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We've become accustomed in expecting a sub-par B-grade film when Bruce Willis (PLEASE retire!) is cast, but this one is by far one of the worst.

I get that director Mike Burns and writer Bill Lawrence are newb filmmakers, but this felt like a failed high school drama class production.

The dialogue was atrocious. Literally the entire first half of the film could've been cut down to 10 mins max. The scenes were too long, and/or unnecessary, and most were just plain ridiculous. There was a hefty lack of logic, with major plot and technical issues, and you'll find yourself either laughing or cringing at most scenes.

The pacing was horrible, and with the majority of the story being cheesy af, the normally comfortable 95 min runtime felt like 3+ hours. You'll be tempted to fast forward much of the film, and trust me, you wont miss much. Only the last 15 mins of the film felt like an adequate film production with good continuity in the scenes, and some decent drama and suspense, albeit predictable.

And what was Burns thinking with probably the worst cinematography I've seen in a long time? Were blue and earth-tones the only color filter palette choices? There's a scene when Willis arrives and greets his niece at the cabin, and all that stands out is her bright blue jeans in the entire scene. And the constant distant shots of the skyline, valleys and hills got very tiring fast.

The acting for the most part was bad and unconvincing - I'm sure in part due to Burns' inexperience in directing his cast, and Willis was his usual drab "I'm only here for the paycheck". Only Jaime King's performance was good and convincing throughout, and she basically carried the entire film.

The only decent component in this production was the score, which although still the typical B-film loud and overbearing score, it at least was somewhat fitting and wasn't playing through-out the entire 95 mins. But then again, this is Burns' main field of expertise in the film industry - music director, so had he messed that up, he'd have some 'splaining to do. The soundtrack was also fairly decent, although it played in many scenes that didn't really need loud country/rock music playing in the background.

It's a very generous 3/10 from me, mostly for King's performance, and also cutting the newb filmmakers some slack. Hopefully they learn from their mistakes.

Feel sorry for Bruce Willis to make a living on his legacy...Home movies are better than this.

Most of the movie i was tapping a tune and i was trying to remember the name of the song.

Some noticeable moments here & there but nothing worth your time.

You are welcome to look for yourselves, but I'm sure that everyone will agree with me. This is a monumentally horrible movie from start to finish, from the flashbacks at the very beginning of the movie-yes, at the beginning. What are you flashing back to? The movie hasn't even begun. It's like they only did it to remind the audience that Bruce Willis is going to be in it. Once you see him, you may want to reevaluate your relationship with the former star who looks to be about a month away from buying one of those rascal scooters.

Even the title is awful.

There's a lot more bad to come, like the horrible music sequences, which also start at the opening credits. Then there's the bottom-of-the-barrel acting crew who they seem to have hired at a Home Depot parking lot, although I always blame bad acting on the bad director.

On one side of the equation, we have a group of criminals who are "intellectually and developmentally disabled," at least that's what I was coached to say because, evidently, it isn't cool these days to call them morons or half-wits so as not to cause offense.

Storyline: A corrupt Sheriff's department in a rural mountain town comes undone when an unintended witness throws a wrench into their shady operation.

This seems to have been the entire script and everything in the movie was simply ad-libbed by the "actors." The dialogue was pure boilerplate writing and clichés you've heard a millions times in every lousy movie of this genre.

The "action" scenes are hopelessly stupid and very poorly choreographed, but why bother with logic when everything else is such a disaster? And what do you expect from villains when one of them is called Billie, which I assume is short for hillbilly. And you can just forget about character development as that wasn't in the budget, but they got Bruce Willis, , man.

"...due to COVID-19 shutdowns, Willis could only be on set for one day. Therefore, they filmed all of his scenes in a single day."

Unfortunately, for half of Bruce's work day he seemed to be taking his nap. It looks like the entire movie was made in one day from the script to the final edits.

I'd estimate that Bruce is at least thirty years past his expiration date as an action hero. Maybe he is opening up an entirely new genre at the cinema: action grandpa. Or how about an action hero grandpa with Alzheimer's? For this, all they would have had to do was dress Bruce in pajamas for his stroll in the woods.

What an embarrassing low point for Bruce Willis.

This is utter crap & looked like it was made on a camcorder.

Even worse than Steven Seagal's Direct-to-dvd films.

Absolutely TERRIBLE in every possible way.

This is without a doubt one of the worst movies I have seen with some sort of Hollywood has-been in it. The acting is so bad, it looks like some sort of student project. The scenes are totally detached from one another and the entire thing makes little to no sense. Bruce Willis appears out of nowhere, then is absent for 10 minutes, then reappears as if he's been waiting behind camera. The dialogue is atrocious and makes one wonder if whoever wrote it is sane or lives in a cabin in the woods without any real contact with other human beings. The direction can give headaches even to a roller-coaster enthusiast!

This movie is in a word, awful. The acting, editing and story are all amateur. If that's not enough, you have the pleasure of seeing Lala Kent (yes that's a first name) and Kelly Greyson who have botoxed faces and injected lips. Yay, love looking at that.

The storyline itself not only has been done before, but is so shallow you already know what's going to happen in the first 10 minutes. Aside from the typical dumb mistakes you always see characters making in poorly written movies, often you can't help wondering why you're still watching the same scene. That's because the editing was just as amateur as the story writer.

If that's not enough, this morass of bungled scenes is complimented by a soundtrack so shoddy and unskilled you'll be looking around the room to see if this is truly happening. Together, it was truly an unbearable movie to watch.

Then there's Bruce Willis, who's selling out to anyone as fast as Nicholas Cage. Is the guy broke or what? Otherwise, he sure must need to act so bad that he's willing to participate in this garbage. It's easy to point at "A Good Day to Die Hard" as the beginning of his demise, but it actually dates all the way back to Hudson Hawk.

It wasn't just that the feature film cost $70M to make and only grossed $17M, but how Willis took over the movie project with his ego running amok. In short, Willis drove it into the ground. The movie was so bad that during the screening, Andi McDowell was concerned if she'd ever work again.

After the critics completely roasted it, Willis went back to his trusted formula of "Die-Hard everyman". What's more, as he fell off the A-list actor list, he not only doubled-down on the same John McClane personna, but he prolifered the same worn shallow image across myriad artless films, like this one.

Lastly, I guess director Mike Burns believe that because has experience as Music Supervisor on several movies, he can direct. Same for writer Bill Lawrence who only has one movie to his credit. And while R. J. Cooper does have a fair amount of editing experience, it certainly didn't reflect well in this movie given how many scenes were overshot. Same for Burn's participation in the soundtrack which as 'amateur hour' as anything else.

Hard to understand what possesses these people to think they can make even reasonable movies. The fact they pick botox stars probably reflects their entire overall judgment. End result is a great example of pure garbage.

To say it bad is not doing it true justice. When you think it can't get any worse, it does and continues to get worse with every scene. Even a score of One is too generous for this garbage.

Female cop is a horrible actress. Where did they find her? She has gone WAY OVERBOARD with the lip filler. Entire first scene was cringy. The bullet animation and billet joke were embarrassing. Who directed/produced this? Feels like a PARODY. What happened to making GOOD, Oscar worthy movies????

A woman on a hike in the remote hills of northern Georgia (Jaime King) witnesses something that brings in the authorities (Lala Kent, Tyler Jon Olson & Michael Sirow) and the help of a retired cop from up north (Bruce Willis).

"Out of Death" (2021) is a sylvan crime thriller that only took nine days to shoot with Willis only working one day of filming, incredibly, which has drawn a feeding frenzy from armchair critics. Expecting the worst, I was amazed at what a decent flick can be made on such a short schedule and shoestring budget. It all comes down to the foundation of having a worthwhile story and a director & crew who know what they're doing and how to efficiently pull it off, which Bill Lawrence (writer), Mike Burns (director) & team do.

Sure, you could nitpick things like the CGI rain but, beyond such trivial qualms, it delivers the goods for this genre with quality themes and a dash of human interest. The flick effectively touches on things like grief/healing, avarice, political corruption & hypocrisy, injustice, nepotism, incompetence, survival, overcoming weaknesses, personal nobility, retirement, refreshing in the wilderness and the warmth of new relationships. It even throws in some sly amusement.

Some complain about the music, but it's an homage to "Deliverance" (1972) and well edited into the proceedings. Others nag about the supposedly lame title, but its meaning is obvious: Out of death something good can come. Willis' character is understandably in the doldrums and suddenly finds himself thrust into a life-or-death situation where he rises to the challenge, which ironically pulls him out of the pit of melancholy and grief. It's a similar scenario with Jaime's character.

Maybe I liked it more than others because I favor survival movies that take place in the woods, like "First Blood" (1982). While it's not on that level, it should be enjoyed by viewers who appreciate modest-budget survival thrillers, such as "Nightmare at Bittercreek" (1988), "Transit" (2012), "Rust Creek" (2018), "Black Rock" (2012) and "Reclaim" (2014). Keep in mind that shooting in the forest ain't easy to pull off.

Honestly, "Out of Death" gave me increased respect for Bruce who, four months shy of 66 during filming, gave his best for a one-day shoot.

The film runs 1 hour, 35 minutes, and was shot in Puerto Rico.

GRADE: B.

I got to 20 minutes of watching bad music, bad storyline & even worse acting. That is 20 minutes i'll never get back.

At first I thought I missed something with Bruce Willis' part. No the acting really was that bad. Later I learned they filmed all of his parts in 1 day, and those were the best shots that they had? His part was on anti-depressant drugs, and I think maybe he actually was taking them! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WATCHING THIS MOVIE!!

This feels like it is an inside joke attempting to be as awful as possible. Just the scenes.... Constantly like what are you doing? No serious team could put this together like this without trying just to mess with people. But if they were, whatever they were trying to do turned to crap. The most confusing scenarios and action possible.

This is the worst movie ever. A top to bottom s**t show. I think Bruce may have had a stroke, he doesn't sound well in this movie. We left wondering if he would be OK and felt sad.

We were waiting for the dukes of hazard narrator to voice over this crappy soundtrack. The movie is worse than bad. Everything stunk, it high-school equivalency movie making.

Trust me! The only thing that would make this movie better is if Bruce Willis or Director Michael Burns forgo their paycheck and offer to refund everyone their money. TERRIBLE. TERRIBLE. TERRIBLE MOVIE!

A total loss to the point we tuned out after about 30 mins. It was just too bad to bother with.

Because of movies like this, it's a shame there's no zero rating.

Just kidding. I kept trying to click the zero on the rating scale, but.... Anyway, the fact that I actually rented this despite the title shows that I deserve the ripoff. "Out of Death"? A title like that should have clued me in before I even started streaming it.

The entire film was shot in 9 days and Mr. Willis shot all his scenes in 1 day. This film was made in the wake of the COVID 19 Pandemic. I did consider not finishing this movie but did complete it in two sittings. I would compare this movie to the Hallmark or Lifetime movies my wife watches. So think B actors and you'd be close. Mr. Willis is 66 years old & likes to work but should be a bit more choosey about which ones he wants his name associated with.

Acting: Bad

Editing : Bad

Directing : Bad

Music: HORRENDOUS.

Only gave it a 2 because Bruce Willis is in it , the acting is absolutely shocking and the cop looks plastic. I can't think of anything good to say about this film at all. Definitely one of the worst I've ever seen along with the break up .

If I say this is a bad movie, I am being VERY generous.