Cinematography:
Amir MokriComposer:
Jeff CardoniCast:
Bruce Willis, Jason Momoa, John Goodman, Thomas Middleditch, Famke Janssen, Stephanie Sigman, Adam Goldberg, Jessica Gomes, Adrian Martinez, Kal Penn (more)VOD (1)
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Bruce Willis is Venice Beach P.I. Steve Ford: a detective who’s good with the ladies, bad with the punches, and wild about his dog, Buddy. But when his beloved pet is stolen by local thugs, Steve makes a questionable alliance with their devious leader, Spyder (Jason Momoa). Teaming up with his best friend (John Goodman), Steve pulls out the big guns in search of Spyder’s stolen cocaine and cash in order to set things straight and get Buddy back where he belongs. (Transmission Films)
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For being a classic Bruce Willis B-movie, the film is actually quite digestible and entertaining at times despite the completely flat and ordinary plot. The John Wick from Wish is held together by the ever likable Willis supplemented by amusing wisecracks here and there, and Jason Momoa's face and the fast-paced lightweight running time make Once Upon a Time in California easily skippable and unnecessary, but I wasn't significantly bored. In fact, I'm slightly surprised.
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God. Filming such crap with such actors is just sad. Bruce Willis has been making crap movies lately, but John Goodman didn't deserve this, even though his character is traditionally good. Because he is good. But Jason Momoa is boring, Adam Goldberg is underutilized, and don't even get me started on Famke Janssen. And most importantly, the whole thing is just embarrassing.
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