Further cementing 2003 as the year of
Ron Shelton cop movies, the director continued his vacation from the sports genre with Hollywood Homicide, a police comedy that comes right on the heels of Shelton's
Dark Blue, a decidedly grittier cop thriller. The film stars
Harrison Ford and
Josh Hartnett as LAPD homicide detectives Joe Gavilan and K.C. Calden, two cops with bigger dreams. Gavilan moonlights as a real estate agent, while Calden teaches yoga and yearns for a career on the big screen. When an entire hip-hop group is murdered on-stage, Gavilan and Calden are called in to handle the case. As their investigation progresses, they begin to suspect that the rappers were offed for attempting to get out of their recording contract with label head Sartain (
Isaiah Washington). Along with
Bruce Greenwood and
Keith David, the supporting cast boasts a plethora of real-life musicians, including Dr. Dre,
Gladys Knight,
Dwight Yoakam,
Master P, and Ronald DeVoe of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide