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Detective James Knight's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race against time to stop an unbalanced EMT worker who's posing as a cop.Detective James Knight's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race against time to stop an unbalanced EMT worker who's posing as a cop.Detective James Knight's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race against time to stop an unbalanced EMT worker who's posing as a cop.
Dax Spanogle
- Quinn
- (as Dax Spangole)
Casey Graf
- Neil Hanna
- (as a different name)
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This starts with a harrowing bank robbery. Detective James Knight (Bruce Willis) and Fitzgerald (Lochlyn Munro) arrive to help take them down. EMTs Dezi (Jack Kilmer) and Ally (Willow Shields) come to treat the wounded. Dezi tries to treat one of the dying robbers, but Fitzgerald redirects them to treat the bank manager. Dezi slowly spirals downward and joins the dark side.
I really like the opening, but it starts going downhill as soon as the EMTs show up. They are not good actors and they are acting more like junkies. Something is off. Maybe Dezi needs to go full loner mode. He needs to be alone for the whole movie. Of course, everybody wants to know about Bruce. He's not the lead in this last movie of the trilogy. He's fine although he's not asked to do that much. This is still not a good movie.
I really like the opening, but it starts going downhill as soon as the EMTs show up. They are not good actors and they are acting more like junkies. Something is off. Maybe Dezi needs to go full loner mode. He needs to be alone for the whole movie. Of course, everybody wants to know about Bruce. He's not the lead in this last movie of the trilogy. He's fine although he's not asked to do that much. This is still not a good movie.
Although it's part of the Bruce Willis detective movie series, you can tell that this one had a much smaller production budget. Starting with Die Hard 1, which had a budget of $28 million, it received great reviews and grossed over $80 million in the U. S. Then came Die Hard 2, with a budget of $70 million, and it also received excellent reviews, grossing over $110 million in the U. S. Die Hard 3 had a production budget of $90 million, and it set new records by grossing over $360 million in the U. S. So, after watching this film, you can really see that it didn't do well for a reason. I'd recommend checking it out on a streaming platform.
I mean i honestly dont know where to start
That its one of the worst if not the worst acting of bruce willis in hies career ?
That is has the worst cgi effects ive seen in years ?
That in some audio not synced or they later recorded other audio in it or whatever they did ?
I mean some guns dont even make sound when they fire...
Or in the story that makes 0 since and the absurdity of it ?
I mean its almost as if they made a movie as a parody for action movies but then took it seriusly
i dont like to give movies 1/10 but i mean... this is a 1/10.
How bruce willis has fallen... hopefully he can raise back up in hies next project.
That its one of the worst if not the worst acting of bruce willis in hies career ?
That is has the worst cgi effects ive seen in years ?
That in some audio not synced or they later recorded other audio in it or whatever they did ?
I mean some guns dont even make sound when they fire...
Or in the story that makes 0 since and the absurdity of it ?
I mean its almost as if they made a movie as a parody for action movies but then took it seriusly
i dont like to give movies 1/10 but i mean... this is a 1/10.
How bruce willis has fallen... hopefully he can raise back up in hies next project.
Watched all 3 movies and that's time we won't ever get back. Poorly written, lack of substance and very bad editing!
Willis in all 3 movies had about two pages worth of dialogue which is no doubt due to his illness. The whole trilogy could have done without its main character as really he had no real impact on anything that happened. I will be avoiding Drakes future work if this is the standard he delivers.
The speech syncing leaves a lot to be desired and if I were a film studio I wouldn't he hiring these sound guys again.
It's a shame that Willis is ending a career with these three movies as some of his last.
Willis in all 3 movies had about two pages worth of dialogue which is no doubt due to his illness. The whole trilogy could have done without its main character as really he had no real impact on anything that happened. I will be avoiding Drakes future work if this is the standard he delivers.
The speech syncing leaves a lot to be desired and if I were a film studio I wouldn't he hiring these sound guys again.
It's a shame that Willis is ending a career with these three movies as some of his last.
Second to last of the films of Bruce Willis. This one has a good idea to it. A paramedic who wants to be a cop so he goes on a a vigilante style murder spree. However the film is not done well with Bruce Willis's double being far too obvious. Even the voice dubbing is really off. Plus you can tell Bruce is not even in the same room as his co stars. The whole film is really weak and pretty dumb but I have seen far worse in the Bruce Willis filmography. Its not as bad as Cosmic sin or Fortress: Snipers Eye. But this aint no Die Hard either. The second film in this Detective Knight series was easily the best.
Did you know
- TriviaDetective Knight: Independence serves as the last film in the Detective Knight trilogy, as well as the last movie Bruce Willis worked on before retiring from acting, due to his diagnosis with aphasia and dementia in 2022. The film was shot in November 2021, four months before Willis' retirement.
- GoofsWhen Detective Knight jumps into the ambulance and struggles with Dezi for the gun, the camera mostly focuses on close-ups of Bruce Willis face. However, in the shot at circa 88 minutes when the gun is fired during struggle, Bruce Willis is quite obviously replaced by a stunt double who looks almost nothing like Willis. The stunt double is much younger, has different facial features, different skin complexion and thicker eyebrows, and is completely bald, whereas Willis has pattern baldness with a bit of hair remaining on the sides of head.
- Quotes
[last lines]
James Knight: [knocking out Dezi with a right hook] Happy 4th, motherfucker!
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- Also known as
- 俠探特攻:驚爆獨立日
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles, California, USA(pickup shots & background plates)
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- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $53,342
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- 2.39:1
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