Hollywood Homicide 2003

They're two cops with one shot at solving a murder... and surviving each other.

5.254 / 10   590 vote(s)
PG-13
Action Adventure Comedy Thriller

Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.

Release Date 2003-06-09
Runtime 1h 56m
Directors Ron Shelton, Barry Peterson, Hope Garrison, Eric Fox Hays, Matt Pexa
Producers Ron Shelton, David V. Lester, Joe Roth, Allegra Clegg, Scott Bernstein, Robert Souza, Lou Pitt, David Taritero
Writers Ron Shelton, Robert Souza

We've been partners for what, four months, and now you wanna be my shrink?

Ultimately you have to think that those who have wanted to see Hollywood Homicide would have done so by now, certainly fans of the generational divided lead actors (Josh Hartnett and Harrison Ford) would have long since tuned in to see what it's like. It's fair to say that its reputation is most divisive, with some critics proving to be most ferocious in their summations. Personally I find it to be an enjoyable spin on the buddy buddy cop formula, where director Ron Shelton isn't afraid to put emphasis on characters instead of just filling out the pic with high octane bangs and crashes. The wry portrayal of the police system in a bustling Los Angeles is nicely etched into the froth, with the sidebar of coppers having two jobs being a deft poke in the ribs.

Good fun with well crafted action scenes, but the main strength is in the writing and to see once again that Ford has been very undervalued as a comedy actor of the years. 6.5/10

John Chard