You’ve got to hand it to Tony Scott, although best known for his Bruckheimer epics like Top Gun he likes to march to the swing of his own beat and he’s done that with this tale of Domino Harvey, daughter of actor Laurence Harvey who became a bounty hunter. It’s a bizarre tale on one level – on another, I guess she’s just another rich kid seeking thrills on the dark side of life. Keira Knightley isn’t much of an actor and doesn’t really give a great sense of what makes Domino tick (the film doesn’t mention the real Domino’s 15 year drug habit, for instance, which I think explains a lot about her) but she is a star and you certainly watch her; she’s certainly better than Laurence Harvey was in his movies.
For a while this film seems like an exercise in stylistics rather than an attempt to create a story with characters we care about – Scott is mega-hyped up on visual pyrotechnics for this one, with far out camera angles, vision stock, sound, etc – but once it settles down into the “missing $10 million” story it is fine.
Great supporting cast, with Mickey Rourke terrific as the gnarled bounty hunter who basically hires Domino because she’s hot and will make him look cool, and nice work from Edgar thingy who plays the love interest. Two Beverly Hills 90210 stars, Ian Zering and Brian Astin Green, are good sports playing themselves – the scene where Domino punches Green in the nose is very satisfying for all those who couldn’t stand David Silver on the show. The ending is spectacular and unexpectedly moving. Nice touch with the end credits listing the actors only by their first names.
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