In a dark and smoky interrogation room, Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) begins her questioning with an FBI agent and flashbacks to the last 36 hours of her life, detailing bits and pieces of her spoiled London childhood.
The beginning of her story, based on true events, leads the audience to believe her rebellious nature stems from her famous father's death when she was young and being stored in a boarding school during her childhood. This led her to resisting the cookie-cutter lifestyle her socialite mother wants her to have.
Domino follows a newspaper ad looking for bounty hunters and is soon employed by Claremont Williams (Delroy Lindo) — a bail bondsman who brings criminals to the cops. Her team consists of Ed Mosbey (Mickey Rourke), who is like a father figure to her, and her lust, Choco (Edgar Ramirez).
Knightley, most known from "Bend it Like Beckham" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," proves her ability to expand into a role that could have been played by Michelle Rodriguez but with a better body and a hot accent.
The trio goes out and finds trouble in Los Angeles, and their first stop is catching a drug dealer, which turns disastrous. Their tip directs them to what appears to be a gang house. Although at first Ed and Choco think she's just a little girl who's out of place in the bounty-hunter world, she gains their respect by — yep, you guessed it — giving the gang's leader a lap dance. How else would a girl in a man's world gain the respect of her new and cool bounty hunter friends?
The team is discovered by a producer for The WB, played by Christopher Walken, who wants to turn the bounty hunters into the next "big thing." The show's hosts are "Beverly Hills, 90210" alums Brian Austin Green and Ian Ziering. Other cameos include Macy Gray and Mo'Nique, an intricate part of the real pickle they get themselves into. Add in the mafia, some former first ladies, a couple of college frat boys and Domino's team, and you've got yourself a wild but incredibly satisfying film.
From one crazy and fast-paced scene to another, director Tony Scott uses incredible cinematography to add to the storyline. His raw attitude gives "Domino" the boost it needed from the weak pop-culture "blockbusters" from the summer.
It won't go down as a classic, but it will satisfy your taste buds for action, a little bit of comedy, nudity and some ass-kickin' scenes. Although some of the scenes can be a bit gory for the average moviegoer, through slow-motion, bright-colored, fast and loud scenes, the storyline becomes an extreme of the modern-day action movie.
