The purpose of a movie is to entertain, nothing else. This one fails badly. The dialogue is terrible. The movie is slow. The one good scene has a character never in the movie again. I could give you examples of why this film never achieves it goal, which isn't what you might think from the opening, but that would waste your time as much as this movie. Spend two hours watching clouds instead.

If it wasn't for the exact last five minutes - when the bad guy is catch/killed , I would have gave this a nice 7/10 and recommend it.It is not up to the Beverly Hills Cop entertainment level, but it was pleasant enough. Ford was excellent in the role, not the best character, but consistent and definitely up to the task, more than any other of his films since Indiana and SW. Josh Hartnett acting is decent and acceptable, so is the directing for most of the characters.Speaking of characters, the bad guys are all black rappers. Yep, 2003 Now why is this movie a disaster? Because exactly 5 min. before the end, someone took the film rolls , pile them up and started to hatch them up. The worst 'bad' guy is an horrible actor, the worst choice among otherwise some fine and lively characters in the movie. But the insult here is the final physical fight. I have never seen this other than in a Van Damme film (but much better acted). A final fight in the pure tradition of WWE with all the fake kicks, moans and stuff, all clearly visible and clearly played up. B series movies do this better.Oh, and a 70 million production cost for such type of film?

When not solving murders in Hollywood, Detective Joe Gavilan and his rookie partner Kasey Calden both moonlight in other fields Gavilan sells real estate, and Calden aspires to become an actor. Assigned to the vicious in-club slaying of a promising young rap act, the two detectives delve into the recording industry where they hope to find answers - ideally ones that also come with property buyers or auditions......The problem with this film is that it cannot decide what it wants to be. Yes it's funny in places, but so is The Fifth Element (random I know) and I wouldn't class it as a comedy.It's a mishmash of different genres, drama, thriller, hip hop type drama, and action rolled into one. Or the little sub-genre I call 'the time when Ford tried to get down with the kids'.And this is all it is, Ford trying to get his mojo back after a string of flops with a Rap music background and a hot young co-star (think Exit Wounds).And for the most part, it works, Ford is great as he has this 'I don't care anymore' attitude that makes home endearing.Hartnett is okay and the rest of the cast are forgettable. Story wise it's all over the place, and Shelton should know better, Dark Blue was a great movie.So all in all, it's not good by any means, but curiously watchable.

Harrison Ford is Mr. Blockbuster, but not in this movie.As a Los Angeles homicide investigator, Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) is a competent detective of the homicide division and a real-estate broker in his spare time to pay his debts and mortgage. His partner K.C. Calden (Josh Hartnett) is also an aspiring actor, looking for a chance in the cinema industry to quit his position in the police department. While Gavilan and Calden are investigating the death of four rappers, the dirty Lt. Bennie Macko (Bruce Greenwood) of the internal affairs and enemy of Gavilan is chasing them. 'Hollywood Homicide' is a silly and forgettable movie, although having a great cast and a very high budget. I agree with the title of the comment of another user: 'I'd rather just watch "Lethal Weapon" again...' Me too. My vote is six, and that is being generous.