Ricochet (film)

Ricochet is a 1991 crimethriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, IceT, Kevin Pollak, and Lindsay Wagner. The film details a struggle between a Los Angeles attorney Washington and a vengeful criminal Lithgow he arrested and caused to be convicted when he was previously a cop.

One evening, while Styles and his partner Larry Doyle Kevin Pollak are patrolling a carnival, they intervene and block the escape of a vicious organizedcrime hitman, Earl Talbot Blake John Lithgow, and his servile accomplice Kim Josh Evans, shortly after Blake has murdered several drug dealers and stole the drug money. Styles catches Blake at gunpoint in the carnival, and is forced into a standoff when Blake takes a hostage at gunpoint, using her as a human shield. Styles manages to get Blake to release the hostage by stripping his equipment and uniform off, demonstrating that he has no other weapons or body armor, before placing his revolver on the ground. He has stripped, however, to gain access to a backup gun hidden in his athletic supporter, which he uses to shoot Blake in the knee, allowing him to take the killer down. The incident is caught by an amateur videographer, and is shown on television, making Styles a local hero and drawing the welcome attention of the Los Angeles County District Attorney Lindsay Wagner and a local councilman John Cothran, Jr.. He and Doyle are immediately promoted to Detective, while Blake is sent to prison.The film cuts ahead eight years to 1991. Styles has since had a famous and eventful career in the Police Department, has gone on to further fame and success as an Assistant District Attorney, has married and has had two daughters. He is moving gradually into politics, beginning with raising funds for a childrens community center at the Watts Towers with the patronage of the local councilman. At the same time, Blake has nurtured a psychotic fixation and lust for revenge against Styles while in prison, and has degenerated into further violence fighting against the Aryan Brotherhood. After killing an AB member with whom he had a grudge, Blake strikes a deal with the leader of the gang to plot an escape. Shortly before their escape, Kim, who has been incarcerated with Blake, is paroled, and plans to assist in Blakes escape and reve

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