Ricochet

"This is one case that's going to be settled out of court."

Oct 4 1991 R 1h 42m
Action, Crime, Drama

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

Plot

In this action thriller, Denzel Washington plays Nick Styles, the assistant district attorney of L.A. The film opens in his early days as a cop on the L.A.P.D. During a carnival, master criminal Earl Talbot Blake creates a scene after a botched drug deal. Styles and Blake confront each other, during which Blake is wounded by Styles and later sent to prison. Seven years later, Blake escapes from prison during a parole board hearing to carry out his revenge against Styles, and what follows is a violent series of events that destroys Styles' career. This sets the stage for one last bloody duel between Styles and Blake.

Written by

Fred Dekker, Menno Meyjes, Steven E. de Souza

Directed by

Russell Mulcahy

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Silver Pictures, Indigo Productions, Cinema Plus, HBO

Languages

Français, English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
22,638
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
49
Popularity
NA