Ricochet (1991)

109 min · Action, Drama, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film, hood film, neo-noir, thriller film

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Directors

Russell Mulcahy

Cast

Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, Lindsay Wagner, Mary Ellen Trainor

The story

In 1983, rookie LAPD officer and law student Nick Styles meets Alice and drifts away from childhood friend Odessa, who has become a drug dealer in South Central Los Angeles. Styles and his partner Larry Doyle patrol a carnival, where they encounter hitman Earl Talbot Blake and his accomplice, Kim. Styles is forced into an armed standoff when Blake takes a hostage after killing several drug dealers.

Catalogue themes and tags

1990s, Accomplice, Career, Cops, Enführung, Familie, Fernsehbranche, Flucht aus dem Gefängnis, Gefängnis, Großstadt, Kriminalfälle, Los Angeles, Murderer, Possession, Rach, Wrongly accused, psychophat, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Psychological thriller, Action/Adventure, Drama, Crime Thriller, Action

Genres

Action, Drama, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film, hood film, neo-noir, thriller film

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