Striking Distance Reviews

If I’m not mistaken, my wife actually has a weak spot for this flick but, to be honest, it must be one of the most generic action flicks starrring Bruce Willis. I mean, Willis always had a rather productive career, he showed up in more than 70 movies so far, and to be honest, I don’t think this one belongs to his worst (‘Color of Night’ is definitely his ultimate worst and ‘Hudson Hawk’ was also pretty abysmal) but the whole thing was just terribly average and pedestrian. In fact, they went through some extensive re-shooting to try to make the whole thing a little bit more exciting so the this project was already half-baked from the start. Eventually, thanks to Bruce Willis's always dependable charisma, it was still watchable but there is no denying that he was pretty much going through the motions with this one. It was also fun to see Sarah Jessica Parker playing something else than her usual Carrie Bradshaw figure (a stereotype which is getting more and more annoying through the years) but I’m not sure if she was really convincing as a cop and even more as a romantic interest for Willis. To conclude, even though the whole thing was not completely awful, it was still pretty damned average and I don’t think it is really worth a look.