Domino DVD

Advantages: Some great actors, good action scenes
Disadvantages: The story, all flash and style without content

Domino is the latest film from Tony Scott, brother of Ridley, a man whose career has been almost as star studded as his brothers but has never quite hit the same critical acclaim. Not to say he doesn't make good films, he does, or maybe that should be he did. Top Gun and Last Boy Scout are great films but they are long in the past now and he has now seemingly decided to concentrate on star studded action films full of inventive, stylish touches that ...
...begin to grate. Domino is the true story, sort of, (their words not mine!) of Domino Harvey, daughter of Laurence Harvey a British actor who starred in the original Manchurian Candidate. A rich girl who rebelled against her life of privilege, she had attitude in abundance and became a high class model, she hated that life though and decided she wanted a career as a bounty hunter, so that she could do all the things she wanted to….legally! Domino ... Read review

Advantages: Knightly is great, fun from start to finish.
Disadvantages: Could have been more thoughtful than it is, and more effective as a result.

...captions. It just didn't work. DOMINO is Scott taking it to the next level, not only are the violent scenes depicted in an even more hallucinogenic light, but the whole film is filled with that said stylisation. The difference between the films though is that in DOMINO's case this actually works in its favour… A big reason it works so well here is the way the story is told. Based very loosely on the true tale of bounty hunter Domino Harvey who tragically ...
...showing the audience both how Domino entered the world she inhabits, and telling the films complex main plot about a bounty pick up gone wrong. Because of the way the film is edited and looks there's a highly kinetic feel to the whole thing that just makes it flow oh so smoothly no matter how often we jump back and forth in time. At the heart of the film and ultimately why it works as well as it does though, is not Scott's direction, but Keira Knightley's ... Read review

Advantages: Great Storyline Characters And Actors
Disadvantages: Not A True Likelyness Of Domino Harvey

Domino DVD Samuel Hadida presents A Tony Scott Film This film is meant to be loosely based on the life of Domino Harvey. However the only similarities there are that can be mentioned is the upbringing and job of the character. The character Domino Harvey played by Kiera Knightley (Pirates Of The Caribbean / Bend It Like Beckham) is a girl who is from a well of background. She is english with an actor dad who died when she was young. This led to ...
...hard rock cafe and Domino was placed in boarding school with her pet fish Sammy . When Sammy dies she decided never to become emotionally attatched to anything ever again. Domino faces a short time as a model but this obvious does not fit her fiery temper and decides this isnt for her. When Domino sees an advert to become a bounty hunter in a newpaper advertisement she quickly decides this is what she wants to do. This is where she meets her future ... Read review

Advantages: Pretty entertaining stuff
Disadvantages: Hard to tell what was fact and what was fiction

...days - 'My name is Domino Harvey and I am a bounty hunter'. This was enough to put me off the film. That was until I read an article about the real Domino Harvey and realised that if the film was anything like her actual life it may be worth a look. Domino Harvey was (according to the film) a rich girl gone bad. Her father was an actor before he died and her mum was a model, more interested in her social life than paying much attention to Domino. ...
...the UK to Hollywood. Domino cut her hair off, developed a bit of a bad attitude and decided she wanted to be a Bounty Hunter. Obviously I've already mentioned her violent tendencies so add this to her skills with various weapons and she may have found the perfect job. Enter Ed Moseby (Mickey Rourke), the bounty hunter / con man with a heart. He and his sidekick Choco (Edgar Ramirez) have a reputation for getting the job done. Domino has to prove ... Read review

Advantages: lots of action, good performance from Knightley and a interesting storyline
Disadvantages: becomes quite hard to follow at some stages

...the story. The film follows Domino (played by Keira Knightley) from childhood to retirement as a bounty hunter and shows how her work collegues become her family-as the only people she can trust. I was surprised Knightley managed to play the daring, dangerous Domino so well, a role I wouldn't have labelled her as being able to do, but credit to her. If you like action films and a good plot, then don't miss out on this film ... Read review