Dick Tracy - 1990 - 6/10

Tracy and cohorts take on Big Boy Caprice and his associates.
Distracting the sides are Tess Trueheart, the Kid, and Breathless Mahoney.
Eye-popping set design, amazing color scheme, blazing bullets.
All underwhelmed by a white bread script that serves Disney, rather than the comic strip.
The result is akin to a violent, live action cartoon. A triumph of style over meager substance.
The 90’s witnessed a lot of Pulp inspired movies. This was one of the first and one of the poorest.
Coulda, shoulda. I’ve watched this for years, floored by the photography, cringing at the “family values”.
Beatty OK, Pacino hamms it up, Madonna steals everything in sight.