Worse than the violence and the language is the cinematography... quick cuts and super close-ups and cameras circling subjects as they speak. It’s downright annoying.
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
Reviews for Domino
It's the tale of a real person in only the most abstract, opportunistic way, since what Scott has done is to pin the scandal label of 'true story' onto his most fractiously vapid action film since Beverly Hills Cop II.
A completely incoherent mess, told exclusively in two-second segments.
A raucous mess, constructed and edited with such crazed intricacy and shot with such extravagant flamboyance that it's actually physically painful to look at after awhile.
I’m not exactly sure what kind of intoxicants director Tony Scott is trippin’ on these days, but...
Keira Knightley just isn't that hot. Or cool. She's... lukewarm. Like the movie.
possibly one of the worst movies I’ve had the distinct displeasure of viewing in many years. Mind you, I say this after seeing "Alone in the Dark" and "The Man" this year.
A noisy, ugly, chaotic mess...One of the worst movies of 2005, and the worst film of Tony Scott's career, so far.
It’s a mainstream movie stylized to the point where it’s no longer mainstream. That’s part of its non-conformist kick.
It's easy but unfair to dismiss it completely--despite excess and flaws, this uniquely American satire is in moments darker, sharper, more inventive than Natural Born Killers
Crass yet colorful exploitation of the sad, strange life of an English beauty-turned-bounty hunter.
A hopeless mess of never ending exposition and random, completely unrelated side trips into useless minutia.
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