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DVD ~ Keira Knightley
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  • Actors: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari
  • Directors: Tony Scott
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Entertainment in Video
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Feb 2006
  • Run Time: 128 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000BYAEE2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,046 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Loosely based on the real life story of the late bounty hunter Domino Harvey, Keira Knightley quickly sheds her softer image here with an unflinching performance in the title role. As Domino, she brandishes guns, reacts against anyone who crosses her, and isn’t above a lapdance to get her out of a tight spot. Yet it’s the partnership she forms with Mickey Rourke’s Ed Mosbey, her leader and effectively surrogate father, that sits at the core of this good-but-uneven movie, and allows both actors to excel in their roles.

The story is told in flashback, as Domino is interrogated by Lucy Liu’s police detective. From there, it follows the story of Domino’s life, from her tragic early days, through to meeting Mosbey and her subsequent life as a bounty hunter. And, laced with strong performances and some nicely-constructed sequences, for long periods the film works well. Working against it at times though is director Tony Scott’s (Man On Fire, Crimson Tide, True Romance) over-fussy directorial style, which is very much take it or leave it, but does at times get in the way of the storytelling. At the point where you want him to focus on what’s happening, there’s just one too many flashy shots or quick edits.

Still, Domino works, and is suitably removed from the glossy, vacuous action movie you may be expecting. It’s very stylised, but the script from Donnie Darko’s Richard Kelly covers its bases well. And while the film itself isn’t without a couple of problems, the end result is still well worth watching.--Simon Brew

Special Features
"I am a Bounty Hunter": Domino Harvey’s Life with Optional Commentary by Richard Kelly - Domino Harvey - Bounty Hunting on Acid: Evolution of a Visual Style – Deleted Scenes - Theatrical trailer - Teaser trailer

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Decidedly different and good in parts, 8 Sep 2006
By DocMartin (Somerset,UK) - See all my reviews
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I find it hard to understand why this above average action thriller managed to upset quite so many people in quite so many ways. It is certainly a cut or two above the typical Hollywood formulaic bang-bang flick and has deliberately set out to be different ... so, if your idea of a buzz is Arnie, Sly or Bruce with no requirement to engage brain cells, this probably isn't your type of film; similarly, if you're expecting Keira Knightley to reprise any of her other, more typical, roles you're going to be disappointed.

The main beefs seem to be at Miss Knightley having to audacity to play a hard-bitten action role; in fact, she does so rather well. In part, this is because she is a good actress but there is a delightful incongruity between the extremely posh background from which she longs to escape and the brutal world into which she does. It would have been very easy to script the role as a hard-nosed, kick-ass, all-American, gun-tottin', apple-pie lovin', tough as nails but with a heart of gold, archetypal Hollywood female action role but Knightley's character is actually far more interesting and her attempts to fit in to the role to which she aspires deserve to have been better developed. As it is, her plummy tones and naivety contrast delightfully with Mickey Rourke's jaded cynical world-weariness and the rage flowing from Edgar Ramirez's emotionally dysfunctional psyche.

The cinematography and directorial style are also decidedly different. Whether you love or loathe the jump shot, stop motion, sample/mix effects is a matter of personal taste; personally, they grew on me: the style is somewhere between Tarantino and Baz Luhrmann (William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) and help fuel the otherwise rather uneven pace of the movie.

Having said that, whilst the film tries hard in all departments, it doesn't always succeed: the character development is hit and miss, the Knightley/Liu exchanges leave you feeling strangely unsatisfied, the plot is occasionally obscure and I still don't know how she got out of the lift ... but it's still worth the rental fee and will pass a pleasant enough evening when the TV channels draw a blank.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Escapist action at it's best. , 18 Feb 2007
By Angela Speck "Pop_culture_geek" (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Don't watch "Domino" expecting a true-to-life biopic of Domino Harvey, model turned bounty hunter. Watch "Domino" for some excellent action sequences, big shoot-ups and the not often celebrated talents of Edgar Ramirez. Keira Knighley was shredded for her role in this production, but on the contrary, I find the extreme differences between this role and her other at the time, "Pride & Prejudice", an indication of just how versatile she can be. "Domino" is pure escapism, with a touch of Tarantino-esque grit in many of the scenes. Thoroughly enjoyable, providing you leave your film critic/realist hat at the door.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Mad but true (well, almost...), 28 Feb 2006
By Oswald Cobblepot (Bristol, England) - See all my reviews
The main thing to say here is this: Of COURSE it’s ludicrous to cast Kiera Knightly as a kick-ass bounty hunter! That is the WHOLE POINT! It’s not as if Tony Scott and all his producers and casting agents DIDN’T NOTICE that she’s got a cut-glass English accent and only weighs about four stone… This is a film you either “get” or you don’t. If the sight of Knightly on the cover, or her voice on the trailer saying “I am a bahnty hahnter” immediately fills you with contempt, this is not the film for you. If you think it’s funny then you may well find a lot to enjoy here. I didn’t know what to expect, but I went along to the cinema with a kind of optimistic curiosity and I wasn’t disappointed. I’m not a big Tony Scott fan – didn’t like Man on Fire, or even True Romance much - and I was never very keen on Kiera Knightly before, but this movie made me warm to both of them. It’s by no means perfect; it has a very, perhaps overcomplicated storyline and moves very quickly, so it’s occasionally incoherent. It’s bombastically edited and shot, has an utterly pointless cameo from Tom Waits, and goes a little too far over the top towards the end (I mean c’mon, it’s hyperkinetic and exaggerated, but Knightly firing a machine gun in each hand is just that little bit TOO stupid – the recoil would break her arms!), but it’s entertaining and fun, and oddly involving. In some ways, it’s a little bit reminiscent of Frank Miller’s later, stranger Elektra comics, and it’s closer to those in tone than the actual Elektra film was. Simultaneously gritty and silly and clever and stupid, this is the strangest mainstream Hollywood film for ages. If you approach it from the right angle you’ll find it’s a lot better than you might have heard or imagined.
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1.0 out of 5 stars No no no no er NO!!!
Whoever thought Ms Nightly ( fine in costume dramas and Pirate films ) was right for this part as a tuff but sensative bounty hunter was either mad or making soup from her... Read more
Published 3 months ago by G. Miller

5.0 out of 5 stars 1 of my favourite films ever!
This is one of my favourite films ever! i never ever understood why there's 1 star rating's of it, i think its got a really really good story, its based on the real life domino... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Lee Baker

3.0 out of 5 stars Kinda Pretty
Despite the VERY annoying 'heads you live, tails you die', repeated throughout the movie, this is actually a lot better than I thought it would be. Read more
Published 8 months ago by PlasticPingu

3.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm...
I'm not sure what to make of Domino, one minute I thought it was a fantastic action film, the next I thought it was completely boring. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Langdon Ulder

1.0 out of 5 stars No Stars - Step away.. from the DVD..
I rented this movie with some friends, all of whom have very varied (and respectful!) taste in film. Read more
Published 12 months ago by A. Mountjoy

1.0 out of 5 stars oh my god
keira knightly is no actress based on this rubbish.this is below par on every level
Published 13 months ago by martin thomas

2.0 out of 5 stars Meh...
This film would have been a lot better if it was done by Quentin Tarantino. That's all i have to say.
Published 20 months ago by Edward Reardon

1.0 out of 5 stars A monumental shambles of a film
With this film Tony Scott takes his passion for jumpy cuts and fast editing too far, the result of which is the sensation of being (I assume) on Speed for two hours... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Sunrise

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is Superb/Tony Scott delivers
I think i've figured out why so many reviewers and critics have slated this movie, it's an action thriller with brains, not to mention elements of black comedy. Read more
Published 23 months ago by rulz-of-benjitzu

4.0 out of 5 stars This movie is dirty and shockly good
It's over the top; sure. This is a film in which arms are literally being thrown around, subtitles are correcting themselves, but I loved every minute of it. Read more
Published on 3 Jul 2007 by Jenny J.J.I.

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