SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

TownRootGuy 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.

FilmBuff1994 Hollywood Homicide is a mediocre movie with an average storyline that I felt had the opportunity of being very different but simply didn't and a cast that could have delivered more.The set up of a buddy cop comedy in LA with Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett easily could have worked but simply didn't,they completely lacked any necessary chemistry for their parts.I always love seeing Harrison Ford on screen,but was very disappointed by his performance in this,he simply couldn't do comedy,he delivered pretty much every line very poorly and I feel like he slowly lost more and more interest in his role throughout.There were certainly a handful of parts that made me laugh,but there wasn't enough and there was nothing aside from that,the action sequences are unimpressive,and we are never really given any reason to truly care for these characters.It has its moments,but Hollywood Homicide is mostly a poorly written and poorly acted comedy that I would not recommend. Two detectives investigate the murder of a popular rap group. Best Performance: Josh Hartnett Worst Performance: Lena Olin

slightlymad22 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.

gregeichelberger Originally published on June 13, 2003.When one hears that Harrison Ford, who has appeared in more top money-making films (i.e. the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" franchises) is the star of a new motion picture, one might assume that film would be nothing short of very fine entertainment.In the case of his newest vehicle, however, that assumption would be very wrong indeed.Here, Ford plays veteran LAPD homicide detective Joe Gavilan, who is also a part-time real estate agent trying to pick up a big commission. He is teamed with Officer K.C. Calden (Josh Hartnett, "Pearl Harbor," "40 Days and 40 Nights"), a vegan who instructs yoga to beautiful women (are there any other kind in a movie like this?) in his spare time and dreams of being another Marlon Brando.Quirky enough for you? Well, there's more.Film begins with a rap group being gunned down (good riddance, I say), then sends us all down a confused and twisted tale that leaves us exiting the theater shaking our heads and wondering what in the Sam Hill just took place.For instance, look for a Puff Daddy-like record producer that may of may not have something to do with the killings; and a crooked cop (Dwight Yokam, "Sling Blade," "The Panic Room") who may or may not have something to do with the murder of Calden's police officer father.There's also an Internal Affairs investigation which seems to lack any logical reason for taking place; Gavilan trying to broker a deal between Martin Landau and Master P (of all people) for a multi-million dollar home; Gavilan's tepid romance with Lena Olin ("Romeo Is Bleeding"); Calden's obsession with performing in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" and a weird cameo in which Lou Diamond Phillips ("La Bamba") appears in drag.After about an hour or so of these ridiculous situations, as well as the low key acting in which these characters seem to be engaged in a contest to lull themselves - as well as the audience - into a deep stupor, along comes a frenetic 20-minute car chase which has the worst elements of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," W.C. Fields' "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" and the dumbest Keystone Kops flick.Needless to say, the bad guys are duly dispatched (hey, any time there's a fight on the roof of a building what do you THINK is going to happen?) and even the I.A. officer has questionable motivations, as well. It's all wrapped up neat and tidy - like last week's garbage.Directed by Ron Shelton, who did much better with films like "Bull Durham" and "White Men Can't Jump," but while having a competent cast, he can do nothing with the ludicrous script.Audience care and empathy is non-existent, too. The murder of the rap group is not intriguing in the least because they're only on screen for about two minutes (thank goodness); Gavilan is so occupied with real estate we cannot connect with him and Calden is just too bizarre to be believed.Add to all of this the fact that the movie itself cannot decide if it wants to be a comedy, action or drama. And since the film doesn't seem to care, why should we?