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Editorial ReviewsAmazon.com essential video
A highly enjoyable sleeper. The plot of
The Mighty Quinn is a variation on one of those '30s studio pictures
about two boyhood friends who grow up on different sides of the law--but it's
1989, and things are a bit different. Denzel Washington, smooth as Jamaican rum,
plays the police chief of a Caribbean island, a place where crime isn't exactly
a pressing concern. Thus the chief is put out when the clues in a murder case
point to his old buddy, a dreadlocked ne'er-do-well played by a mischievous
Robert Townsend. Director Carl Schenkel is much more interested in friendships
and great island atmosphere than in the actual unlocking of the case, and that's
just fine. Add in a bouncy soundtrack of reggae music, and The Mighty
Quinn becomes one of those hard-to-resist vacation movies. --Robert
Horton
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OscarÂ(r) winner* Denzel Washington (The
Hurricane) and Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) star in this witty, romantic,
entertaining and light-hearted who-dun-it (Vincent Canby, The New York Times).
Filled with spice and adventure, The Mighty Quinn is delightful...a sunny
Caribbean caper as seductive as a great big umbrella drink (The Washington
Post)! Life in the easygoing Caribbean is hard on Police Chief Xavier Quinn
(Washington). Dubbed 'theMighty Quinn by sarcastic islanders and nagged by a
wife who d rather he were babysitting, Quinn is suddenly thrust into action when
his childhood friend Maubee (Townsend) is accused of murder. Forced to search
for his elusive friend, Quinn meets up with a colorful array of suspects,
including thedead man's beautiful mistress who dreams of being a lounge singer
(Mimi Rogers), an eccentric voodoo sorceress with snakes in her parlor (Esther
Rolle) and a mysterious American visitor with dubious intentions (M. Emmet
Walsh). *2001: Actor, Training Day; 1989: Supporting Actor, Glory
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