
When not solving murders in Tinseltown, Detective Joe Gavilan and his rookie partner Kasey Calden both moonlight in other fields: Gavilan sells real estate (poorly), and Calden aspires to become an actor (Brando, namely). Assigned to the vicious in-club slaying of a promising young rap act, the two detective delve into the recording industry where they hope to find answers - ideally ones that also come with property buyers or auditions.... (Full plot summary below)
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When not solving murders in Tinseltown, Detective Joe Gavilan and his rookie partner Kasey Calden both moonlight in other fields: Gavilan sells real estate (poorly), and Calden aspires to become an actor (Brando, namely). Assigned to the vicious in-club slaying of a promising young rap act, the two detective delve into the recording industry where they hope to find answers - ideally ones that also come with property buyers or auditions.
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| Dallas Morning NewsPhilip WuntchHollywood Homicide will remind you of at least a dozen other movies, most of them better than this one. |
| Denton Record-ChronicleBoo AllenThis should be embarrassing to everyone concerned, particulary Ron Shelton. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenFunny action comedy that pokes fun at cop detective buddy movies, the record business, New Age wackos, and just about everything else in Hollywood. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxThat Ford deserves better goes without saying. The trouble is that Hartnett deserves better. So does Shelton. So do Washington, Greenwood and Olin... and so do we. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA very funny spoof on the recent spate of cop thrillers who use the mismatched buddy-cop formula. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderIt's so lightweight and unfocused as to be thoroughly forgettable. |
| Palo Alto WeeklyJeanne AufmuthCan't a couple of hunky guys pull off the buddy dynamic with the sheer force of their masculine star power? Surprisingly, the chemistry between Ford and Hartnett is flatlined - not a spark in sight. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertHollywood Homicide ought not to be as much fun as it is, but it is. |
| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerIntercutting life-endangering mayhem with negotiating a real estate deal may not be everyone's idea of hilarity, but it does demonstrate a spirited sense of action and fun. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonAt its best, "Hollywood" has the breezy irreverence and easy, sunny L.A. atmosphere of Shelton's 1992 "White Men Can't Jump," a buddy-buddy basketball-hustle movie. |