Fireman Jeremy (Josh Duhamel, in the second film within two hours for me) witnesses racist thug and all-powerful crime boss David Hagen (Vincent D'Onofrio) commit two cold-blooded murders. Jeremy has no ties for Hagen to threaten him with, which means he is prepared to testify, to cop Mike Cella (Bruce Willis)'s relief. US Marshal Talia (Rosario Dawson) also features.
I'm not a great one for predicting what's going to happen in a film, so going in with no foreknowledge meant that this film, in its opening 30 minutes or more, often went in directions which I didn't see coming, which I quite liked. Which is not to say that there wasn't a degree of familiarity when said plot elements actually arrived, more that there was the occasional left turn into a road which I was familiar with, rather than continuing along Main Street.
D'Onofrio appears to be having the time of his life as a pantomime villain, Dawson is (as usual) dangerously sexy, and Duhamel and Willis are both satisfactory in parts which could have been played by any other actor in their particular demographics. Willis has a terrific moment in a warehouse. A decent supporting cast doesn't get a lot to do, and the action is handled well enough.
This film passes the time adequately and is moderately entertaining while it does so.
I'm not a great one for predicting what's going to happen in a film, so going in with no foreknowledge meant that this film, in its opening 30 minutes or more, often went in directions which I didn't see coming, which I quite liked. Which is not to say that there wasn't a degree of familiarity when said plot elements actually arrived, more that there was the occasional left turn into a road which I was familiar with, rather than continuing along Main Street.
D'Onofrio appears to be having the time of his life as a pantomime villain, Dawson is (as usual) dangerously sexy, and Duhamel and Willis are both satisfactory in parts which could have been played by any other actor in their particular demographics. Willis has a terrific moment in a warehouse. A decent supporting cast doesn't get a lot to do, and the action is handled well enough.
This film passes the time adequately and is moderately entertaining while it does so.