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'Domino' is never boring, but not very convincing
by Eric Robinette

"Domino" opens with a very suspect phrase: "This movie is based on a true story." Not a good sign, I thought. Those words are usually code for, "A true story gave us the idea for this movie, but then we just made up the bulk of it." So my hopes perked up when I saw that the full disclaimer for "Domino" said: "This movie is based on a true story. Sort of." I liked that clever touch. Maybe it meant the movie would put a spin on the old cliches. Alas, the only significant spin that came out of "Domino" was my head, dizzy from the movie's visual overkill. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
The daugher of matinee idol Lawrence Harvey and model-turned-socialite Sophie Wynn, Domino Harvey rejects her Beverly Hills lifestyle of wealth and privilege and quenches her thirst for excitement by becoming a bounty hunter.

FILM FACTS ...

New Line Cinema

'Domino'

Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Rizwan Abbasi, Ian Ziering, Christopher Walken
Run time: 120 minutes
Release date: Oct. 14, 2005
Rating: R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexual content/nudity and drug use.
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On the web
Official movie site
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Trailers require Quicktime

READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C+
"You might as well give in and enjoy the sheer adrenaline... In the end, that's all it's offering."

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Middletown Journal: C
"The film does not serve Harvey's memory well, in that it doesn't tell me much more about her than I could glean from the trailers: wild child lives hedonistic life as a bounty hunter before it all goes south. "