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Director Edward Drake, known primarily for his often-uneven collaborations with Bruce Willis, delivers his most cohesive and confident work yet. Guns Up is a gritty, grounded crime drama that leans hard on character and palpable tension, trading flashy spectacle for messy, painful realism. The result is a film that feels both familiar and undeniably entertaining.

The biggest surprise here is Kevin James as Ray, a weary ex-cop turned mobster, desperate to leave his violent past behind when his wife suggests launching a new small business. James completely sheds his sitcom comfort zone, finding a believable and brooding presence that channels the same simmering menace he tapped into in the thriller Becky. His performance is a testament to his range, and he carries the film with an understated intensity.

Ry’s journey to redemption is the film’s emotional core, and James makes his desperation feel genuine. The film is at...

Functioning as something between a modern action comedy and a homage to similar works of the past, “Guns Up” takes various elements from Bruce Willis’s movies, John Woo‘s stylistic trademarks, and the extreme, comic-like violence found in titles such as “A History of Violence.” The presence of Christina Ricci and Luis Guzmán adds to the retro tone, enhancing a style of storytelling that feels increasingly rare nowadays, and that’s meant in a good way.

Ray Hayes, once a New Jersey cop, has spent the last five years working as an enforcer for a relatively “honorable” mob crew in order to help his wife, Alice, save for their shared dream of owning a diner. However, when his old boss Michael is gunned down by a new, ruthless mob leader named Lonny Castigan, who takes over her gang, everything changes. Castigan has no regard for Michael’s code and...

For a film with a name like “Guns Up,” there’s surprisingly little by way of armed shootouts until the final act. For a tale of a family man moonlighting as a mob enforcer, the story and action lack the urgency suggested by its one-last-job premise, in which gruff protagonist Ray Hayes (Kevin James) hopes to leave “the life” behind. On its surface, the film is more competently assembled than previous works by writer-director-producer Edward Drake, but that’s a low bar to clear.

It becomes evident early on that something is amiss in the film’s conception of both violence and ethos, when a stash-house shootout leads to a call being placed to Ray in the middle of family dinner, presenting him with the choice of sticking around and being a good father to his kids or leaving to help his employers. Instead of maintaining this momentum and intrigue,...

"Is dad John Wick?" Vertical has unveiled an official US trailer for the action comedy movie starring Kevin James called Guns Up, set to open in July this summer. We already posted the international trailer for this a few months ago. It's the latest action movie creation made by director Edward Drake. A family-man ex-cop now moonlighting as a henchman for the mob has one night to get his family out of the city – and keep his dark secret hidden from his kids – after a job goes wrong. Kevin James stars as Ray Hayes, who was working as a mob thug and now needs to get his family to safety. Here's a tidbit from IMDb trivia: "Kevin James has stated that he got the inspiration for his performance by watching French bulldogs try to jump up on a couch. When they kept falling and were unable to get up, he...

"What's this I hear about you wanting to quit the game?" Empire Ent. has revealed an official trailer for an action comedy movie called Guns Up, the latest from director Edward Drake. This has no US release set yet - even with Kevin James. It looks like it's opening in European countries this summer before anywhere else, hence why this first trailer and other posters are already out. A family-man ex-cop now moonlighting as a henchman for the mob has one night to get his family out of the city – and keep his dark secret hidden from his kids – after a job goes wrong. Kevin James stars as Ray Hayes, who was working as a mob thug and now needs to get his family to safety. Here's a tidbit from IMDb trivia: "Kevin James has stated that he got the inspiration for his performance by watching French bulldogs try to jump up on a couch.