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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 12/31/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 33 mins Studio: Lions Gate Total Copies: 6 Genres: Comedy, Satire, Romantic Comedy, Police Comedy

A cop tries to sort out his personal life while a wave of odd behavior sweeps through his apartment building in this quirky comedy. Ray Pluto (Dennis Leary) is a New York City police detective who has been in an emotional slump since his wife and daughter died in an accident several years earlier. Ray's mood isn't lightened at all when he and his partner Jerry Cubbins (Steve Buscemi) stop into a fast food restaurant just as an armed robbery is taking place. Ray throws out his back while reaching for his gun and drops the weapon; a child who picks up the gun and kills the intruders is declared a hero in the press, while Ray is dubbed "the loser cop." Put on medical leave, Ray sinks deeper into a funk until he starts seeing a chiropractor for his bad back; the beautiful Dr. Ann Beamer (Elizabeth Hurley) begins kneading the kinks out of Ray's spine and starts him thinking about a new romance. Meanwhile, Juan Benitez (Luis Guzman) is the superintendent of Ray's apartment building, and he's not been getting along well with his teenage daughter Maribel (Melonie Diaz), who has a wild streak and refuses to obey her father's strict rules. Maribel is no happier with her father, and decides to do something about their relationship -- she hires two men to assassinate her dad. And elsewhere in the same building, a pair of would-be screenwriters (Donald Faison and Keith Knobbs) wants to ensure the realism of their cops-and-robbers story by going on a little crime spree of their own. Double Whammy had its world premiere at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Denis Leary - Ray Pluto
Elizabeth Hurley - Dr. Ann Beamer
Steve Buscemi - Jerry Cubbins
Luis Guzman - Juan Benitez
Victor Argo

This sly comedy from director Tom DiCillo has been given a tidy presentation for its DVD release. Double Whammy has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, while the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. The dialogue is in English with optional subtitles in English and Spanish. The film's trailer has been included as a bonus. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide