Ricochet is a 1991 crime-thriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, 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.
Major themes of Ricochet include revenge, obsession, non-statutory female on male rape, and the rapid social and profess...
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Ricochet is a 1991 crime-thriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, 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.
Major themes of Ricochet include revenge, obsession, non-statutory female on male rape, and the rapid social and professional rise and fall of an individual based on chance and circumstance. John Lithgow's character Blake makes this clear in his revealing dialogue to Washington's character Styles, pointing out his arrest was what made Styles' career. In many respects, Styles and Blake are complementary characters, with each in turn confronting the other in service of revenge. Blake spends years in prison obsessing over Styles, and, as his plan unfolds, Styles himself begins to appear to be losing mental composure and rationality under the stress. When they...
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