Gasoline Alley

Same old recipe. Put Bruce Willis on the poster. Tickets get sold. Producers happy. Bruce Willis happy. Audience NOT happy! Why not? Because Bruce is only starring in this movie for less than 15 minutes in total. Like in all of his B-movies in the last years.

Bruce Willis has gotten a tummy lately and he almost seems drugged by something, because he is mumbling in such a catatonic, wooden way. His wooden appearance (mumbling, no expression) seems to get worse with age. He really looks old now and fatigued. Better retire Bruce, but I guess he has got some kind of suffocating contract that obliges him to keep turning out 5 movies a year.

Not any good then? The supporting actors in this movie are actually better than Bruce Willis' acting performance. Luke Wilson is even starring in it! He is a funny fella! Although in this movie he is acting seriously. But his performance is allright.

More "good": The photography is quite decent. The editing is as well. The story aint ridiculous. That's a plus. It's not really thrilling, although it aint terrible either.

From all the crap Bruce has been churning out lately, this is one of the not so terrible movies... NOT recommended though ofcourse...

B R U C E

At an (excrucially) important sidenote, let us not forget WHY we are watching Bruce Willis movies to begin with. We watch Bruce Willis movies because of DIE HARD (1988). THE ONE AND ONLY BIGGEST ACTION AMERICAN ACTION CLASSIC OF THE CENTURY.

This classic is still standing strong after more than 30 years. Millions of people still REwatch it during every Christmas holiday. Recently a petition was launched to rename Nakatomi Plaza into DIE HARD plaza.

A life time achievement award for Bruce Willis is in the making as well, so I have heard...

DIE HARD (1988) NEVER DIES but is still ALIVE AND KICKING in 2022. Let's celebrate that!

Before watching this movie the illness of Bruce Willis made the news. He was ending his career and in all fairness it was about time. Nothing really worked for him anymore so it's better stopping altogether and try to enjoy the rest of his life. In Gasoline Alley he's just a poster filler, a name that attracks viewers, even though it could also mean the opposite now when you see his latest movies that were complete garbage. In this movie he has a really small role, with not much lines, and that's maybe better like that. The story is more about Devon Sawa and he did a pretty decent job. Luke Wilson was also not bad. You can see it's a rather low budget movie but in all fairness I have to say I was entertained. There is a good level of mystery, the story flows good, and the acting is okay. I've seen worse, much worse, so in my humble opinion the ratings are way too low for Gasoline Alley.

Who in the Galaxy does not like Bruce Willis and Luke Wilson for all the have done for us, especially Bruce Willis?

But their charisma and starry popularity does not save "Gasoline Alley" from being nothing else than a cheap B Flick with nothing to admire.

It lacks every factor that makes movie good.

That's why i could watch only 38 minutes and that was it. Could not get bored any further.

Unless you have nothing (really nothing) else to do with your time, watch it Otherwise try anything else as Gasoline Alley is probable one of the worst films of the year, which could not get not even a rate of 5/10. Really.

Nevertheless, I still love Bruce and Luke. Because, truly, they did their job, did their lines. Its just that everything else was just so mediocre, so predictable, so flat... SO BORING!

Really. Don't bother.

Yeah, what everyone says about Bruce Willis is true. He's barely in it and he just mumbles answers to Luke Wilson basically. Serves no purpose other than to say Bruce Willis was in this. The last few years this is the type of movie he does. Low budget, bad script that he's in only for a couple days work and a big pay day. What a terrible way to end a once great career.

But make no mistake, Luke Wilson was only in this for a pay day as well. He's incredibly one-dimensional and boring. Just gets tiresome watching him be the bad cop and spew the annoying lines he's given here.

But then you're left with the lead actor, who can't carry a movie. I don't know him, I didn't like him and I don't care what happens to him. He's trying to solve the crime he's being accused of but it's a hard watch. It's a seriously boring and cliched script. You wonder where they got the money for Wilson and Willis to be in this?

How does this get made. I made it 45 minutes in and had to stop, I was so bored. But 45 minutes in this travesty should get me some sort of award.

No one here seems to know about his cognitive decline and are bashing a man who is suffering from a severe illness, everyone telling him to retire and that he's a horrible actor or his lines are wooden should maybe just look up his name before bashing it. He IS retired and he has had a condition that causes his speech and thought to not function properly the way his brain attempts to convey it. Have some sympathy, I don't care how bad the movie is you shouldn't only point out the one actor who's barely in it and is actually suffering. If it was his fault he wouldn't be in the movie and the other crew should've known better than to use him in his condition.