This killer app was designed to help the world, but, like nuclear fission, it also holds the power to destroy it if it falls into the wrong hands. Willis plays a laconic former special ops soldier-turned-billionaire CEO named Donovan Chalmers whose MIT-educated, brainiac daughter (played by Lala Kent…yes, that Lala Kent from Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules) has created a potentially apocalyptic computer program called “Project 725”. Still, Willis’ role is just sizable enough that it gives the film’s poverty-row distributor the legal justification to slap his globally recognized name and iconic mug on the film’s poster-even if it is the sort of marketing bait and switch that would make P.T. In this case, that would be Jesse Metcalfe, who’s probably still best remembered for his role as the hunky lawn boy on Desperate Housewives. Like a lot of his recent VOD releases, Willis isn’t really the lead of the movie. Think of this instead as an intervention.īut first let’s talk a little about Hard Kill.
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It certainly hasn’t been out of professional duty, since so few of his interchangeable cheapies from the past decade have been considered significant enough to merit proper reviews. Which is probably why I keep finding myself getting sucked back time and again to check out his below-the-radar VOD shoot ‘em ups.
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And, just to be clear, he still does manage to pop up in a decent major-studio movie every once in a while, even if you have to go back to the 2012 one-two punch of Looper and Moonrise Kingdom to find one. I’m a serious fan dating back to the days of Moonlighting. In case this is starting to sound like the wind-up for a heartless take-down of the 65-year-old Willis, believe me it’s not. Midnight Run Is Peak '80s Action Buddy Comedy
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agent or learned how to make peace with the fact that they’ve aged out of the very genre that once made them bankable A-list stars, are trying to figure out how to survive. And it also says something broader about the new calculus of the Streaming Age, where maturing action heroes who haven’t been lucky enough to snag a recurring role as an august S.H.I.E.L.D.
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But it is a noteworthy come-down for a guy who once played John friggin’ McClane. His resume over the past decade is lousy with these sorts of films (see Extraction, Precious Cargo, and Marauders…or better yet, don’t). The fact that an actor of Willis’ once-enviable drawing power is now routinely squandering his talent and hard-won box-office capital on instantly forgettable straight-to-VOD action-thrillers isn’t exactly news. And I’m sad to report that it’s every bit as generic as its title would lead you to believe.
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It’s called Hard Kill in case you’re interested-although you’re probably not. Bruce Willis has a new movie coming out today.