Stars: William H. Macy, Joe Mantegna, Ving Rhames, Vincent Guastaferro, Rebecca Pidgeon

Director: David Mamet

Summary: David Mamet writes and directs HOMICIDE, a story detailing the discovery of the body of an elderly Jewish shopkeeper. What appears to be a straightforward botched robbery leads to the investigation of right wing Jewish vigilantes and an anti-semitic conspiracy.

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Harrison Ford lends his solid, perpetually disgruntled presence to Hollywood Homicide, an action-comedy in which he's paired with the squinty eyes and peaches-and-cream complexion of Josh Hartnett. Radical French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard would appreciate this complete deconstruction of the buddy-cop flick genre; basic cinematic elements (mismatched partners, a hard-ass superior riding them, arguments about who's going to drive, arguments about intuition vs diligent detective work, the bad cop who killed Hartnett's father, etc) have been scrambled and slapped together with no concern for coherence, making clear their innately artificial nature. Sex scenes and car chases come out of nowhere and disappear without consequence, providing arbitrary visual stimulus. During shoot-outs, it's impossible to tell who got killed or why, underscoring a basic doubt about the purpose of making movies like Hollywood Homicide. It's rare for a mainstream movie to be so daringly (albeit accidentally) avant-garde. --Bret Fetzer

Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailer
Year:	1991
Release Date:	October 13, 2003
Runtime:	97 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C C D 9883
Keywords:	General, Drama, Homicide
Genre:	Drama