Paradise City

Not sure how this ever left the camera and went to the editing, best guess is that it didn't. Terrible acting, terrible videography, nothing makes this movie worth while. I'd venture to say that the budget stopped at the top two names and location, but even then, the acting was so bad that I can't imagine it was just the writing. There is no story, no good acting, no emotion. The movie felt like a joke in the beginning because of the acting, but we soon realized that it's just the way the movie is. Nothing improved and it just got harder and harder to watch. I've seen some bad acting, and this takes the cake.

The worst thing about this film has to be the dialogue, there is not even one piece of dialogue that didn't make me cringe hard, it feels like a school movie project. It's a really really poorly written film, all the characters are extremely unlikable and the acting is bad and it feels wooden and souless, the performances feel forced and as a viewer you don't experience any feelings or emotions by watching it, it feels empty, like a void. What was the budget for this movie? 100 dollars? It feels like it. On IMDB it says that the budget was 20 million dollars. What??? You could produce a better film with 1.000 dollars. The only performance that I found to be somewhat decent was that of Stephen Dorff, sad they didn't give him more screen time. I found Travolta's acting to be mediocre and flat. The worst characters have to be Ryan and Savannah, their acting is atrocious, you can almost feel pain by watching them interact. There is no suspense, no excitement in this film, no build up, its boring, dull. The film gives you the impression that it took 1 week to shoot the entire thing, it feels rushed, incomplete. Also I don't like the whole theme of ''Mr. Bad White Guy vs Hawaii'', im tired of these kinds of themes in movies lately. I feel kinda bad for judging this movie after I learned about Willis' health but im just trying to be honest about the product. Based on what I read on Willis' condition he did a pretty good job in this movie even though he doesn't do much. Also I noticed certain things that seemed really dumb to me like finding a smartphone with a metal detector, getting the truth out of someone through some weird drug related ritual and Travolta's character whole plastic surgery thing. Also seeing Ryan Swan trying to do what is supposed to be ''detective work'' was laughable. After the reveal of ''Paradise City'' I though of renaming it to ''Cringe City'' it was a badly written idea, kinda happy they attacked it haha. Buck throwing a party after burning down Paradise City, who does that? For an action movie there isnt much action and for a thriller there is nothing thrilling about it. This doesn't feel like an action movie or a thriller, it feels like a letdown. The only thing I enjoyed about this movie were certain scenes where you can see beautiful nature landscapes. I consider myself a hero for watching the entire thing. I'll be kind though and I'll give this movie a 2/10. Please do not waste your time on this.

The location of Paradise City was breathtaking, I think that I'd like to visit there one day. Another movie pumped out, with Bruce Willis among the top billing. Like most of the recent Bruce Releases, the quality is rubbish and the acting is wooden, and the overall vibe is frustrating. Enough of Bruce. Upon seeing that John Travolta and Stephen Dorff were also starring, I thought that this movie couldn't fail. Well, sadly, I was wrong. John Travolta, I'm guessing, acted to what the director wanted, which was crap. A couple of times he came out of character and I could see that JT was still there. Was the acting dumbed down to be on par with Bruce? Who knows. Dorff? I really don't have much to say that would praise his work, he looked frustrated. Amber Abara was a pleasure to watch. This has been one of Bruce's best performances recently, but it's still below average. The movie could have been so much better, the mark was missed, but still managed to get above average. Would I recommend this, yes.