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The action star plays a Los Angeles private investigator on a crazy quest to get his dog back from a notorious gang in his new movie, Once Upon a Time in Venice, and.
Once Upon a Time in Venice Review. Once Upon a Time in Venice Review. Bruce Willis– Steve Ford. John Goodman– Dave. Thomas Middeditch– John. Jason Momoa– Spider.
Famke Janssen– Katey. Emily Robinson– Taylor. Jessica Gomes– Nola. Adam Goldberg– Lew the Jew. Kal Penn– Rajeesh. Elisabeth Rohm– Anne Phillips. Ken Davitian– Yuri.
Kaleti Williams– Manu. Myles Humphus– Tui. Maurice Compte– Oscar. Adrian Martinez– Tino. Stephanie Sigman– Lupe. Victor Ortiz– Chewy. Tyga– Salvatore. Directed by Mark Cullen.
Screenplay by Mark Cullen and Robb Cullen. Distributed by RLJ Entertainment. Not Rated. Runtime– 9. Facebook page. Once Upon a Time in Venice, directed and co- written by Mark Cullen, is a strange movie. It’s a sort of action- comedy with an all- star cast that doesn’t quite gel the way it needs to in order to be successful. It has a few funny moments and is watchable, but it doesn’t quite work. The movie stars Bruce Willis as Steve Ford, the only licensed private detective in Venice Beach, California.
He works with a nerdy guy named John (Thomas Middeditch), who also happens to narrate the story as it goes on. And the story is incredibly complicated as it involves various cases that Steve seems to be working on all at the same time. Basically, Steve is on the run from two Samoan gangsters after he has sex with a hot woman named Nola (Jessica Gomes) who is related to them in some way. Steve ends up having to deal with a local street gangster named Spider (Jason Momoa) who is some kind of drug cartel affiliate in Venice because Spider kidnaps his dog Buddy after Steve destroys Spider’s car while trying to escape the Samoans. While all of that is going on, Steve is trying to get his house back from a real estate guy known as Lew the Jew (that is the character’s name and he is played by Adam Goldberg) while he works a case for Lew involving sexually explicit graffiti that keeps showing up on a building that Lew is trying to sell. Also, Steve is trying to help his best friend in the whole world, Dave (John Goodman), who is about to lose his surf shop in a divorce from his wife Anne (Elisabeth Rohm). And while all of that is going on, Steve is trying to take care of his sister Katey (Famke Janssen) and his niece Taylor (Emily Robinson).
There’s more stuff going on, but it’s best for you to discover that stuff on your own. The sort of main story is Steve trying to get his dog back from Spider and his gang. There are a few moments where Steve has to do some actual detective work, and there are moments where the story is weird, like when Steve is captured and tortured by trans prostitutes in a seedy hotel room. It’s a sort of funny scene because everyone involved seems to be game to do it, but it doesn’t go far enough in its absurdity. And that’s Once Upon a Time in Venice’s ultimate problem. It just doesn’t go far enough with what it apparently wants to do.
To a certain extent, the movie is too laid back for its own good. It wants to be quirky, but it isn’t quirky enough.
I’m guessing that’s meant to be a commentary on what Venice Beach and California are all about, but is that something people outside of California are going to pick up on? There’s a scene at the beginning of the movie where Steve, while trying to escape the Samoan gangsters, skateboards naked on the streets of Venice in the middle of the night. That scene should be hilarious. As it exists, it’s just sort of funny. I mean, it’s obviously not Bruce Willis doing the skateboarding. It’s Bruce’s stunt double. And that set up is, again, sort of funny, but it isn’t as funny as it should be.
The movie’s action moments are well done and serviceable but not spectacular. Granted, they don’t need to be spectacular, but it would have been nice to see one big ridiculous action scene. I’m actually surprised that we don’t see Bruce Willis and John Goodman surfing.
We do see them on surfboards out in the water waiting for a wave, but we don’t see them take one. If we’re going to see “Bruce Willis” naked skateboarding, why don’t we see “Bruce Willis” and “John Goodman” surfing? Bruce Willis does an okay job as Steve. He’s funny and sly and charismatic, but at the same time you see that Bruce Willis seems wrong for the part.
He doesn’t come off as bored with the movie and the part, but at the same time he doesn’t come off as enthusiastic about what he’s doing. He’s a few steps above just going through the motions. You want to like Steve, you want to root for him, and you kind of do, but the movie doesn’t let you be as invested in Steve as you should be. The rest of the cast is hit and miss but watchable overall. Thomas Middeditch is funny as John, but there are moments where it seems like he’s acting in a completely different movie. It’s also confusing as to why he’s the movie’s narrator. Jason Momoa is interesting as Spider the gang leader, mostly because he’s the most laid back gang leader in movie history.
Momoa could have been imposing and intimidating, but he isn’t, even when he’s pissed off and getting ready to shoot someone. John Goodman is bizarre as Dave. Dave is going through major changes in his life and is in a perpetual daze, like he’s smoking marijuana all of the time and is mellow as hell. When he decides to help Steve out and carry a gun, Goodman ups his gang and amps up the crazy. There’s a moment where Dave wields a grenade that is easily the movie’s funniest moment (well, besides the moments where we see the sexually explicit graffiti on the side of Lew’s building. Those are the funniest). Adam Goldberg is funny as Lew the Jew. Hd Video Download The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017).
He fully embraces the incredibly racist name and works very hard at being a gigantic asshole. You could easily see his life being its own movie.
I’m actually surprised that Lew the Jew isn’t in the movie more. Famke Janssen doesn’t get to do much as Steve’s sister Katey. She’s just sort of in the movie, she interacts with Steve, and that’s about it. I have no idea why she’s in the movie beyond name value. Ken Davitian shows up as a gross loan shark named Yuri who, when he isn’t walking down the beach half naked while looking for stuff with a metal detector, is threatening to kill you if you don’t give him back his money immediately. Kal Penn is in the movie briefly as a convenience store worker who doesn’t really care for Steve. And Elisabeth Rohm is in the movie because.
Much like Janssen, she doesn’t have much to do. The ending is terrible. It’s mean spirited and while it implies there’s a chance for a sequel, it involves a story point that should have been resolved by the end. If and there is a sequel (and, no, there won’t be a sequel, unless it’s a movie filled with no name actors or Bruce Willis wants to do it and has twenty million dollars to blow), I don’t see that movie starting where this one ended.
Once Upon a Time isn’t a complete disaster. It’s watchable and fun in its own way, but it should be better. Much, much better. Perhaps, if it had a more energetic director/a stronger director, the movie could have succeeded and would be a worthwhile hit, something you would absolutely need to see. As it exists now, it’s just a movie that’s sort of good.
It’s kind of funny, it has its moments, but it should be much, much better. Funnier, too. See Once Upon a Time in Venice only if you absolutely feel the need to. Otherwise, wait for it to show up on TV or rent it. But make it a cheap rental. Don’t go whole hog on it. So what do we have here?
Dead bodies: 1. Explosions: None, which is a letdown when characters have grenades in the movie.