RICOCHET (1991)

The trailer for 1991’s RICOCHET. Directed by Russel Mulcahy from a script by Steven E. de Souza (based on a story by Fred Dekker and Menno Meyhes). Starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Mary Ellen Trainor, Kevin Pollak, Lindsay Wagner, Josh Evans, Victoria Dillard, John Amos, Linda Dona, John Cothran, and Matt Landers.

The plot summary is as follows:

In this action thriller, Denzel Washington plays Nick Styles, the assistant district attorney of L.A. The film opens in his early days as a cop on the L.A.P.D. During a carnival, master criminal Earl Talbot Blake (John Lithgow) creates a scene after a botched drug deal. Styles and Blake confront each other, during which Blake is wounded by Styles and later sent to prison. Seven years later, Blake escapes from prison during a parole board hearing to carry out his revenge against Styles, and what follows is a violent series of events that destroys Styles' career. This sets the stage for one last bloody duel between Styles and Blake.

RICOCHET is currently streaming on HBO Max.