In this explosive, action-packed thriller, rookie cop Nick Styles has come a long way from the tough city streets of his childhood. Nick escaped to become a cop, while his good friend Odessa became a street hustler, dealing drugs and stealing cars. Then Nick's life changes forever the night his arrest of a ruthless psychotic killer, Blake, is captured on video by a bystander and picked up by the TV news. Nick becomes a media sensation and his career takes off, leaving Blake to sleethe in prison, obsessed with hatred and revenge. But Blake escapes from jail, faking his own death, and starts an intricate, brutal plan of intimidation, public humiliation and murder, while Nick is left helpless, accusing a man everyone believes is dead. To defeat Blake, Nick must return to the streets, calling on his old friend Odessa. Together they set a trap that pits Nick against the killer in a terrifying confrontation that will leave one man victorious--and only one man left alive.

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Ricochet (1991)

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Action/Drama/Crime/Suspense/Thriller · 1h 42m · 7/15/1992

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He's a cop accused of murder. And the only man who knows he's innocent is the killer who framed him.

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In this explosive, action-packed thriller, rookie cop Nick Styles has come a long way from the tough city streets of his childhood. Nick escaped to become a cop, while his good friend Odessa became a street hustler, dealing drugs and stealing cars. Then Nick's life changes forever the night his arrest of a ruthless psychotic killer, Blake, is captured on video by a bystander and picked up by the TV news. Nick becomes a media sensation and his career takes off, leaving Blake to sleethe in prison, obsessed with hatred and revenge. But Blake escapes from jail, faking his own death, and starts an intricate, brutal plan of intimidation, public humiliation and murder, while Nick is left helpless, accusing a man everyone believes is dead. To defeat Blake, Nick must return to the streets, calling on his old friend Odessa. Together they set a trap that pits Nick against the killer in a terrifying confrontation that will leave one man victorious--and only one man left alive.

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Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United States

Production Companies

Home Box Office (HBO), Cinema Plus, Indigo Productions

Revenue

$21,760,000
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Cast
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Denzel Washington

Nick Styles
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John Lithgow

Earl Talbot Blake
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Ice-T

Odessa (as Ice T)
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Kevin Pollak

Larry Doyle
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Lindsay Wagner

DA Priscilla Brimleigh
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Mary Ellen Trainor

Gail Wallens
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Josh Evans

Kim
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Victoria Dillard

Alice
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John Amos

Reverend Styles
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John Cothran Jr.

Councilman Farris
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Linda Dona

Wanda (as Linda Doná)
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Matt Landers

Chief Floyd
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Lydell M. Cheshier

R.C.
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Starletta DuPois

Mrs. Styles
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Sherman Howard

Kiley
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Viveka Davis

Babysitter
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Kimberly Natasha Ali

Lisa Styles
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Aileaha Jones

Monica Styles
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Jesse Ventura

Chewalski
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Rick Cramer

Jesse
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Miguel Sandoval

Vaca
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Carlos Lacamara

Luis
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Don Perry

Book Man
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Tom Finnegan

Desk Sergeant
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Christopher Anthony Young

Locker Room Cop (as Christopher A. Young)
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Mark Phelan

Prison Doctor
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Hugh Dane

Prison Guard
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Albie Selznick

Blake's Lawyer
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Frank Miller

Parole Board Chairman
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Betty Carvalho

Female Board Member
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Susan Campos

Channel 6 Reporter
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Leonard O. Turner

Committee Chairman
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Anita Barone

Waitress
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Joe Crummey

Disc Jockey
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Irene Cagen

Cleaning Woman (as Irene Forrest)
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Holly Kaplan

Connie
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Michele Landry

Telethon Worker
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Heidi Thomas

Reporter
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Robert Martin Steinberg

Reporter (as Robert M. Steinberg)
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Susan Lentini

Reporter
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Cylk Cozart

Reporter
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Jim Ishida

Reporter (as James Ishida)
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Rielle Hunter

Reporter (as Lisa Jo Hunter)
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Lisa Nelson

Reporter
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Kirsten Blakemore

Reporter
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Ivan E. Roth

City Hall Worker
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John Rubinow

ER Doctor
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Tim De Zarn

Skinhead
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Charles Neville

Odessa's Man
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Quincy Adams Jr.

Odessa's Man
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Andre Dukes

Odessa's Man
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George Christy

Talk Show Host
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K. Todd Freeman

Talk Show Guest
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Marjorie Bransfield

Secretary
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George Cheung

Drug-Dealer (uncredited)
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Steven E. de Souza

TV Reporter (uncredited)
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Phil Forman

The Camera Bug (uncredited)
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Aimée Leigh

(uncredited)
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Bryan Nash

Juggler (uncredited)
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Peter Riga

Member of News Crew at Church (uncredited)
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Gary Rodriguez

UPS Man (uncredited)
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Thomas Rosales Jr.

Drug-Dealer (uncredited)
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Lisa Sanow

Punk Rocker (uncredited)
Crew
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Russell Mulcahy

Director
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Fred Dekker

Writer
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Menno Meyjes

Writer
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Ricochet

(DVD, Snapper)

4/29/1998

$7.72 -$7.26

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