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Domino (2005)

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Reviews Counted:146

Fresh:27

Rotten:119

Average Rating:3.9/10

Consensus: The life story of model-turned- bounty-hunter Domino Harvey struggles to get out of this overwrought and excessive biopic.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence, pervasive language, sexual content/nudity and drug use

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Oct 14, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $10,137,232

Synopsis: The already larger-than-life story of Domino Harvey, a former Ford model turned bounty hunter, takes on mythological proportions in Tony Scott's (TRUE ROMANCE, MAN ON FIRE) fast-paced thriller.... The already larger-than-life story of Domino Harvey, a former Ford model turned bounty hunter, takes on mythological proportions in Tony Scott's (TRUE ROMANCE, MAN ON FIRE) fast-paced thriller. Unfolding in a nonlinear fashion as a bloodied Domino (Kiera Knightley) is interrogated by iron-faced Officer Taryn Miles (Lucy Liu), the film traces the trajectory of Domino's tumultuous life. Beginning with the death of her beloved father, the actor Laurence Harvey (THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE), Domino develops into a hard-nosed, scrappy young woman who trains with nunchucks beside her mother's luxurious pool and responds violently to anyone who crosses her. Bored with the runway and the glamorous LA life, Domino shows up for a bounty-hunter seminar. Catching the "teachers" of the seminar as they try to cut and run with the proceeds, she manages to win their respect and joins their team. This consists of Ed Mosbey (Mickey Rourke), the tough-as-nails leader and Domino's surrogate father, and Choco (Edgar Ramirez), an impulsive Venezuelan who harbors a not-so-secret love for Domino. The three form a kind of family, working under Claremont Williams (Delroy Lindo), who "plays Charlie to their three angels." For a time they are unstoppable, even agreeing to let the slimy Mark Heiss (Christopher Walken) produce a reality-TV show about them, which is hilariously hosted by Ian Ziering and Brian Austin Green (BEVERLY HILLS 90210). But when Claremont orchestrates a complicated inside job in order to raise the money for his granddaughter's doctor bills, the precarious balance within the trio is disturbed. Tom Waits stands out in a cameo as a wise wanderer who advises the lost bounty hunters. [More]

Starring: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari

Starring: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari, Christopher Walken, Riz Abbasi, Delroy Lindo, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green, Macy Gray, Dabney Coleman, Kel O'Neill, Jacqueline Bisset, Dale Dickey, Jerry Springer, T.K. Carter, Tom Waits, Stanley Kamel

Director: Tony Scott

Director: Tony Scott
Screenwriter: Richard Kelly, Toby Emmerich
Producer: Samuel Hadida, Victor Hadida, Tony Scott
Studio: New Line Cinema

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  • Domino
  • A trademark Tony Scott film and starring Keira Knightley, Domino presents an entertaining mix of gritty action and a sharp visual style. The film is inspired by the life of Domino Harvey, a former model who rejected her privileged Beverly Hills life to become a bounty hunter.
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    Hugely entertaining and entirely self-serving, “Domino” is likely to be raped by the critics, and then loved by its audiences.

    Full Review Source: EDGE Boston | comment Comment
    10/14/05
    David Foucher
    David Foucher
    EDGE Boston

    A challenging, complicated and hilarious heist thriller

    Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
    09/30/05
    Rich Cline
    Rich Cline
    Shadows on the Wall

    Domino is one insane gibbering beast, leagues more idiosyncratic than the average action flick.

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    07/30/07
    Rob Gonsalves
    Rob Gonsalves
    eFilmCritic.com

    Sometimes sound and fury can be quite something in its own right--and for a true character (in every sense) like Domino, it's enough.

    Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
    07/26/06
    Michael Dequina
    Michael Dequina
    TheMovieReport.com

    Did I admire Domino? In a sneaky way, yes. It's fractured and maddening, but it's alive.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
    10/13/05
    Roger Ebert
    Roger Ebert
    Chicago Sun-Times
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    An overblown, frantic, giddily exciting, eye-popping exercise in visual artistry over internal three-dimensionality.

    Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
    10/13/05
    Dustin Putman
    Dustin Putman
    DustinPutman.com

    Give it up to director Tony Scott and screenwriter Richard Kelly -- Domino, a nonstop assault of cognitive dissonance, is an apt, if daft tribute to a life utterly misled.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
    10/14/05
    Bob Strauss
    Bob Strauss
    Los Angeles Daily News

    A bit of a mess, but it's one hell of an entertaining mess.

    Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
    11/10/05
    Jeff Otto
    Jeff Otto
    IGN Movies

    A well-paced action movie, if a little long, with an unusual feeling of surrealism behind the action.

    Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
    04/08/07
    Jette Kernion
    Jette Kernion
    Cinematical

    Domino is definitely muddled and too hip for its own good. But the true story behind Domino Harvey's life is a fascinating character study nonetheless.

    Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
    10/14/05
    Kit Bowen
    Kit Bowen
    Hollywood.com

    It'll either fire every last synapse in your brain or have you fleeing in agony.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    10/14/05
    Ken Fox
    Ken Fox
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Domino is amusingly decadent for a while but eventually wears you out. Two eyeballs are not enough to see it with.

    Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
    10/14/05
    Kyle Smith
    Kyle Smith
    New York Post
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    She deserved better.

    Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
    10/07/05
    Peter Travers
    Peter Travers
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    Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
    04/01/06
    Empire Magazine

    When studio heads caught wind of an ex-model who became an actual female bounty hunter, green lights must have gone off like paparazzi flashes.

    Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
    11/02/05
    Jules Brenner
    Jules Brenner
    Cinema Signals

    This is more than a movie for the MTV generation — it's a two-hour seizure.

    Full Review Source: Des Moines Register | comment Comment
    10/14/05
    Jeffrey Bruner
    Jeffrey Bruner
    Des Moines Register

    Even if there's nothing else to process, at least there's always something to see.

    Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    10/13/05
    Jeffrey Chen
    Jeffrey Chen
    ReelTalk Movie Reviews

    Even when your mind is saying 'Wait a minute,' your pulse is revving up, reacting to Scott's edgy, visceral energy.

    Full Review Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal | comment Comment
    11/03/05
    Carol Cling
    Carol Cling
    Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Tony Scott's tongue-in-check interpolation of the life and times of a privileged brat turned bounty hunter has no social value outside of a feverish will to entertain.

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    10/13/05
    Manohla Dargis
    Manohla Dargis
    New York Times

    I’m not exactly sure what kind of intoxicants director Tony Scott is trippin’ on these days, but...

    Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
    10/11/05
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