BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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.

batzu I give this a movie a high rating for many of the reasons people have given it a low rating. As one reviewer stated, it's way way WAy over the top! To me this is a plus to what would otherwise be a pretty boring movie. I found much of it to be hilarious. This movie does echo the whole Lethal Weapon, Die Hard vibe, and is basically the same plot as Cape Fear. But where those movies seemed somewhat plausible, at least as movies, this one goes off the rails. Denzel and Lithgow are watchable even in this ridiculous movie. Here are some highlights:Spoiler Alert:A gladiator fight between Lithgow and Jesse Ventura in prison using phone books as armorA jockstrap with a holdout pistol holsterLindsay Wagner salivating over a nude DenzelA prison guard being killed with a circular sawIce TKevin Pollack doing Columbo and Captain Kirk impressionsA fight scene at the top of Watts TowersAn obligatory impaling of the antagonistA bar with a heavyset topless woman and a midget (little person) walking on the bar serving drinksAnd so much more as the dialog will make you cringe and laugh out loud. I honestly wasn't expecting the level of exploitative entertainment that was contained in this flick and liked in a so bad it's good way.

Rodrigo Amaro In "Ricochet" a dangerous man escapes from prison with the sole purpose of getting revenge on the man who put him behind bars many years ago. John Lithgow plays Earl and he goes on a limitless hunt trying to destroy the reputation of the former cop, now a respected district attorney played by Denzel Washington. Let's say that the formula of "Cape Fear" gets really twisted, really messy, at times outrageously funny trying to be very serious in here. What makes this movie worth viewing is the way the villain executes his plan of destroying the hero bit by bit without killing him, he makes better: he makes the honorable man looks like a crazy fool who'll lost respect of the society he helped to improve by condemning guys like Earl, and will try hard to get the love and respect of his family and friends. The plan was interestingly performed, things are quite surprising in this department and the film succeeds in this. It also succeeds with Lithgow playing an scary antagonist stealing the show from everybody, and Denzel does his routine acting, very good.However, this film cannot be viewed just for those things. The main problem of the film was some absurds put on the screen to make us impressed by the plot. And it's strange that director Russell Mulcahy and writer Steven E. De Souza (the future director of "Street Fighter") wants us to make not only shocked, entertained and all but also wants the audience to take this story seriously, but it's really hard to do that. Here's some moments and things that puts this film on a lower level: the violent jailbreak scene almost got right with the excess of violence (very unbelievable that prisoners would have access to such dangerous tools like a saw and would be fast enough to use right away on the guards); a sex tape being broadcasted on live TV in the morning (one of Lithgow's tricks against the hero), very laughable. But the one who is really absurd but was interesting to watch was the fight between Lithgow and another prisoner, both wearing an armor made of books glued with duct tape, where director Mulcahy recreates his famous fight in "Highlander". That would never happen in real life but it's sure funny to see that happening. It's hard not to laugh at some of those things and some even might find this a silly movie because of that; it loses all of its seriousness just to appeal to audiences.It certainly produces memorable moments, it's quite entertaining and it is very exciting. Don't expect much and don't even pay attention to the nonsense talk about the racial issues brought up by some mongoloids viewers who watched this film way over of what was proposed. Take a look at some of the amazing extravagances of 1990's cinema and enjoy it. 8/10

Woodyanders Smart and ambitious rookie cop Nick Styles (an excellent and engaging performance by Denzel Washington) launches his career and rises all the way to assistant district attorney after he arrests vicious and cunning psycho Earl Talbot Blake (splendidly played with deliciously wicked lip-smacking relish by John Lithgow). Blake breaks out of jail so he can exact a harsh and clever revenge on Styles. Director Russell Mulcahy, working from a tight and nasty script by Steven E. de Souza, relates the absorbing plot at a constant brisk pace, stages the savage action scenes with real flashy style and energy, maintains a properly hard and gritty tone throughout, builds a considerable amount of tension, and tosses in plenty of startling moments of brutal violence. This film further benefits from fine acting by an able cast: Washington and Lithgow do top-notch work in the leads (Lithgow in particular makes for a marvelously mean and ruthless villain), with sturdy support from Ice T as tough, but good-hearted drug kingpin Odessa, Kevin Pollack as Styles' affable partner Larry, Lindsay Wagner as cagey, hard-nosed district attorney Blimleigh, Mary Ellen Trainor as eager TV reporter Gail Wallens, Josh Evans as Blake's obsequious lackey Kim, and Victoria Dillard as Styles' loving wife Alice. Jesse Ventura has a cool bit as Chewalski, an antagonistic prison inmate who mixes it up with Blake in a fierce to-the-death fight. Peter Levy's glossy and agile cinematography gives the picture an attractive slick look. Alan Silvestri's stirring and dynamic score hits the rousing spot. The tense and exciting mano-a-mano climactic confrontation between Styles and Blake on a high tower seriously smokes in no uncertain terms. Granted, the story is pretty implausible, but overall this bang-up flick rates as a great deal of lively and entertaining over-the-top fun.