to waste my time or your time on it and I just felt compelled to contribute to the score. Unfortunately I am not doing both in reaching for this ten line minimum.Be assured that reading this was less boring than the film it reviewed.

Harrison Ford is Mr. Blockbuster, but not in this movie.As a Los Angeles homicide investigator, Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) is a competent detective of the homicide division and a real-estate broker in his spare time to pay his debts and mortgage. His partner K.C. Calden (Josh Hartnett) is also an aspiring actor, looking for a chance in the cinema industry to quit his position in the police department. While Gavilan and Calden are investigating the death of four rappers, the dirty Lt. Bennie Macko (Bruce Greenwood) of the internal affairs and enemy of Gavilan is chasing them. 'Hollywood Homicide' is a silly and forgettable movie, although having a great cast and a very high budget. I agree with the title of the comment of another user: 'I'd rather just watch "Lethal Weapon" again...' Me too. My vote is six, and that is being generous.