Double Whammy starring Denis Leary, Steve Buscemi, and Luis Guzman is about Ray Pluto (Leary) a New York Police Detective who is in the middle of a string of real bad luck. Starting with the death of his family, for which he blames himself, on through having a back spasm in the middle of a shoot out, and having an eight year old kid pick up his gun and save the day while he lays unconscious.
Pluto seeks to redeem himself after his friend and Superintendant of his building is almost fatally stabbed. There is some great dialogue and chemistry between Leary, Guzman, and Buscemi. Also there is a great little sub-plot, that ties in later, with two would be screen writers who are hashing out their screenplay in the same building where all the action is taking place.
Double Whammy is original and funny, and Leary shows that he can do a little bit of drama in between his hard nosed bravado. The story does seem a bit forced though, and isn’t as edgy or exciting as it probably should have been. That being said, I think it is still worth a rental.