For us 90s kids, Dick Tracy was an interesting monster of a movie.
It seemed to take a lot of cues from Tim Burton’s Batman, which was released the previous summer, but it definitely had a distinct voice of its own.
Dick Tracy was another classic pulp adaptation of an urban enforcer that had very dynamic visuals and an over-the-top rogues gallery.
It even sported a score by Danny Elfman, which would have his signature atmospheric sound.
The movie would introduce a generation of young audiences to the 1930’s film noir/ detective movie genre.
Additionally, the movie brought back Warren Beatty after a three-year absence when his last film, 1987’s Ishtar, was a big flop.
Having a star like Beatty in a big-budget franchise like this was an enormous asset for the re-budding intellectual property.
And the star power wouldn’t even stop there.