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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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Scott's latest feat of mind-numbing visual overkill.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
10/18/05
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

An exhausting, indecipherable mess.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
10/18/05
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Premiere Magazine

This is perhaps the most stylized, excessively garish piece of R-rated pop entertainment since Natural Born Killers, and you know what, I loved it.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment 1 Comment
10/17/05
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

The insufferable Domino severely suffers from a Vitamin “B” complex deficiency: blustery, banal, brainless and belaboring.

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
10/17/05
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

Domino Proves Tony Scott is Still a Racist and Richard Kelly is NOT Tarantion.

Full Review Source: Film Snobs | comment Comment
10/17/05
Jimmy O
Jimmy O
Film Snobs

It's almost as if the power went out and Domino was filmed on back-up generator power complete with blackouts and power surges.

Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
10/17/05
Larry Ratliff
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News

The first part of the film holds your attention even if it is too tricked up. But the longer the film rolls, the less interested the audience becomes.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
10/17/05
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Hot, steamy, full-blown nihilistic filmmaking. A template for erotic violence.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
10/15/05
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

Clarity is not one of the film's strong points.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
10/15/05
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

does have its moments but it makes its audience work too hard to find them...It is a violent, often funny cartoon, but Domino's story still has not been told

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
10/15/05
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Anything good about this movie is drowned in the sea of overkill by director Tony Scott.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
10/15/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs
N/R

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10/15/05
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10/15/05
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10/15/05
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It's Scott's lack of restraint and Kelly's lack of focus that keep Domino from fulfilling its initial potential.

Full Review Source: Zap2it.com | comment Comment
10/15/05
Dan Fienberg
Dan Fienberg
Zap2it.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

I don’t know what they think is the effect of hearing lines repeated immediately. I don’t know what they think is the effect of hearing lines repeated immediately.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
10/14/05
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

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

I find it hard to believe that Domino would peel off her clothes and do a lap dance for a bunch of East L.A. gang bangers to diffuse a tense situation. But what do I know?

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
10/14/05
Anderson Jones
Anderson Jones
FilmStew.com

It's like a ferret on crystal meth that belatedly discovers ecstasy, and it's a tiresome trip either way.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
10/14/05
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
 
 
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