Double Whammy

Denis Leary plays Raymond Pluto, a detective fallen from grace after his bad back causes him to fail preventing a fast-food shooting. Worse yet, a nerdy seven-year old kid saves the day. Now Pluto, along with his partner (Buscemi) and... Full review

A movie that does not live up to it's title and is not the worst thing ever.It features Denis Leary as well,Denis Leary.It's a long shot,but this might be the last of the stream of inferior Tarantino rip-offs,only with virtually no... Full review

This movie was on our cable on demand and I never seen it , so I thought I'd check it out. I have a bad back and I can relate to this character Detective Pluto. When your back is out... Full review

Now let me start off by saying this film ever won't win any awards. That said, I did find it surprisingly enjoyable, especially after reading so many negative reviews. It is kind of a Tarantino lite, with an urban setting,... Full review

It's such a strange combination what DiCillo shows in "Double Whammy". On the one hand we got this cop whose wife and daughter have died in an accident, also he's getting through some difficulties in his job (as you can... Full review

I was reading through the comments about this movie and could not figure out why people were badmouthing it the way they were. I remembered this movie to be quite good and wanted to refresh my memory so I went... Full review

Ray Pluto (Denis Leary) is a detective with a problem due to the lost of his wife and daughter. One day, he is in a fast food place, and due to a pain in his back, he is not able... Full review

This has all the ingredients of a good bad imitation Quentin Tarantino movie. The recipe goes something like this. You first have a crummy urban setting with lots of vulgar characters. You add a plot that richochets meaninglessly from one... Full review

"Double Whammy" provides a double whammy for viewers. The actors will lure you to view what is a collection of disconnected stories or the disconnected stories will leave you questioning the choices made by the actors. Either way, your mind... Full review

I was surprised last night when I saw the poster for this one at Blockbuster. Being a big Steve Buscemi fan, I try to keep up on his work but I must have missed this one somewhere. Denis Leary and... Full review

It's just unfortunate that you're left wanting to see their film instead, such is the extent of Double Whammy's misfire. Steve Buscemi makes the most of his limited role as Leary's partner, and DiCillo indulges his disgust at the Hollywood machine by incorporating two desperate screenwriters who spend the movie cooking up a clichéd actioner. ... Full Review

Still, Double Whammy is solid and deserves a shot. Even by the film's somewhat open-ended finale he never really figures out what happened (Noth's character, however, does) but he still feels the need to work out the emotions. You love me! ... Full Review

- Double Whammy has the irony of being even worse because it is clear that everyone in the cast and crew thinks they are really making a great movie! One of the bigger problems with Double Whammy is the seemingly random characters and storylines thrown in the mix. ... Full Review

DOUBLE WHAMMY is, quite frankly, a mess. He goes to see sexy chiropractor Ann Beamer (Elizabeth Hurley), who, after a week or two of treating him, decides she is overwhelmingly attracted to him and starts making out wtih him on the table. ... Full Review

Buscemi and Leary make an interesting team, Chris Noth is smart and slimy as the detective who deserves to be heard, Guzman is sympathetic as a fool for familial love, and Hurley and Leary throw off some genuine sparks as a couple. Unfortunately, while colorful and somewhat entertaining, the movie is not the sum of its parts. ... Full Review

Detective Ray Pluto (Denis Leary) is having a string of bad luck. His bad back goes out on him in the middle of a shooting at the Burger Bun where's he's getting his lunch. ... Full Article

Has any film director fallen quite as far as Tom DiCillo? After a masterful debut with his tongue-in-cheek look at filmmaking, Living in Oblivion , DiCillo has turned in a series of progressively more-ignored features, including Box of Moon Light... ... Full Article

Meanwhile, Ray's building superintendent Juan (Luis Guzman) is at odds with his rebellious teen daughter Maribel (Melonie Diaz), who wants a tattoo in order to fit in with her friends. ... Full Article

dir-scr Tom DiCillo with Denis Leary, Elizabeth Hurley, Steve Buscemi, Luis Guzman, Melonie Diaz, Chris Noth, Donald Faison, Keith Nobbs, Maurice Compte, Otto Sanchez, Victor Argo, Kevin Olson release UK 18.Jul.03 01/US 1h30 Love on the rocks. Cute ... but ... Full Article

Straight to DVD in the States but finding a theatrical release over here, Double Whammy opens on an awkward mix of violence and comedy: a massacre in a burger bar, which Detective Ray Pluto (Leary) fails to stop because his... ... Full Article

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