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Double Whammy (2001)
Director: Tom DiCillo
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Shambolic cop Ray Pluto (Leary) is having a bad week. First, he's incapacitated during a burger bar hold-up, then he witnesses a murder attempt on his building's superintendent (Guzmán) without realising what he's actually seeing. Pluto also fills his days flirting with his sultry chiropractor (Hurley), advising the bloodthirsty screenwriters acting out Tarantino-esque fantasies in the upstairs apartment, offering solace to a dweeby, closeted colleague (Buscemi), and getting stoned watching cheerleader porn. If the plot sounds haphazard, the movie doesn't even look finished. Promising scenes, such as those between Guzmán and the daughter who puts out a hit on him, are crudely curtailed, while trite skits on movie violence run to unconscionable lengths. Leary grimaces throughout, though in fairness he doesn't have much to play besides back trouble and occasional grief for a dead wife - as close as the script gets to characterisation.Author: RGi
Cast & crew
Director: Tom DiCillo
Producer: David Kronemyer, Larry Katz, Marcus Viscidi, Jim Serpico
Cast: Denis Leary, Elizabeth Hurley, Luis Guzmán, Victor Argo, Chris Noth, Donald Faison, Keith Nobbs, Steve Buscemi, Maurice Compte, Otto Sanchez, Melonie Diaz, Millie Tirelli full cast
Duration: 100 mins
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