Fresh
A taut, twisty urban suspenser powered by the spring-loaded performance of Denzel Washington in his first major action role, Ricochet has a nasty streak and a tendency toward implausible excess.
Variety Staff, Variety
Ricochet
This is one case that's going to be settled out of court.
1991 · 1h 42m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Russell Mulcahy
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Ricochet
Overview
An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
Director and cast
- Russell Mulcahy Director
- Denzel Washington as Nick Styles
- John Lithgow as Earl Talbott Blake
- Ice-T as Odessa
- Kevin Pollak as Det. Larry Doyle
- Lindsay Wagner as D.A. Priscilla Brimleigh
- Mary Ellen Trainor as Gail Wallens
- Josh Evans as Kim
- Victoria Dillard as Alice
- John Amos as Reverend Styles
- John Cothran as Councilman Farris
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Mulcahy's slasher-thriller manages to be as entertaining as it is improbable and violent.
Stephen Garrett, Time Out
Rotten
The screenplay, by Steven E. de Souza, contains many glib, obscene wisecracks, plus the misinformation that Anna Karenina was Tolstoy's first book.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
As with other Silver-smithed projects, this one is almost frighteningly competent at bashing heads and pushing all the right buttons.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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