I'm sure if John was still playing roles like the one he has in this movie, he would surely play the hell out of the role. Too bad he went on to make stupid shows like 3rd Rock From The Sun.
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Lithgow was on a roll with RICOCHET, RAISING CAIN & CLIFFHANGER - 3 great villian roles...in 3 great movies. :)
shareI agree 100%, i've always liked John Lithgow in pretty much anything he does, but when he goes bad he goes REALLY bad! His role as Earl Talbet Blake in Ricochet remains, IMO anyway, his best performance, he just seeths with burning violence and hatred and is dead set on getting his vengeance on Styles.
That scene where he's shown on the video tape bending down beside Nick's daughters bed as she sleeps and pulls out that axe, raises his arm up and just when you think he's about to do the unthinkable, he turns the camera off leaving Styles to use his imagination on what he might have done to his little girl...SICK LOL!
I love him in this!
I'm sure if John was still playing roles like the one he has in this movie, he would surely play the hell out of the role. Too bad he went on to make stupid shows like 3rd Rock From The Sun.
I know this is an old post, but he played the bad guy in Season 4 of Dexter and he was brilliant!
shareI´m agree with almost everything, except the comment about3rd Rock From the Sun, he is great in that show!
Prostitute: What the *beep* are you doing?
Johnny: I'm gonna kill a bunch of people.
I agree. Lithgow made for a marvelously cruel, cunning, and formidable villain as ruthless psycho Blake. I loved the deliciously wicked relish Lithgow brings to the part.
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Richochet is a hoot!Lithgow chewing the scenery and the whole film should be sectioned under the mental health act!
Lithgow is brilliant we all do things for rent money but his line in cliffhanger
'get him to a hospital-fast' while chucking a wounded man out of a plane is sheer genius.
It's especially fun to watch after 3rd Rock, Lithgow is really an awesome actor.
shareHe topped himself again and upped his sinister side considerably in last season of Dexter, he was utterly brilliant and shockingly frightening.
"What are you some kind of half-assed astronaut?" - 'Quint' in JAWS
He had a nice repertoire playing an assorted villains, creeps, and weirdos, beginning with Obsession (1976). His strangest role must have been the mad scientist in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984). From these roles, it's apparent that he is an intense and committed character actor. He never broke character (even in laughable or ridiculous roles)and was not afraid to take chances.
I just wish that he had more opportunities in tackling serious dramatic roles like The Manhattan Project (1986) instead of being typecast in one villain role after another.
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