Directed by:
Tony ScottScreenplay:
Richard KellyCinematography:
Dan MindelComposer:
Harry Gregson-WilliamsCast:
Keira Knightley, Mena Suvari, Edgar Ramirez, Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Walken, Delroy Lindo, Lucy Liu, Mo'Nique, Macy Gray (more)VOD (2)
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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, 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. 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. (official distributor synopsis)
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In his crowning achievement, Tony Scott crafted a crazy story inspired by the wild life of a real-life bounty hunter as an impressive trip that induces in the audience a heightened perception of the over-the-top narrative. With variable shooting speeds, an unusual process of developing material, an epileptically roaming camera and frenetic editing, Scott transforms the movie screen into a kinetic image in which the structure and matter of the film become visible and tangible. Richly coloured shots stacked on top of each other and camera movements become the equivalents of massive coats of paint and brushstrokes, alternately evoking the paintings of the Fauvists, Futurists and German Expressionists.
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I really like Tony Scott's epileptic editing and camera filters, in a way, I would even call him a pioneer in the field, but Domino is so unattractive, inconsistent, distant, and cold in its content that unfortunately I didn't enjoy it. Keira Knightley can be the fiercest, visually the film can be the wildest, but it still feels like a confusing bedtime story. The action is minimal and when it does happen, it is formally over-the-top to such an extent that it may be incredibly cool, but it is extremely difficult to extract anything from it. The music is clearly a repetition of Man on Fire, and those who didn't notice should let their ears be blown off. The story of a bounty hunter simply lacks the necessary juice in terms of plot, even though it is a visually wild and a top-notch raw, messy, unrestrained carnage.
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... alternative title: How I Became an Epileptic and Had a Great Time into the Bargain. Tony Scott decided to make a two-hour-long music video. And he did a splendid job. Stylized to the brink of tolerability, but luckily not over it. If it were sensitively cut (in length, not in terms of editing as such), the result could have been even better.
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Domino is certainly like its empty trailer, but stretched out to a two-hour runtime. It is such a chaotic, visually self-obsessed and, in that context, inordinately long movie that I have no interest in even going over what happens in it (which is what the filmmakers require you to do!). However, it is saved from being a complete fiasco by decent casting and a fair amount of humor.
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It’s about three and a half. Unfortunately, the very decent script, the surprisingly believable Knightley and the unearthly badass Rourke are ruined by Scott's mania over his video clip skills, overuse of colourful fitters and a hyperactive editor's hand. Had it been put into the hands of a slightly more artful filmmaker, it would have been a little great film.
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