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Domino (2005)

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Reviews Counted:146

Fresh:27

Rotten:119

Average Rating:3.9/10

Consensus: The life story of model-turned- bounty-hunter Domino Harvey struggles to get out of this overwrought and excessive biopic.

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: The already larger-than-life story of Domino Harvey, a former Ford model turned bounty hunter, takes on mythological proportions in Tony Scott's (TRUE ROMANCE, MAN ON FIRE) fast-paced thriller.... The already larger-than-life story of Domino Harvey, a former Ford model turned bounty hunter, takes on mythological proportions in Tony Scott's (TRUE ROMANCE, MAN ON FIRE) fast-paced thriller. Unfolding in a nonlinear fashion as a bloodied Domino (Kiera Knightley) is interrogated by iron-faced Officer Taryn Miles (Lucy Liu), the film traces the trajectory of Domino's tumultuous life. Beginning with the death of her beloved father, the actor Laurence Harvey (THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE), Domino develops into a hard-nosed, scrappy young woman who trains with nunchucks beside her mother's luxurious pool and responds violently to anyone who crosses her. Bored with the runway and the glamorous LA life, Domino shows up for a bounty-hunter seminar. Catching the "teachers" of the seminar as they try to cut and run with the proceeds, she manages to win their respect and joins their team. This consists of Ed Mosbey (Mickey Rourke), the tough-as-nails leader and Domino's surrogate father, and Choco (Edgar Ramirez), an impulsive Venezuelan who harbors a not-so-secret love for Domino. The three form a kind of family, working under Claremont Williams (Delroy Lindo), who "plays Charlie to their three angels." For a time they are unstoppable, even agreeing to let the slimy Mark Heiss (Christopher Walken) produce a reality-TV show about them, which is hilariously hosted by Ian Ziering and Brian Austin Green (BEVERLY HILLS 90210). But when Claremont orchestrates a complicated inside job in order to raise the money for his granddaughter's doctor bills, the precarious balance within the trio is disturbed. Tom Waits stands out in a cameo as a wise wanderer who advises the lost bounty hunters. [More]

Starring: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari

Starring: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari, Christopher Walken, Riz Abbasi, Delroy Lindo, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green, Macy Gray, Dabney Coleman, Kel O'Neill, Jacqueline Bisset, Dale Dickey, Jerry Springer, T.K. Carter, Tom Waits, Stanley Kamel

Director: Tony Scott

Director: Tony Scott
Screenwriter: Richard Kelly, Toby Emmerich
Producer: Samuel Hadida, Victor Hadida, Tony Scott
Studio: New Line Cinema

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Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
Empire Magazine
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A challenging, complicated and hilarious heist thriller

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
09/30/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

In short, Domino suffers from overdirection and a casting gamble that doesn't pay off but it's worth seeing for its sheer horrendousness.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/15/05
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

[Scott] directs this 'sort of true' crime story about English schoolgirl-turned-bounty hunter Domino Harvey like a rabid dog with a rag doll in its gnashers.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
10/15/05
Stella Papamichael
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BBC
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Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
10/14/05
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

a twisted head spinner of a biopic, where myth is always racing hot on the heels of a fugitive reality.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
07/04/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film

Give it up to director Tony Scott and screenwriter Richard Kelly -- Domino, a nonstop assault of cognitive dissonance, is an apt, if daft tribute to a life utterly misled.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
10/14/05
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

Even when your mind is saying 'Wait a minute,' your pulse is revving up, reacting to Scott's edgy, visceral energy.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal | comment Comment
11/03/05
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Imagine Mallory Knox as her own reality tv show star, less inclined to take up with the absolutely wrong man, and able to handle her mascara like a pro.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
10/14/05
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

Hugely entertaining and entirely self-serving, “Domino” is likely to be raped by the critics, and then loved by its audiences.

Full Review Source: EDGE Boston | comment Comment
10/14/05
David Foucher
David Foucher
EDGE Boston

An overblown, frantic, giddily exciting, eye-popping exercise in visual artistry over internal three-dimensionality.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
10/13/05
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

This was made for the MTV generation, whatever that is, and has the look of one of those videos they don't really show anymore.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
10/15/05
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

A bit of a mess, but it's one hell of an entertaining mess.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
11/10/05
Jeff Otto
Jeff Otto
IGN Movies

A well-paced action movie, if a little long, with an unusual feeling of surrealism behind the action.

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04/08/07
Jette Kernion
Jette Kernion
Cinematical

I’m not exactly sure what kind of intoxicants director Tony Scott is trippin’ on these days, but...

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
10/11/05
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

When studio heads caught wind of an ex-model who became an actual female bounty hunter, green lights must have gone off like paparazzi flashes.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
11/02/05
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Domino is definitely muddled and too hip for its own good. But the true story behind Domino Harvey's life is a fascinating character study nonetheless.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
10/14/05
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

It's stupid American big-budget filmmaking at its most endearingly idiotic.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
10/22/05
Lewis Beale
Lewis Beale
Film Journal International

As entertainment, Domino works, in much the same way every other Tony Scott film does. But as something more, which it aspires to be, it falls short.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
10/13/05
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
Los Angeles CityBeat
 
 
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