Fire with Fire – Rache folgt eigenen Regeln (2012)

Fire with Fire – Rache folgt eigenen Regeln: Directed by David Barrett. With Josh Duhamel, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, Vincent D’Onofrio. A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he’s been ordered to testify against, after being held up at a local convenience store, threatens him.

“Similar recent action flicks with decent actors that were worse:The River Murders(3/10), Set-up(3/10), Takers(4.5/10), and Elephant White(4/10).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDonofrio is actually really solid as the villain here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story is very straight forward, but the brutality of some of the violence is quite nice. They really earned the u0026quot;Ru0026quot; rating here, and thatu0026#39;s always a nice thing when it comes to films like this. After all, thereu0026#39;s nothing worse than the clean PG-13 version of these types of films.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI thought some of the power struggles between the villain and the cops came off pretty well. We get the sense that the villain here is practically untouchable, and that aspect of the film has a realistic edge.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe films has itu0026#39;s issues though. The lead character is poorly developed and a budding romance is glossed over like a 2 minute cliff-note.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is borderline 5-6 for me, but Iu0026#39;m sticking with 53/100! That doesnu0026#39;t round up to 6; 6 really would be generous.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI was blown away by how many big supporting faces were in this film. Somebody dished out quite a lot of money on this cast. Too bad the script squanders the cast with suspect writing and a mail-list of decent actors that have one line in the film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI actually felt like I got my moneyu0026#39;s worth here, but I only spent .50 for the 3rd choice out of the redbox.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eConsidering the excellent cast – itu0026#39;s a bit of a disappointment. BUT, considering the straight-to-video action write-off nature of the release – it wasnu0026#39;t half-bad. It was only 44% bad:)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou might like this if you liked:Death Sentence(about even, I thought Death Sentence was severely over-rated, 5/10), Set-Up(much worse), Elephant White(worse), Law Abiding Citizen(about even)or The Last Lullaby(better).”