Bruce Willis has been acting since 1980 with small roles in big shows like
Miami Vice, but it wasn't until he got his big break in Die Hard 8 years later
before he became a house hold name.
While he's starred in some of the highest grossing movies of all time - he's
also been in some pretty bad ones and some underrated ones too.
Sooo today I'm going to be covering all those Bruce Willis movies - that in
my o-p-i-n-i-o-n deserved a lot more credit and attention from critics and
audiences alike.
The Last Boy Scout - the movie that Re-INvigorated the action/buddy genre
directed by Tony Scott.
Where Bruce is a down and out cynical detective who teams up with ex-
quarterback Damon Wayans - in order to try and solve a murder case
involving a pro football team and a politician.
Written by Shane black, it's full of the snappiest of one-liners. ?and the
repartee between the two protagonists is first rate .
While the Last Boy Scout is not a piece of art. It is however, among the
best a popcorn flick can offer. Apart from Die Hard's John Mclean - super
dry & sarcastic - Detective Hallenbeck is defiantly my favourite Bruce
Willis character .
The Action Sci-fi Thriller Surrogates is set in a futuristic world where
humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots.
Bruce plays a cop who is forced to leave his home for the first time in
years- in order to investigate a murder.This film has a great concept -
covering what would happen to society if people became extremely
dependant on technology to such a degree that they dont go outside.
While Surrogates does lack that wow-factor that would give it a cult status,
the action is fairly compelling and the technological premise is well
executed. it's still a good movie with some cool ideas, where the whole
world has pretty much become just like the Sims online.
Hostage Based on Robert Crais��novel of the same name,is where Bruce
plays Jeff Talley, a failed police negotiator turned small-town cop.
Who must save the lives of a family held hostage, which draws him into a
much more dangerous situation.
Jeff is your typical cliche Bruce Willis character - where he plays it like he
should for an action packed thriller.�
A lonesome man having trouble with his family- who blames himself for a
mistake he made in the past.
Hostage is an enjoyable film, while it doesn't quite live up to it's full
potential, it serves well as an engaging film with a few interesting twists
along the way.
Robert Zemeciks comedy horror - Death Becomes Her. Set 14 years after
Helen�s fianc� Ernest is stolen from her by her best friend Madeline.
Helen played by Goldie Hawn - with a now alcoholic and wornout Bruce
Willis - Plan to kill Madeline played by Meryl Streep. Hovewer, due to
Madeline having taken an elixir that gives her eternal life - killing her might
not be the best option.
Bruce Willis is brilliant as Ernest the miserable husband caught in this weird
love triangle.�?It�s just so suprising and interesting to see him in role like
this, where he�s not playing the hero .
Death Becomes her - is a witty and sharpe film that really does
emphasasis that beauty and wealth doesn�t necessarily equal happiness.
Fuqua�s Action Thriller Tears of the Sun, where Bruce is a Special-Ops
commander - who leads his team into a Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a
doctor played by Monic Bellucci - who will only join them if they agree to
save 70 refugees.
This is probably one of Bruce�s best preformances to date - where he
plays a deeply conflicted solider, with a suprising amount of depth.
Tears of the Sun is one of those rare war movies - in that it focus�s the
audiences attention towards feeling strongly about saving lives?Where it
reflects on what mankind is capable of doing to itself- just for political
reasons.
It�s a very powerful, authentic film where it really baffles me why it�s so
underrated.The story is very compelling and entertaining throughout - and
by far one of the best military movies I�ve seen.The Whole Nine Yards -
Jonathan Lynn�s black comedy follows a struggling dentist call Oz who�s life
is turned upside down when a famous gangster - jimmy the tulip- moves in
next door.
The movie kicks off when Oz�s wife convinces him to inform a notorious
mob boss about Jimmies whereabouts. This over the top comedy with Bruce
intimidating Matthew Perry every 10 seconds is really well done -it�s filled
with gangsters, murderers and occasional silly humor. ?The plot is quirky
enough to be Innovative and it's going to give you a couple of hours of
laughs.
While it may not be the most original movie ever made, The Whole Nine
Yards is funny and does exactly what a film like this is supposed
to do:
entertain you.