From the get-go I could tell Hollywood Homicide was something people were going to miss completely. The fact that the movie isn't really a buddy-cop movie in the sense that a Lethal Weapon is, never really occuring to them. This movie isn't about the crime that takes place. And it's not about the action. It's about the two characters played by Harnett and Ford. The interplay between them, the way they feel each other out, and along with audience grow to know one another.
All the cops in the movie are portrayed as people who want something better for themselves, which recalls to us the 'dreams of the rap-star might-have-been's' who are gunned down in the opening scene.
The roundabout way that things unfold in Hollywood Homicide is quite frankly a breath of fresh air, because the tensions in the movie aren't hinged on the solving of any crimes, but on Harrison selling that property and Josh playing 'Stanley' to perfection. The last bit involving an impropable car chase, an even more impropable foot chase, and two quirky final showdowns show that the guys still 'get down to work' when that time comes.
I recommend the film for anyone who doesn't really hold movies to expectations of genre or style. To people who like to be shown something odd, new and fascinating now and again. It was a good time.
