Ricochet

Summit Entertainment | Release Date: October 4, 1991

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49	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews

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Jay Boyar

Ricochet is the sort of super-violent exploitation picture that I'm often inclined to dismiss out-of-hand. So I have to admit to being surprised that I didn't find it repellent. As a matter of fact, parts of the movie are nightmarishly fascinating - and I don't mean that as a put-down. [07 Oct 1991, p.D1]

Mick LaSalle

Original enough to keep an audience guessing most of the way. It has a strong plot that takes surprising and satisfying turns, and there's never really a dull moment. This is the kind of movie that, once you start watching, you have to finish just to see how it turns out. [08 Oct 1991, p.E1]

Kevin Thomas

Ricochet is genuinely scary, suspenseful and disturbing in the best sense. Read full review

Rita Kempley

As with other Silver-smithed projects, this one is almost frighteningly competent at bashing heads and pushing all the right buttons. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Washington strikes the right tone of cocksure bravery as it turns into bewilderment, psychosis, and rage as the movie goes through its many wild twists and turns. Read full review

Gary Arnold

Ricochet, the latest explosive, cynical thriller from Joel Silver, best known for engineering the Lethal Weapon and Die Hard blockbusters, should keep action freaks overstimulated for the next few weeks. [08 Oct 1991, p.E5]