Peereddi
I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.
FrogGlace
In other words,this film is a surreal ride.
Janae Milner
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Richard Davis
All I'll say is - from the music over the opening credits, right through to about minute 10, see if you can't listen the soundtrack and think of nothing but Arnie and Predator! I know he's responsible for both films, but this is just way, way too close - just as lazily close as the soundtracks between Commando and say 48 hours / Another 48 Hours (all done by James Horner) is. Lame and lazy.
Mr-Fusion
"Ricochet" is a movie worth seeing (renting) for its two lead actors; both of whom approach this movie with gusto, not to mention serious talent: Denzel as the righteous crusader attorney, and Lithgow as the bat-guano crazy killer. Lithgow plays the hell out of the psycho here, not the scenery-chewing bad guy you picture from "Cliffhanger", but the unhinged and unpredictable kind. The mindscrew he puts Denzel through in this movie is something else, man. Way out there.Sleazy and over-the-top are both very good descriptors for "Ricochet", which isn't at all what I'd expected. It does have that early '90s violence (you know it when you see it), but a lot of it's shot like a music video; it's kinda surreal. Ice Ti's character/subplot is awkwardly shoved in there, but on the other hand, Kevin Pollack's a reliable presence. I do love that Mary Ellen Trainor's playing the same character she did in "Die Hard") it's so random). This holds your attention, but it's also fairly forgettable.6/10
lost-in-limbo
There are some features that it's best you don't think too much about, but simply go with it and enjoy the over-the-top ride. "Ricochet" is one of those films. It's quite an eye-rolling, but barnstorming action thriller starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Kevin Pollack, Lindsay Wagner and Ice Cube. No cliché is left untouched in the plot developments as the criminal that was put-away goes after the cop, now district attorney that put him there, but his revenge is to see this man become tainted and slowly succumb to a downward spiral. Both were rookies in their chosen profession, but only one could hit stardom. The way it's all orchestrated is contrived in its manipulation, where success and satisfaction is gained from one's failure. It's the two leads that bring it up to par. A classy Washington oozes with confidence as the district attorney, while the icy Lithgow is left off the leash in the villain role. No holding back here… performance, but also the outlandish plot. For most part it sets up building upon the situation, like a dynamite waiting to explode. Director Russell Mulcahy's stylised handling is expansive, noisy and industrious with a real eye for mean-spiritedness and biting humour amongst its stagy set-pieces. Daft, but fun thriller hokum. "I've been following your career, you know."
Michael Neumann
Denzel Washington is the LA cop responsible for the arrest of psycho-killer John Lithgow, who escapes with a plan to ruin the career of his crime-busting nemesis (instead of simply killing him, which would have been a lot easier). Don't be misled by the marquee value: this violent revenge drama is low-caliber crud with no pretensions to quality and no value except (perhaps) as a guilty pleasure. Washington, as always, is a joy to watch, but Lithgow makes an unconvincing psychopath: it's too hard to imagine him as anything except a nice guy, even after watching him drive an iron spike through someone's chest. But because his smear job on good cop (in the LAPD?) Washington is so creative and unbelievable, many viewers will suffer the ridiculous plot and cardboard characters to see how it all ends: predictable, in a large explosion and yet another impalement. But what else could be expected from the author of 'Die Hard'? Chronology note: the story is arbitrarily set in the year 1988, three full years before the film was released. Could it have been gathering dust on a studio shelf since then?
