Domino (Widescreen New Line Platinum Series)
Does it really matter what's true or false in
i Domino
i0 if the movie's so deliriously hard to resist? Tony Scott's dizzying film about his late friend, former model and famous bounty hunter Domino Harvey (1969-2005), is more tribute than biography, riffing on Harvey's action-packed exploits and brief reality-TV celebrity in a fractured, manic style that's so visually over-stimulating that it could throw vulnerable viewers into
i grand mal
i0 seizures. Scott's barrage of audio-visual hyperactivity is ultimately exhausting, and Richard Kelly's fragmented screenplay does nothing to discourage Scott's relentless MTV "style" (and we use that word oh-so-loosely here). And yet, with Keira Knightley so ferociously alluring in the title role, and Mickey Rourke (as her boss and bounty-hunting mentor, Ed Mosbey) serving up a second dose of his
i Sin City
i0 comeback,
i Domino
i0 grabs you by the throat and never lets go. Scott's embrace of nihilism is typically facile but it propels a vision of wretched humanity that pulls you in with train-wreck intensity. The movie's bracing humor also makes fine use of a large supporting cast including Christopher Walken, Jacqueline Bissett, Dabney Coleman, Edgar Ramirez, Mo'Nique, Delroy Lindo, Mena Suvari, Lucy Liu, and former
i Beverly Hills 90210
i0 stars Ian Ziering and Brian Austin Green (the latter two poking good-sport fun at themselves as "celebrity hostages"). The accidental overdose death of the real Domino (daughter of
i The Manchurian Candidate
i0 star Laurence Harvey) in the summer of 2005 threw a sad shroud of irony over this movie's theatrical release, but for all its reckless indulgence,
i Domino
i0 is a fitting eulogy for a troubled woman whose credo ("Heads you live, tails you die") is reflected in Scott's fictionalized rendition of the dangerous life she lived.
i --Jeff Shannon
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Domino (Widescreen New Line Platinum Series) |
| theatricalDate: |
14-10-2005 |
| purchase date: |
01-03-2006 |
| publisher: |
New Line Home Video |
| published: |
21-02-2006 |
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$27.98 |
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3 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
127 |
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New Line Platinum Series
Tony Scott |
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Domino (Widescreen New Line Platinum Series) |
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Dolby
Subtitled
Widescreen
NTSC |
| director: |
Tony Scott |
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$10.99 |
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