Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I watched this a lot when it first came out on VHS. As a teenager this appealed to me it had it all, the action, swearing, sex and violence. I haven't seen this movie in over 20 years and I think I love it more now then I did then, but mostly for nostalgia reasons.It is very cornball. I think it was a written around how much shirtless time Denzel Washington would get. The plot is very straight forward good guy vs bad guy - guess who wins in the end. But it is fun, thoughtless entertainment. The acting is great from everyone. Jon Lithgow as a badass works well. This is the type of movie other movies and shows make fun of. This could have been in the movie this is how formulated it is: (2 cops talking) "Hey partner, check it out it's a picture of me and my wife on my new boat the live4ever, yeah soon as we catch Mendoza I am going to sail around the world. Can't wait to retire" < quote from a soon to be dead cop. It's a fun movie worth a watch.

Ricochet is a terrific and entertaining Action-Thriller that combines amazing direction,a great cast,intense Action and a memorable score. All of those elements make Ricochet an effective Action-Thriller that Denzel Washington and John Lithgow at their best.Set in Loos Angeles,California,Ricochet tells the story of criminal Earl Talbot Blake(John Lithgow)who wants revenge and payback against Cop and Assistant District Attorney Nick Styles(Denzel Washington)who busted Blake years before.During the 1970s,80s and early 90s there were a bunch of Action and Thriller films that weren't huge Blockbusters or Box Office hits in the movie theaters but still managed to find a a second life and audience on Cable Television and Home Video one of the prime examples of this would be the release in 1991's Ricochet,a fantastic and underrated Action-Thriller that wasn't a huge Box Office hit but is one of those films when you see you never forget it. From start to finish grabs you by the throat with white hot Suspense and thrills that just never stops and you will be glued to the screen at what you see. Ricochet is also the kind of movie that on;y would come from the 1970s,80s and early 90s and would not be done by a major studio today within your face style a style that's so over the top,bizarre and mean-spirited but it really sticks with you. Not an easy film to watch but still fascinating and interesting. This is a movie that wears it's Political Incorrectness on it's sleeve and it's the kind of film that has an brutal edge While Ricochet is still a Popcorn movie with good guys,bad guys and plenty of thrills this is also a movie that takes you on a dangerous journey dealing with various themes such as revenge,obsession and violence told in a wild and dark way. It's not a very deep and thought-provoking movie but it does have a great mixture of substance and style that works for the film. The Action and violence in Ricochet is amazing with shootouts and a couple explosions and some of the violence is pretty vicious and at times give the movie a dark senses of Humor that is funny at times and I have to admit there were at times I laughed. One of the things I like about the movie is how we see how the characters are before and after Nick busts Earl Talbot Blake. We see Nick Styles go from rookie Cop to Assistant Distrjct Attorney and media sensation becoming a star over night while Earl Talbot Blake is a prisoner plotting his revenge following Nick's career and becoming more and more obsessed with getting back at Nick. When Blake gets revenge on Nick Blake does it in a sick and diabolical way going not just after Styles but people around him playing a cat and mouse game making Nick's friends question his sanity and mental stability. What Blake puts Nick through is what the audience is going through from a mental and physical standpoint and Ricochet becomes much more gripping and intense with dread and terror as we the viewer wonder who we be the last man standing in the end in this dangerous battle between good and evil. The ending of Ricochet is outstanding with thrills and surprises that is a great cap-off to the film. An outstanding conclusion.The cast is great. Denzel Washington is excellent as Nick Styles,with Washington bringing charisma and intensity to the role. John Lithgow is brilliant and intense as Earl Talbot Blake,with Lithgow being creepy n the role. Ice-T is great as Odessa,Nick's gangster best friend. Kevin Pollock is terrific as Larry,Nick's partner. Lindsay Wagner(DA Brimleigh),Mary Ellen Trainor(Gail Wallens),,Victoria Dillard(Alice Styles),Josh Evans(Kim),John Amos(Reverand Styles),Linda Dona(Wanda),John Cothran(Councilman Farris),Jesse Ventura(Chewalski)and Rick Cramer(Jesse)give good performances as well.The direction by Russell Mulcahy is fantastic,with Mulcahy keeping the camera moving and bringing an atmospheric visual style to the film. Great direction,Mulcahy.The score by Alan Silvestri is amazing,intense and eerie and elevates the film. Fine score,Silvestri. There is also a terrific Hip-Hop title track Ricochet by Ice-T.In final word,if you love Action-Thrillers,Denzel Washington or John Lithgow,I highly suggest you see Ricochet,a terrific and entertaining Action-Thriller that will be worth your time. Highly Recommended. 9.5/10.

A strong opening sequence, reminiscent of titles straight from a Hitchcock movie, bodes well and it's Denzel to the max from the opening frames. 'Ricochet' is very much a product of the 80's in its look and sound, and there's a hard edge and some snappy dialog that really pushes the action forward without pulling any of its numerous punches. This is most likely down to the screenplay being penned by Steven de Souza who wrote Die Hard; DH 2; 48 Hours and Another 48 Hours, some of the previous decades' defining films. John Lithgow's performance is suitably deranged, Kevin Pollack provides solid support (nice impression in the early stages). It's a good story, not without a Hitchcockian twist or two, arguably not particularly polished as a final product, but still a barrel load of kitschy '80's fun. Worth a look, especially for Denzel fans.

Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) is an ambitious up and coming policeman studying law with an eye on entering the legal system sooner rather than later.His big break occurs when another similarly ambitious man – albeit in another field of endeavour – transgresses the boundaries of the law directly in front of Nick, and more tellingly a man holding a video camera. The ensuing media coverage makes a minor 80s viral star of Nick, allowing him to rapidly advance into the offices of the District Attorney, while simultaneously ending the fledgling criminal career of one Earl Talbot Blake (John Lithgow).Blake stews in his own juices in prison for years, allowing his grudge against Nick to become an obsession. An obsession that is not helped by the frequent media coverage his more popular nemesis continues to garner.Blake formulates an escape / vengeance combo that is as impossibly convoluted as it is (apparently) embarrassingly easy to pull off. After his daring and bloody escape that leaves many dead – according to the authorities Blake among them – he easily and painlessly infiltrates Nick's family, career and inner circle within mere days, somehow managing to turn Nick from a local law abiding hero into a pariah wanted by the law, hated by the public and mistrusted by his own friends and family.In case you haven't guessed by now Ricochet is unbelievably silly, but unbelievably silly fun, back in the days when R rated movies were still allowed that indulgence.Lithgow has a ball as the profane, violent and intense Earl Talbot Blake, some of his disgusting statements and retorts are blackly quotable, and his over the top mannerisms and facial gestures are so serious they're hilarious. Denzel too allows himself to get a little dirty, he swears up a storm and even though it is not his intention manages to bang a hooker and ingest a powerful cocktail of illicit substances, all in the one scene.Having Ice T around as a smack talking ne'er do well just adds flavour to proceedings, and Kevin Pollack gets to try a couple of his character impressions as Nick's former partner and best buddy.Ricochet is violent, silly, implausible and somehow absurdly entertaining. It is over the top in all the right ways, stopping short of Crank level histrionics, but thankfully going a lot further than many of today's PC influenced sober snoozefests.Final Rating – 6.5 / 10. I can't say that it is that great a movie, but you'll never be bored, and the film pulls out all the stops to hold your attention, even if for much of the time your eyes are bugged and you are mouthing 'Really?' incredulously.I liked Ricochet as a gormless kid in my late teens, I am pleased to say I enjoyed it almost as much today, but perhaps for slightly different reasons.