Bruce Willis’ Class B Abyss

Since the premiere of Hard to Kill in 1988 until the presentation of Unbreakable (The Protected) in 2000, the career of Bruce Willis He lived through an era of absolute heyday that established him as one of the most sought-after stars in Hollywood. In just over a decade, the actor with the bald head was part of the sequels to his first big hit, but he also included in his filmography praised action proposals such as The Last Boy Scout, films that were true milestones such as Pulp Fiction, The Sixth Sense and successful proposals like 12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element and even Armageddon.

At that time, Willis was also part of disasters, such as Hudson hawk and the adaptation of Bonfire of the Vanities, along with really forgettable movies like The Jackal, Mercury Rsing and The siegeBut his name was always on the front page. But that began to change with the new century.

Despite the fact that since 2000 the actor has made projects recognized as Sin City, Grindhouse, Moonrise Kingdom OR Looper, along with the occasional surprise hit, such as the action proposal RedIt is forgettable films that have most marked his career in recent decades. That is, it is enough to put on the table the results of the last two deliveries of Hard to Kill to put in perspective how the whole dynamic has changed.

Everything has just gotten stronger in the last five years, as Willis’s career went from being one of the quintessential action stars on the big screen, to a recurring face of movies released direct to DVD.

The turning point of the streak appears to have been the vilified Cop Out by Kevin Smith in 2010, a crime rehash that was heavily criticized and followed by films entirely in cameos in The indestructibles, action titles that nobody remembers as Capture .44 and The day’s cold light along with sequels with nothing to highlight like Red 2, GI Joe: The Counterattackand the inclusive Sin City 2. Something completely removed from the glory days of “John McClane”.

What remains from those films? Well, it is enough to recover the posters of his latest projects to illustrate the panorama of class B films that only seek to have some attention by putting the check on the table that guarantees to have it as a great hook, despite that that is no longer any guarantee.

It is something that even happens in films in which Willis’s participation is absolutely limited, having other actors as true protagonists of projects with titles usually single word and where weapons are the order of the day. Everything is to “kill hard” again.

Prince (2014) | Rotten tomatoes: 0%

Vice (2015) | Rotten tomatoes: 4%

Extraction (2015) | Rotten tomatoes: 6%

Precious cargo (2016) | Rotten tomatoes: 0%

Marauders (2016) | Rotten tomatoes: 24%

Once upon a time in venice (2017) | Rotten tomatoes: 21%

First murder (2017) | Rotten tomatoes: 15%

Acts of violence (2018) | Rotten tomatoes: 0%

Reprisal (2018) | Rotten tomatoes: 8%

Da hong zha (2018) | Rotten tomatoes: 0%

10 minutes passed (2019) | | Rotten tomatoes: 0%

Trauma center (2019) | Rotten Tomatoes: N / A

Survive the night (2020) | Rotten tomatoes: 15%

Kill hard (2020) | Rotten tomatoes: 0%

Breach (2020) | Rotten tomatoes: 20%

There was a time when you just didn’t miss a Bruce Willis movie, but at the top they’ve got 15 that went unnoticed and not a few probably skipped them all.

The striking thing in all this count is that that panorama will not changeá and Willis will continue to claim the crown that Nicolas Cage once had as king of check-only movies.

Bad or bad, in the midst of all those movies, the most far-reaching projects in recent years were his new collaborations with Shyamalan (Split, glass), the remake of Desire of death that was harshly criticized and the drama Brooklyn orphansThe film with the best critical reception, but in which Willis did not appear for more than five minutes.

Last June it was confirmed that the actor signed a deal for three additional films with the production company Emmett / Furla Films, who have made 17 works with the actor, many of which are part of all the posters presented.

That deal already included a drama called Midnight at Switchgrass, which is currently in the post-production process, and will add to Out of death, which was filmed in Puerto Rico in the middle of the year and which presents how a retired park ranger must help a woman who becomes the witness of a crime in a forest.

The other films include a thriller called Run the Hitman, about a genetically modified mercenary who seeks to stop a corrupt government official who wants to take control of a mercenary organization, and Killing field, which addresses how the life of a woman living on a peaceful farm changes when a policeman and two criminals arrive on the scene. That is, everything very much in the line of those films without major positive reviews.

Additionally, it was recently confirmed that Willis will play a New York detective turned small town sherriff in an action thriller called American siege which is currently in the process of filming to continue expanding this abyss of class B films that will continue to multiply in droves in the coming years. It just seems like there is no going back.

That is to say, the idea that remains is that instead of looking for the double, the Cine Hoyts chain should not have major problems getting the original and making a spot with Pancho Saavedra. At this rate, it would only come naturally to old Bruce.