BEFORE TRAINING DAY. BEFORE THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN. BEFORE DÉJÀ VU….AFTER GLORY AND TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. THERE WAS RICOCHET. WHEN THIS MOVIE REEL OF ACTION-DRAMA-MADNESS WAS RELEASED IN THE FALL OF 1991 IT PERMEATED THE AMERICAN PSYCHE FASTER THAN THE CRACK EPIDEMIC. THE NEW YORK TIMES APPROPRIATELY REFERRED TO RICOCHET AS, "THE BLACK DIE HARD." THE TIMES ALSO WROTE, "DENZEL WASHINGTON IS PROBABLY LIMITED TO HAVING SEX WITH ONLY HIMSELF BECAUSE HE’S THAT HOT RIGHT NOW." THE TIMES THEN COMMENTED ON JOHN LITHGOW’S PERFORMANCE WITH, "LITHGOW GETS INSIDE THE MIND OF A SOCIOPATHIC KILLER LIKE A BANANA GETS INSIDE ITS PEEL: IT’S JUST BORN THAT WAY." SHORTLY AFTER SEEING RICOCHET, THE SENIOR EDITOR FOR THE WASHINGTON POST, LEX NICKELS, WAS QUOTED SAYING, "I’D RATHER SEE THAT MOVIE AGAIN THAN GET BLOWN." …..IN CASE YOU’VE FORGOTTEN THE STORY, RICOCHET, FOLLOWS NICK STYLES, A RISING LAWYER FROM THE STREETS WHO WAS SHOT TO STARDOM WITH ONE BIG ARREST. UNFORTUNATELY, HE ARRESTED AN OBSESSIVE PSYCHOPATH WHO CONTINUES TO LIVE FOR ONE REASON: TO MAKE STYLES SUFFER. I SAW THIS FILM IN THEATRES AND RENTED IT AGAIN LAST NIGHT. IT’S SOMETHING SPECIAL. IT’S ALSO HYSTERICAL WHEN IT’S REALLY NOT TRYING TO BE. DROP THIS BOMB IN YOUR QUEUE FOR OLD TIMES SAKE, AND FOR ICED-T.
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