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Domino By Harry Forbes Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) -- British actor Laurence Harvey, the charismatic star of "Room at the Top" and "The Manchurian Candidate," died when his daughter, Domino, was only a young girl. He almost certainly never imagined the job path she would choose for herself. "Domino" (New Line) is the trashy, repellent action-comedy inspired by her improbable life as a model turned bounty hunter. The real Domino died in June at age 34. In this fictionalized account, Domino (played by Keira Knightley) and her teammates, Ed (Mickey Rourke) and Choco (Edgar Ramirez), get involved in a double-dealing plot to recover a large amount of stolen cash and catch the culprits. All the while, they're being filmed by a reality-TV producer (Christopher Walken), a la the setup of "Natural Born Killers." Director Tony Scott's nonstop camera moves, quick cutting and pretentious lighting effects make for a disjointed, confusing, ugly and hardly funny mess. Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari, Jacqueline Bisset, Delroy Lindo, Mo'Nique and Dabney Coleman are among the film's other performers who have chosen more elevating projects before. "Beverly Hills 90210" stars Ian Ziering and Brian Austin Green appear as themselves, as the series was an influence on the young Domino. The relentless barrage of gutter language and violence is unredeemed by some fleeting use of religious imagery and a "good deed" ending that fails to erase the garbage that has come before. The film contains pervasive violence and bloodshed, over-the-top profanity, rough language, some sexuality, partial nudity, suggestive movements and drug use. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is O -- morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. - - - Forbes is director of the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. END Copyright (c) 2005 Catholic News Service/USCCB. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed. CNS · 3211 Fourth St NE · Washington DC 20017 · 202.541.3250 |
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