Domino (2005)

Domino: Directed by Tony Scott. With Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramírez, Rizz Abbasi. A recounting of Domino Harvey’s life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

“My reaction to Domino is about as mixed as the mixed race flowchart that Mou0026#39;Nique presents on The Jerry Springer Show during the movie (I know, that doesnu0026#39;t make much sense unless youu0026#39;ve seen the movie). I dare you to not laugh once she starts introducing terms such as Blacktino, Chinegro, and Japanic. I suppose if you suck at the teat of political correctness then you might not get the joke, but otherwise itu0026#39;s one of the funnier scenes in the movie (the running 90210 joke being the funniest). At this point youu0026#39;re probably wondering what in the world Mou0026#39;Nique, Jerry Springer, mixed flow charts, and 90210 have to do with a movie about bounty hunters. Itu0026#39;s a legit question. All I can say is welcome to the unconventionalism that is Domino.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI didnu0026#39;t mind the fact that this isnu0026#39;t very conventional, but at times it does feel a little convoluted. By the end of the movie I was pretty clear regarding what was going on, unlike the u0026#39;tard in front of me who couldnu0026#39;t decipher the concept of flashbacks, but the script does feel unnecessarily complex. Yeah, the movie kept my interest and is fairly entertaining, but it was just begging for tighter editing. Trimming about 20 minutes wouldu0026#39;ve made the story stronger and the narrative more fluent. My guess is that Scott was experimenting and just couldnu0026#39;t bear to get rid of anything (Tom Waitsu0026#39; cameo especially felt unnecessary).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTony Scottu0026#39;s made a movie that appears to be something he and his friends could most enjoy while under the influence of substances of a dubious nature. I can deal with the frantic pacing, the quick camera cuts, and the strange coloring, but is it really necessary to show characters saying the same line multiple times from different angles? Sometimes itu0026#39;s all just a little too weird for the sake of being weird.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne of my biggest complaints is that we mainly know that Domino is a bounty hunter because she tells us about 24 times in her narration, which starts to grate on the nerves after a while. I wouldu0026#39;ve preferred to see a little more focus on, you know, her actual bounty hunting. SHOW us why she was a really good bounty hunter; donu0026#39;t just tell us over and over. I was expecting some really cool scenes with Mickey Rourke and Keira hunting down their bounty, showcasing the technical side of the hunt, and wrapping it all up with cool, tough-guy (and girl) bounty hunter stuff. Maybe a little sniping here, a vicious beat down there. Sadly, it never came.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDo I remind everybody that Iu0026#39;m a reviewer by pointing out in every single review that, u0026quot;Iu0026#39;m Johnny Betts. Iu0026#39;m a movie revieweru0026quot;? No, I do my job and show you what it is that makes me a movie reviewer! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;By writing crappy reviews, Johnny?u0026quot; u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUh, well, I guess we all get mixed reactions sometimes.”