Alright, i know Bruce Willis ain't a quality seal anymore when it comes to movies. Dude does not even hide the fact that he will take a paycheck for ANYTHING kinda like Nicholas Cage.
That said the trailer did made this movie seem decent and i like a good old simple action movie. Bad guys erupt on a farm and owner with nothing to loose decide that he will take a stand and fight them. Yes we seen it a million times but if done well, it can be enjoyable.
The problem is its not. First of all the bad guys are among the most stupid criminals i ever seen. I kept rolling my eyes times and times again and its clear their ridiculous decisions are there just so we can have a movie last 90 minutes set up in a very small location. They have some wannabe Harley Quinn cosplayer for some reasons that was half enjoyable but the rest of the crew including the boss appear to be low level morons who try to pretend they are international criminals.
Chad Michael Murray ain't exactly a huge name, but he is recognizable and i was curious how he could be in an action movie. But despite playing a former military guy, he ain't doing that much beside shooting a hunting rifle a few times.
Ultimately there ain't much to salvage in this movie. The plot and set up is as generic as it could be, i could write a movie better than this in 3 weeks without having written anything before. Good action could had made the movie if for instance they had Scott Adkins or Michael Jai White throwing some fist and kicks, but the action here was barebone. Mostly a few gun fights and barely anything of interest. I can't really comment on the acting too much as i watched a dubbed version, but let say it was one of those low budget dubs wich didn't help.
Im really curious how these movies get funded. Its one thing to attach Bruce's name on it to gather a few Joes who may not have realized yet the guy does not care anymore, but they have to pay him ! Granted the rest of the budget must had been very small, but im trying to find the reason why an exec would be like "yeah this sound like a cool movie, slap some recognizable actor's name in a supporting role and you are good".
Im assuming there must been hundreds of these scripts coming to their desk every day, so why this one? If some guy could had written this movie and have it approved, why can't any average joe have their stories approved too?
I am not joking by the way. If the publishers of this movie see this review, contact me and i could write you a better plot in about 3 to 4 weeks under a very similar budget, and even if english ain't my first language. My script could maybe use a few corrections but the dialogues would be better, the characters wouldn't seem so dumb, and the general plot altough maybe basic too would be much more interesting.
Im sorry if i look like im taking a big dump on this movie specifically. I seen worst movies before, i seen as bad movies this year too, maybe worst actually, like Rogue Hostage, and the funniest part is i enjoy a lot of DTVOD movies. Im not one of these elitist that require big budget theatre releases only to have fun. I even gave a pass to Steven Seagal and other low budget movies more times than many peoples. But it seem lately the quality of DTVOD movies has lowered if its not a Netflix/Amazon movie.
