The Spoiler is Willis!

Rating: 4/10 (20 August 2015)

Megamiscasting! Hollywood bankers do it again--go for the then box office draw in spite of his/her ability (in this case none). Bruce Willis is on top of a list of people who bluffed themselves by some sheer quirk of luck into the cinema back in the glory days of bad films (80s/90s). If this film had been made in Britain or Europe with actors who can act, it would have been wonderful. Brucie is a 'deez' 'dem' 'doze' guy. He's always in an action film no matter what he does. He can barely read the script. The young boy in the story and his mother are great, but Willis' presence knocks them down every time. He turns what could be a nice scary thriller into comic book stuff. He's especially awful during his scenes where he has to show some emotion. One can only think of the line about early Hepburn, "Let's go see Katharine Hepburn act the gamut from A to B." Willis is more like 'A to A minus'. He's terrible when he talks. Imagine Stallone playing a psychiatrist and you get the picture.