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Posted : 2 years, 1 month ago on 22 March 2022 09:17
To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from the damned thing but since I have a weak spot for Bruce Willis, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, as I expected, it turned out to be indeed pretty bad, I’m afraid. Basically, it was another cheap-ass action flick displaying Bruce Willis prominently on all the promotional material when he was in fact playing a minor character (in fact, he even filmed all his scenes in a single day). Instead, the lead was played by Kellan Lutz, a seriously uncharismatic actor who obviously did spend more time in the gym then in acting lessons. At least, Gina Carano, even if she is not a great actress, is actually pretty badass and it is too bad they just gave her only a few fighting scenes which, on top of that, were so dark that you could barely see anything. It is also rather bewildering that they chose to have her walking around in a sexy dress as they could have cast in this case any other model/actress to do the job. Concerning the rest of the movie, well, this guy Steven C. Miller is just an awful director. For some reason, he actually thinks that filming everything with an ugly ass yellow filter will suddenly makes his movie look grittier but it’s such a cheap ineffective move. Concerning the action scenes, that’s obviously were Miller invested most of his time, attention and energy but even these scenes were boring and poorly put together. And, yet, I actually thing the damned thing actually had some potential but, to be honest, nothing really worked in this movie. Anyway, to conclude, even if it might not be the worst movie I have seen starring Bruce Willis, it wasn’t far from it though and you should pretty much avoid it.
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Posted : 8 years, 2 months ago on 25 February 2016 01:50
Oh Bruce Willis and his new habit of making direct to DVD fluff. Do I mind? No not really a job is a job. I can't help though, but feel like this is pretty much like A Good Day to Die Hard. Gina Carano is in it though which is a huge plus for me. Oh it's directed by Steven C. Miller who made the Silent Night remake and the crazy Automaton Transfusion (zombie movie) that I got a kick out of. Max Adams who writes here is also writing and directing another upcoming movie (most likely direct to DVD as well) with Bruce Willis. As of yet it seems this is the only credit Umair Aleem has for writing. Anyways I don't expect to be amazed, but I do hope it has some good stuff to keep it interesting. Well not the route I expected the beginning, but that was badass. Wow a bit like Taken don't you think? Well that was an interesting title sequence. The training montage is happening a lot earlier than most movies it seems. Oh yes Gina Carano! Dude if he finds out he is going to be pissed! That was a pretty fun fight scene. I mean couldn't they just see that she is lying through satellite or whatever? Oh I would be jelly for sure. Gina Carano you just got some brownie points for that little stunt lol. Her fake drunk is adorable lol. Yeah these fight scenes are actually pretty entertaining. Is he really the main villain because he is pretty lame if you ask me. Oh I thought that twist was going the ludicrous route. Anyways most of this is pretty routine and predictable. The ending is kind of weak. So this story has been done over and over. Really not much is even different here than others of the same. The fighting is the best thing about this. As usual for these direct to DVD films Bruce Willis really doesn't do much of anything for most of the movie. I'm sure they just use his name to get the attention of viewers who think him being here means it will be fun. I can see why it's rated so low now that I've watched it for myself. Steven C. Miller needs to stick to horror films.
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