Gasoline Alley

Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia. It's a disorder that affects your speech. So it's not just because he's old or just phoning it in. It's sad how many people are so cruel and judgmental before considering their words first. He's made some incredible films and not so long ago. Red, for instance. He was great in that one. And obviously the man is a legend for Die Hard, alone. Let's give him his props. This movie isn't his fault. I mean, he was hardly in it anyway. I was actually excited to see Devon Sawa. I'm glad I'm seeing him more these days. I hope he gets some more and better projects in the future. He's a good actor. Better than Luke Wilson,, just my opinion. This film could have been better. So that's always a disappointment. But keep in mind, it has a great audience score. You might enjoy it. I'm definitely not mad I watched and it certainly wasn't a waste of time.

Bruce Willis' neurological disease is on full display in this movie and that is sad. His handlers, agents and friends should be ashamed for allowing this level of exploitation. The movie is clearly low budget, low brow, slow and remedial. However, the classic cars in the movie are beautiful.

Same old recipe. Put Bruce Willis on the poster. Tickets get sold. Producers happy. Bruce Willis happy. Audience NOT happy! Why not? Because Bruce is only starring in this movie for less than 15 minutes in total. Like in all of his B-movies in the last years.

Bruce Willis has gotten a tummy lately and he almost seems drugged by something, because he is mumbling in such a catatonic, wooden way. His wooden appearance (mumbling, no expression) seems to get worse with age. He really looks old now and fatigued. Better retire Bruce, but I guess he has got some kind of suffocating contract that obliges him to keep turning out 5 movies a year.

Not any good then? The supporting actors in this movie are actually better than Bruce Willis' acting performance. Luke Wilson is even starring in it! He is a funny fella! Although in this movie he is acting seriously. But his performance is allright.

More "good": The photography is quite decent. The editing is as well. The story aint ridiculous. That's a plus. It's not really thrilling, although it aint terrible either.

From all the crap Bruce has been churning out lately, this is one of the not so terrible movies... NOT recommended though ofcourse...

B R U C E

At an (excrucially) important sidenote, let us not forget WHY we are watching Bruce Willis movies to begin with. We watch Bruce Willis movies because of DIE HARD (1988). THE ONE AND ONLY BIGGEST ACTION AMERICAN ACTION CLASSIC OF THE CENTURY.

This classic is still standing strong after more than 30 years. Millions of people still REwatch it during every Christmas holiday. Recently a petition was launched to rename Nakatomi Plaza into DIE HARD plaza.

A life time achievement award for Bruce Willis is in the making as well, so I have heard...

DIE HARD (1988) NEVER DIES but is still ALIVE AND KICKING in 2022. Let's celebrate that!

Who in the Galaxy does not like Bruce Willis and Luke Wilson for all the have done for us, especially Bruce Willis?

But their charisma and starry popularity does not save "Gasoline Alley" from being nothing else than a cheap B Flick with nothing to admire.

It lacks every factor that makes movie good.

That's why i could watch only 38 minutes and that was it. Could not get bored any further.

Unless you have nothing (really nothing) else to do with your time, watch it Otherwise try anything else as Gasoline Alley is probable one of the worst films of the year, which could not get not even a rate of 5/10. Really.

Nevertheless, I still love Bruce and Luke. Because, truly, they did their job, did their lines. Its just that everything else was just so mediocre, so predictable, so flat... SO BORING!

Really. Don't bother.

Now that the "truth" has been revealed regarding Mr. Willis and his condition, according to most reporting he had no idea where he was or why he was in the films that he was in after 2020, giving lines fed to him like a parrot through a mic and not understanding what he was saying or why he was.

In other words, Bruce is "in" this film but he has no idea he was. And the producers and other actors plainly could see what was happening for themselves, they just mostly said nothing.

It's a sad end to a brilliant career, and screams "exploitation" to me. Bruce deserves better.