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: New Line Home Video
: 128 min.
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: English, Spanish
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The (mostly) true story of a Hollywood princess turned bounty hunter is told in this witty action-drama from director Tony Scott. Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) was the daughter of famed actor Laurence Harvey (played by Jesse Pate) who passed on when Domino was only eight years old. Domino's mother, former fashion model Paulene Stone (played by Jacqueline Bisset and renamed (%Sophie Wynn) in the film), strove to give her daughter a comfortable life, but Domino was naturally rebellious, and after a contentious stint in boarding school, a brief career as a runway model, and a fling with the fashion business, Domino was looking for something more exciting. She found it when he met Ed Mosbey (Mickey Rourke), an ex-con who had gone on to a successful career as a "bail recovery agent" -- in short, a bounty hunter. Ed also taught others how to join his profession, and Domino took his course and joined his team, along with Choco (Edgar Ramirez), a headstrong bail agent who took an immediate fancy to Domino. Domino, Ed, and Choco became a successful team -- successful enough that television producer Mark Heiss (Christopher Walken) asked them to become the subject of a television reality series. However, it was after the cameras were turned on Domino that her life got truly crazy. Bail bondsman Claremont Williams III (Delroy Lindo) had hired Domino and her friends for a risky case, and soon Domino, Ed, and Choco were chasing missing men and money while landing in hot water with both the FBI and the Mafia. Domino was loosely based on Domino Harvey's real life story; sadly her personal life was as reckless as her career, and Domino died as a result of drug abuse on June 27, 2005, after this film was completed. The film also features Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari, Macy Gray, and Dabney Coleman. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by talltale
March 8, 2006 - 8:07 PM PST
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Back in 1993 Tony Scott directed a whopping good film called "True Romance," written by Tarantino and an uncredited Roger Avary, with a cast that just doesn't quit. My god: there's everyone from Patricia Arquette to Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt, the late Chris Penn, Anna Levine, James Gandolfini and even Jack Black (granted, they cut his tiny role, but still, he's evidently on the DVD's "deleted scenes") and more. Scott has directed his share of crap ("Revenge," "Days of Thunder," "The Last Boy Scout" and "The Fan") and also had his share of bloated, tiresome hits & semi-hits ("Crimson Tide," "Enemy of the State," "Spy Game," "Man of Fire" and yes, even "Top Gun." But nothing has come close to the wit, speed, and surprise of "True Romance." Until, that is, DOMINO arrived--and flopped.
Clearly, it was too much for the mainstream. But rent it and discover what Scott can do with a decent script in hand (this time from Richard Kelley of "Donnie Darko" fame). Keira Knightley is pretty far from her "Pride & Prejudice" stint, but she's fine all the same, and the rest of the standout cast (which runs the gamut from Mo'Nique to Dabney Coleman and includes some great work from Walken (again), Mena Survari and lots of others. The movie has the wit and intelligence to let us know right away that it's "based on a true story--sort of." And the trek it takes back and forth thru time and place is bracing and lots of fun. Only one major moment does not work, involving a cell phone conversation that leads to the grizzliest stuff in the film, so it, particularly, needs to be believable but isnt. Otherwise, this is all-action, interesting photography and first-class fun. |
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