Ice T season has begun!

And what a fantastic film to start with. Kevin Pollak doing William Shatner impressions, Mary Ellen Trainor playing the EXACT same character as in Die Hard (same haircut, same job, same name), John Lithgow being evil, Jesse Ventura in prison, a duel between those two that mimics Highlander, Denzel Washington quoting Jimmy Cagney, Denzel strung out on smack like Popeye Doyle in French Connection II.

It is all going on.

Ice T watch: He's awesome in an early basketball game. All trash talk and "muthafucka"'s. Then he disappears for ages and returns for some terrible acting near the films conclusion. He's one of the reasons the film doesn't quite hit four stars. Three and a half Ice T's out of five.

Although it suffers from some 80s pain, I was actually enjoying the first two acts of this, I thought the whole thing of framing him worked pretty good, as compared to Luther where I just saw the same thing, but in Luther I saw clear holes in the plan, but in here it seemed to be a pretty solid frame job. Then comes the third act with a ridiculously over the top set piece with explosions and electrocution that serve no purpose. And then there's the final shot of him confronting the reporter die hard style but only much more stupid, possibly the worst final scene ever.

John Lithgow is great as bad ass. He basically saves the movie from being anothr boring D Washington flick.

I have mixed emotions about Ricochet. It's very cliche. However, both Denzel and John Lithgow give wonderful performances. The climax of the film is really fun to watch, but there are certain points in the film where I'm sure there were noticeably scenes cut. Such as John Lithgow entering the house of Denzel's character while he's away and having a birthday party with the babysitter and Denzel's children. It was very weird.

Solid early 90's thriller. An overlooked flick. Great cast, Denzel good as always, Lithgow channeling a mid-America thing that works well. I'd even forgot Ice-T has a bit part. Perhaps I watched shit like this too many times on cable growing up, and perhaps nostalgia is a factor, but this one does me no wrong. Great if later cliched plot, you ask no questions and immersion is guaranteed.

Seeing Denzel wake up with a bottle in hand is a rare moment.

Watch it in third generation vhs quality like I did this time around for best effect.

Ice T season has begun!

And what a fantastic film to start with. Kevin Pollak doing William Shatner impressions, Mary Ellen Trainor playing the EXACT same character as in Die Hard (same haircut, same job, same name), John Lithgow being evil, Jesse Ventura in prison, a duel between those two that mimics Highlander, Denzel Washington quoting Jimmy Cagney, Denzel strung out on smack like Popeye Doyle in French Connection II.

It is all going on.

Ice T watch: He's awesome in an early basketball game. All trash talk and "muthafucka"'s. Then he disappears for ages and returns for some terrible acting near the films conclusion. He's one of the reasons the film doesn't quite hit four stars. Three and a half Ice T's out of five.

-"Parole board hearing today, Black. Hope you flossed."
-"I did. With your mother's pubic hair."

Yup, evidently you burned the other guy if you're putting his elderly mother's pubes in your mouth. Thanks for that, John Lithgow

It's an OK fan nothing I'd ever watch again.

Jesus Christ this is a messed up movie. John Lithgow is one creepy dude, so I guess that's why it works.