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Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 14004202)
Wait, so Survive the Game is a different movie than Apex? Even though Apex appears to be direct ripoff of Surviving the Game which was already a ripoff of The Most Dangerous Game?
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I can’t wait until they officially give up any creativity and just name Willis’ character in the next movie John Survive.
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Finally!! The trailer for Deadlock ;)
It's almost comedy how many movies he cranks out in a year. |
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Originally Posted by DJariya
(Post 14005010)
Finally!! The trailer for Deadlock ;)
https://youtu.be/jpLbR3_Mb9Y It's almost comedy how many movies he cranks out in a year. |
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Guess what? Yet another new Bruce Willis movie. Coming December 17th with his DTV co-stars Jesse Metcalfe and Chad Michael Murray
rotfl In this dazzling action cyber-thriller, Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction) plays Robert, a retired CIA agent living at a secret resort in the woods. One day, his estranged son drives to the camp for a visit — but he’s followed by Robert’s old nemesis, Balzary (Chad Michael Murray, “One Tree Hill”). As the site is besieged by Balzary’s attack squad, father and son retreat to a high-tech bunker. But are its steel walls and advanced weapons powerful enough to match Balzary’s bloodthirsty plans for revenge? |
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And there is already a sequel with most of the same cast in post-production - so easy to see which characters live and die.
Bruce has another nine films in post production according to IMDB and 3 awaiting release. Damn. |
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Great news!! You can stream APEX on AMC+ :lol:
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So I decided to watch Apex (2021) and take one for the forum. First, I have certainly sat through worse drek than this - D grade productions made in someone's backyard with a camcorder and given a digital release. Apex though purports to be a real motion picture with a recognisable star and and at least professional supporting cast. Despite or because of that the film is anemic and as flaccid as a dead horse cock. Previous works from this director including Breach (as writer) and Cosmic Sin (as writer and director). The former was just about watchable with a reasonable attempt from Bruce Willis at developing a character and the second was a credible idea (first strike on an alien species before it attacks Earth) let down by appalling production values.
Apex is not an innovative film but it does use a basically iron-clad plot dating back to The Most Dangerous Game (1932); rich hunters going after humans for sport. The tweak here is a near future setting with the use of holograms and some kind of matter transporter to get people to and from the isolated island where the hunt takes place. Most of the film looks like it was shot in the forests of Canada and at least has some realism going for it. Much of the plot is taken up with the hunters fighting each other and seeking to rationalise their actions, anything to keep the narrative away from our hero. There is an added frisson in the last part of the film as the combatants pull in some 'mongrels' to also hunt Willis and they are initially presented as interesting characters including a priest but all are dead within two minutes of screen time. Why is that necessary? Well, Bruce Willis again seems to have signed one of his one to three day contracts and turned up with his much younger and thinner stunt double in tow. The film is full of close ups of the back of this stunt double's head as he scoots through the forest, of his hands as holds a gun or lights a cigar, of his feet as he jumps over logs, etc. There is even one digitally blurred but still obvious front on shot of the double which left me wondering if he was meant to be a new character but no, this is supposed to be Willis. Indeed, I cannot think of one scene where Willis is in shot with any of the other actors except for a hologram character who clearly is played by an actor in front of a green screen and composited. I am pretty sure Bruce did not meet any of the cast. Even the final confrontation between Willis and principal bag guy has the two of them on opposite sides of a room with neither sharing the same shot. With this hindsight I don't think Bruce did more than two days on set if that. The script is self-referential enough to identify Bruce's character in the context of some of his other parts. A criminal history notes him as the only survivor of a train crash (Unbreakable) and that he once drove a car through a plane (Die Hard 4?) and that he is someone the universe simply cannot kill (I think a reference to Cosmic Sin.) Apex is pretty poor but it is a semi-competent production with good locations, a wonderful musical score and some decent supporting performances. It needed a little more money and just a hint of commitment from its star to reach the level of acceptable. |
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Yet another Willis movie
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Looked this up on IMDb and noticed a name: Trevor Gretzky. Yes, Wayne's son... :lol:
Edit: And he also was in Cosmic Sin and Apex. |
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Originally Posted by DJariya
(Post 14026010)
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I don't expect much from a Willis movie, but I did sit through Apex. I didn't care for it at all. Like others have said, I don't think Willis was even on set with other actors, he's never in a scene with one. He mostly just pontificates about nothing, while the rest of the characters spend time killing each other.
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I know you all were anxiously awaiting the trailer for American Siege
Washed-up Sheriff Ben Watts (Bruce Willis) guards the secrets of the wealthy residents of a small Georgia town. When three outlaws take a prominent town doctor hostage in search of a missing woman, Sheriff Watts is called in to handle the situation before the FBI arrives. In a race against time, mayor Charles Routledge (Timothy V. Murphy) pressures Sheriff Watts to launch an assault on the hostage-takers and to eliminate all witnesses. When the Sheriff realizes he may be a pawn in a larger scheme, he must carve a bloody warpath to expose the truth behind the town’s dark secrets. Starring Timothy V Murphy, Bruce Willis and Rob Gough Directed by Edward Drake Release Date: 1/7/22 |
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Did Bruce get in trouble with a woman or say something very offensive years ago that i dont remember? Surprised he cant get any mainstream work…..
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He probably could, but they don’t pay him what he wants for the little amount of work he wants to do.
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Yeah. I don’t think Bruce was so much blackballed or cancelled as much as he just seems to have gotten really lazy.
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He's still a name and can still get casual people to rent his movies from Red Box. They will be like, Wow, a new Bruce Willis movie is out?
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Originally Posted by DJariya
(Post 14033649)
He's still a name and can still get casual people to rent his movies from Red Box. They will be like, Wow, a new Bruce Willis movie is out?
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Originally Posted by dex14
(Post 14033644)
He probably could, but they don’t pay him what he wants for the little amount of work he wants to do.
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Funny this thread came up today. I just caught the Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis and Ed Norton's entire act, obviously Bruce's only close personal friend on the stage, is mocking Bruce for making all these trashy DTV movies. It's actually a great little bit by Norton and felt the most like those old Carl Reiner roasts.
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I saw "Out of Death" on Hulu, well I fast forwarded through the last 30 minutes.
It was terrible. Awful dialogue. Illogical actions by the characters. Title makes no sense. There is one scene where they needed to show Bruce Willis' character, but he probably already finished filming. So I think they just edited together some quick shots (none of the face/head) of some random actor. |
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Originally Posted by MLBFan24
(Post 14034300)
I saw "Out of Death" on Hulu, well I fast forwarded through the last 30 minutes.
It was terrible. Awful dialogue. Illogical actions by the characters. Title makes no sense. There is one scene where they needed to show Bruce Willis' character, but he probably already finished filming. So I think they just edited together some quick shots (none of the face/head) of some random actor. |
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The dumbest part of that movie was:
Spoiler:
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Bruce Willis, Luke Wilson and Devon Sawa star in the chilling story of a savage Hollywood murder set in present day Los Angeles. Jimmy Jayne (Sawa), a reformed ex-con, is the prime suspect who will stop at nothing to prove his innocence. Homicide detectives Freeman (Willis) and Vargas (Wilson) are close on his tail as Jimmy takes on his own investigation, risking his life in the dark underbelly of L.A. Gasoline Alley is directed by directed by Australian writer / filmmaker Edward Drake (aka Edward John Drake), director of the films Animals, Broil, Cosmic Sin, Apex, and American Siege previously, as well as shorts and other projects. The screenplay is written by Edward Drake and Tom Sierchio. Saban Films opens Drake's Gasoline Alley in select US theaters + on VOD starting February 25th, 2022 this winter |
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