Ricochet stars Denzel Washington as Nick Stiles, a rookie cop when he foils a crime committed by Earl Talbot Blake played by John Lithgow, seven years later though Stiles is now an Assistant District Attorney and his old foe is out of jail and out for revenge.
This is an absolutely brilliant film that had me on the edge of my seat and soaking up every minute it played out, and what I like about it is that every performance is rock solid especially Lithgow and Washington, Lithgow is scary and menacing at the same time as well as incredibly captivating, in fact I was reminded of Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek 2 a lot of the time in terms of how he means to avenge himself upon Stiles, by not killing him but hurting him and also how he tasks him, he tasks him and he shall have him.
As for Washington well, when has this man not turned in a bad performance or been nothing short of a deadset legend and wonderful actor, he'll be in a wheelchair someday and still be able to kick someone's ass, and boy does he get put through the ringer here which only serves to make his comeback all the more satisfying to watch.
But wait that's not all folks, there are two other people that deserve the high praise lavished upon Lithgow and Washington, and that's director Russell Mulcahy and composer Alan Silvestri, Silvestri's work on the opening credits really set the stage for the rest of his score which is again really taut and adds to the mood of the film, speaking of which is Mulcahy's camerawork which takes you around a corner and you think to yourself that anything could be beyond it, but not only that he directs the action scenes very well and handles the overall darkness in the film well and this isn't a nice movie, especially given some of the subject material.
All in all, watch this movie, it's well worth it and shows Mulcahy had a real talent for directing, it's just a shame Highlander II killed off any chance he might have had for a good directorial career, 4 and a half out of 5.
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