Hollywood Homicide

MPAA Rating: PG-13

for violence, sexual situations and language.

Moral Rating:

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Moviemaking Quality:

Primary Audience:

Adults

Genre:

Action Drama

Length:

1 hr. 51 min.

Starring: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Keith David, Lolita Davidovich, Bruce Greenwood | Directed by: Ron Shelton | Produced by: Lou Pitt, Ron Shelton | Written by: Ron Shelton, Robert Souza | Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Producer’s synopsis: Two LAPD homicide detectives who moonlight in other fields, Joe Gavilian (Ford) (a real estate agent) and K.C. Calden (Hartnett) (a yoga instructor and wannabe actor), investigate the slaying of a rap group on stage that is possibly orchestrated by Sartain (Washington), a notorious rap label boss who is rumored to have arranged the death of rap artists in the past who wanted to get out of their contracts, and whose head of security is himself a former LAPD officer.

Year of Release—2003

Negative—This is a dreadful waste of time! It is supposed to be an action comedy, but the action is predicatble and on occasion boring while the comedy, although sometimes drawing a smile, is hardly side-splitting. The plot is thin and unsurprising and the characters are mostly shallow. Christian families will not appreciate the pervasive and often gratuitous coarse language or the sexual situations.
My Ratings: [Very Offensive/1]
—Alan Wilson, age 44

Negative—How many times can a PG-13 film use God’s name in vain? The actors in this movie said it so often I lost count…
My Ratings: [ Extremely Offensive / 2]
—Mark L., age 34

Negative—As a Christian that chooses not to watch R rated movies, I had to recheck the rating on this. The language alone—including (especially) the Lord’s name in vain should have put it in the R category.
My Ratings: [Very Offensive / 2]
—Wendy, age 38

Comments from young people

Negative—This movie was the worst cop movie I have seen! It was poorly made, and was pointless to watch. In addition to this it was very offensive! They say God’s name in vain at least twenty times, swearing (including racial slurs), their is sexual situations (they get a lot of chicks), and violence. When my father watched this movie with me, we forwarded thru the last ten minutes just to see what happens in the end, it was so predictable too! If you want to watch a very stupid police movie with Harrison Ford, and Hartnett, watch this movie!
My Ratings: [Very Offensive/1]
—Nick, age 13

Movie Critics

Beyond its artistic failings, Hollywood Homicide is loaded with offensive language, takes joy in violence, and asks families to cheer studs Ford and Hartnett as they ‘score’ more often than the Anaheim Angels.
—Bob Smithouser, Plugged In (Focus on the Family)

…violence, a casual treatment of premarital sex, a few racial slurs, and some rough language
—Alan Boyer, Preview Family Movie and TV Review

The result is jittery and distracted, a little like watching separate movies running at the same time.
—Margaret A. McGurk, Cincinnati Enquirer

As one of the year’s worst movies, someone should be arrested for this.
—E! Online

Many scenes designed for laughs simply lie there. Moments designed for drama muster none.
—Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Harrison Ford can’t save this sour action caper.
—Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times

…just one more achingly familiar, by-the-numbers buddy-cop movie…
—William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

…It’s definitely entertaining but nothing unusual or out of the ordinary. …stuck with a script that has them using harsh religious profanity, spewing needless crude language and uttering stupid dialogue, it demeans not only their characters but ruins their integrity. …‘too adult’ for the young teen PG-13 crowd…
—Holly McClure, Crosswalk