Paradise City

Any 80-90 Miami vice or even Acapulco heat episode has better acting. Cant understand why such pros like Willis and Travolta did not give any advice for director or writer. Maybe they are more tired than Nicolas Cage.

Hawaii nature ahots did not save those bad dialogues, that dond fit no cinema, no theater stage - too flat. No right emotion. Bachground music fits more of robin hood or dragon and dungeon scenery, but not Hawaii.

Every second scene is out of logic. If you have drug lord in custody and stand before 20 of his goons aiming at you. You dont drop him, but use him as a live shield. BAD.

Not the worst thing I've seen, and beautiful scenery.

Start with the negatives, the plot isn't the greatest at all, stuff just sort of happens, and the acting from the supporting cast isn't exactly the greatest. Also, someone gets shot in the leg and ties a belt BELOW the wound yet survives?

On a positive note though, BRUCE WILLIS ACTUALLY ACTS in this film. The majority of his films in recent years have seen Willis just bumble through his spoon fed lines, but he actually acts and gets a fair amount of screen time. John Trovolta also puts in a decent performance.

The scenery was absolutely beautiful as well.

The film is average, but its to be expected with a modern day Bruce Willis film.

I love Hawaii been many times, so love the scenery and all the places I've been and seen.... However........ I saw the trailer and saw the actors.... I thought... wow, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Stephen Dorff, this has be be a great movie. Was I wrong! This was one of the worst movies I've seen in a while. Love all the BIG name actors in this but the worst acting I've seen from these actors EVER! Great location and cinematic.. but the acting is horrible. Don't waste your time.

The story was good but could've been done (with better acting skills) much better.

I serious think, John Travolta and Bruce Willis did this movie to get a free trip To Hawaii.. lol. Seriously not worth the time.

Actually, I wasn't really harboring much of any grand expectations for the 2022 action thriller "Paradise City" from director Chuck Russell. Not that it is based on the director or anything, but the numerous movies these last couple of years coming from Bruce Willis just haven't been top notch stellar movies, if you know what I mean.

But still, I had the opportunity to watch "Paradise City", and I do believe in giving a movie a fair chance. So of course I opted to sit down and watch this movie without ever having heard about it.

The storyline in "Paradise City", as written by Edward Drake, Corey Large and Chuck Russell, was pretty simplistic. I mean, you could leave the movie for an extended period of time to go do something else and return only to find that you were not missing out on anything. Well, at least that makes "Paradise City" a very easy movie to watch, as it requires zero invenstment of attention from the viewers.

The movie does have some familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Stephen Dorff, Noel Gugliemi and Branscombe Richmond. However, I can't really claim that I witnessed any particularly memorable or outstanding performances as the movie trotted on.

Was I entertained by "Paradise City"? Hardly. Yet, I actually still managed to sit through all 92 minutes of it. However, once the movie came to an end, I must admit that I was left with an overwhelming sense of 'was that it?' and a feeling of having wasted 92 minutes on nothing.

If you enjoy action thrillers, then there are far, far better movies readily available out there. And "Paradise City" came and went without leaving any kind of impression. So this was just another dubious movie in a long line of dubious movies starring Bruce Willis.

My rating of "Paradise City" lands on a three out of ten stars.

Very poor acting from the main characters. Should have just concentrated Bruce Willis and John Travolta instead of the rest of the amateur cast. The plot is not believable, neither are the 'natives'. The rest of the cast are totally unconvincing. The words came out alright but their lack of connection with their facial expressions and body language is laughable. Bad guys, aside from Travolta, are about as menacing as NOT!! Just because you are carrying an automatic weapon and say a few F-words, does not make a convincing thug. There's no humour, no excitement and the plot is extremely predictable. Enough said of a non-event.