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Precious Cargo (2016)

Duration 1h 30m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Max Adams Writers/Script Max Adams, Paul V. Seetachitt Starring Bruce Willis, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Claire Forlani, Jemma B. Kelly, Lydia Hull, Ratings IMDb: 4.6/10 by 9700 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by 32 reviewers. Review2view: 2/10. Summary: Jack is a … Continue reading

Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Duration 2h 9m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15  Source of story Inspired by the short film La Jetée by Chris Marker Director Terry Gilliam Writers/Script David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples Starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, David Morse, Christopher Plummer, Christopher Meloni,  Ratings IMDb: 8/10 by 610,110 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 88% by 74 … Continue reading

Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle (2003)

Duration 1h 46m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 15,  Source of story The first film, and the original TV series. Director McG Writers/Script John August, Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley Starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Crispin Glover, Justin Theroux, Robert Patrick, Demi Moore, Shia Labeouf, Matt LeBlanc, Luke Wilson, John Cleese, … Continue reading

Hudson Hawk (1991)

Duration 1h 40m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Finland: 16, Source of story An original screenplay Director Michael Lehmann Writers/Script Steven E. de Souza, Daniel Waters, (story Bruce Willis, Robert Kraft) Starring Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Richard E. Grant, Sandra Bernhard, Donald Burton, David Caruso, Frank Stallone,  Ratings IMDb: 5.8 by … Continue reading

Sin City (2005)

Duration 2h 4m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R,  Source of story Four graphic novels by Frank Miller Director Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rogriguez Writers/Script Robert Rogriguez, Frank Miller Starring Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Powers Boothe, Rosario Dawson, Benecio Del Toro, Michael Clarke Duncan, Josh Hartnett, Rutger Hauger, Jaime King, Brittany Murphy, Clive … Continue reading

Rock the Kasbah (2015)

Duration 1h 45m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12 Source of story Inspired by a documentary about an Afghan TV talent show Director Barry Levinson Writers/Script Mitch Glazer Starring Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Zooey Deschanel, Leem Lubany, Arrian Moayed, Scott Caan, Danny McBride Ratings IMDb: 5.5 by 10,652 people, Rotten Tomatoes: 7% … Continue reading

The Verdict (1982)

Duration 2h 9m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R Source of story A screenplay based on a novel by Barry Reed Director Sidney Lumet Writers/Script David Mamet Starring Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O’Shea, Tobin Bell, Bruce Willis IMDb Rating 7.7 by 35,060 people Elevator Pitch: Frank Galvin is a brilliant but … Continue reading

Glass (2019)

Duration 2h 9m Source of story The director’s previous films “Split” and “Unbreakable”. Director M. Night Shyamalan Writers/Script M. Night Shyamalan Starring James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sarah Paulson, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlyne Woodard, Elevator Pitch: Elijah Price, known as Mr Glass a man with brittle bones and possibly with a … Continue reading

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

Duration 1h 45m Source of story An original screen play Director Tony Scott Writers/Script Shane Black with story contributions by Greg Hicks Starring Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Danielle Harris, Halle Berry, Joe Santos, Elevator Pitch: Joe Hallenbeck is a former secret service operative who has become a private detective, and seems to prefer … Continue reading

Die Hard 2 (1990)

Duration 2h 4m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story A novel “58 Minutes” by Walter Wager Director Renny Harlin Writers/Script Steven E. de Souza, Doug Richardson Starring Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Wiliam Atherton, Regineld VelJohnson, Franco Nero, William Sadler, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Robert Patrick, John Leguizamo, Colm Meaney Elevator Ptch: At snowy Washington Airport … Continue reading

The Whole Nine Yards (2000)

Duration 1h 38m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Jonathan Lynn Writers/Script Mitchell Kapner Starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet, Elevator Pitch: An American dentist. Oz Oseransky, working in Montreal realises that the man who has moved in next door is a Chicago … Continue reading

Planet Terror (2007)

Duration 1h 45m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay written to partner “Death Proof” as a “Grindhouse” presentation. Director Robert Rodriguez Writers/Script Robert Rodriguez Starring Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Bruce Willis, Quenton Tarantino Elevator Pitch: In a isloated Texas town, adjacent to an army … Continue reading

The Fifth Element (1997)

Duration 2h 6m Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay developed by Luc Besson over 20 years. Director Luc Besson Writers/Script Luc Besson, Mark Kamen Starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Homn, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry, Brion James, Lee Evans, Elevator Pitch: The world is protected from an intergalactic evil, which … Continue reading

Last Man Standing (1996)

Duration 1h 41m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story A Japanese film, apparently, Yojimbo, by Akira Kurosawa Director Walter Hill Writers/Script Walter Hill Starring Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, Christopher Walken, Karina Lombard, Michael Imperioli, Leslie Mann, Elevator Pitch: in 1932 a man drives into the dusty border town of Jericho, where he is attacked by … Continue reading

Vice (2015)

Duration 1h 36m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story A screenplay using existing tropes, replicants et al. Director Brian A. Miller Writers/Script Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore Starring Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane, Ambyr Childers, Elevator Pitch: Entrepreneur Julian Michaels has initiated  resort called “Vice” where it seems that clients can indulge their most outlandish fantasies with … Continue reading

Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)

Duration 1h 34m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Mark Cullen Writers/Script Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen Starring Bruce Willis, john Goodman, Jason Momoa, Jessica Gomes, Famke Janssen, Thomas Middleditch, Adam Goldberg, Kal Penn Elevator Pitch: It is Venice Beach, a suburb of LA, where Steve, a PI with a past, tries … Continue reading

Striking Distance (1993)

Duration 1h 42m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Rowdy Herrington Writers/Script Rowdy Herrington, Marty Kaplan Starring Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, John Mahoney Elevator Pttch: Someone in Pittsburgh is assassinating young women and dumping the bodies in the river. When detective Tom Hardy suggests that the … Continue reading

Unbreakable (2000)

Duration 1h 46m Rating (UK) 12 Source of story An orignal screenplay Director M. Night Shyamalan Writers/Script M. Night Shyamalan Starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, Elevator Pitch: David Dunn, a football stadium security man, is the sole survivor of a catastrophic train crash outside Philadelphia and, it seems, as a result is … Continue reading

Die Hard (1988)

Elevator Pitch When terrorists take over the Nakatomi building in downtown Los Angeles they have a meticulous plan which will enable them to fulfil their wishes, despite the intervention of the LA police and then the FBI. There are twelve of them, all heavily armed, but they have not reckoned with the presence of New … Continue reading

RED 2 (2013)

Elevator Pitch. Former CIA agent Frank Moses and his young girfriend once more find themselves being hunted by gunmen apparently due to his involvement in an operation called Nightshade. They are rescued by a former colleague, and despite an increasing level of danger, they recruit the assassins sent to dispatch them and go in search … Continue reading

The Cold Light of Day (2012)

Elevator Pitch. After a family holiday on a large yacht in the Costas goes disasterously wrong, Will, a young man with business problems finds himself on the run in Madrid after his father has been shot, chased by the CIA and in pursuit of a brief case, which, if he can retrieve it, will result … Continue reading

Bandits (2001)

Elevator Pitch. A couple of bank robbers who have recently escaped from prison hit on the idea of taking the manager hostage, and then getting to the bank first thing in the morning, but when they accidentally pick up a bored housewife to whom they are both attracted, and their get away driver is distracted … Continue reading

Extraction (2015)

Duration 1h 32m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Yet another screenplay about a secret code which will be capable of taking over the world. Writers/Script Max Adams, Umair Aleem Additional Info I had thought that Bruce Willis would have filmed his scenes in a couple of days, but actually he had managed to do … Continue reading

Die Hard 3: With a Vengeance (1995)

Duration 2h 8m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Jonathan Hensleigh, plus some original characters by Roderick Thorpe Additional Info The script was originally developed as a stand alone production called “Simon Says”. It was later rewitten as a Lethal Weapon sequel before being purchased by Fox and suitably modified. Director … Continue reading

Mercury Rising (1998)

Duration 1h 51m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A book “Simple Simon” by Ryne Douglas Pearson Writers/Script Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal Additional Info Alec Baldwin only appeared in this because of contractual obligations. When did he do anything else, we might ask. Director Harold Becker Starring Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Kim Dickens, … Continue reading

Marauders (2016)

Duration 1h 47m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Michael Cody, Chris Sivertson Additional Info No-one has said much about this film. By movie production standards it did not cost much, but was a financial disaster anyway. Director Steven C Miller Starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista, Adrian Grenier Elevator … Continue reading

Looper (2012)

Duration 1h 53m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Rian Johnson Additional Info In 2017 Rian Johnson is the latest director to take on the StarWars mantle Director Rian Johnson Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels, Garrett Dillahunt Elevator Pitch Late in 21st century … Continue reading

RED (2010)

Duration 2h 12m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A DC Comics graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner Writers/Script Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber Additional Info RED is supposed to stand for Retired and Extremely Dangerous Director Robert Schwentke Starring Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Karl Urban, Rebecca Pidgeon, Morgan Freeman, Ernest Borgnine, John Malkovich, … Continue reading

Die Hard 4.0 (2007)

Duration 2h 8m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An article about the vulerability of US administrative systems to computer hacking. Writers/Script Mark Bomback Additional Info Story by Mark Bomback and David Marconi, characters by Roderick Thorp. Originally known as “Live Free or Die Hard” Director Len Wiseman Starring Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, … Continue reading

16 Blocks (2006)

Duration 1h 42m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Richard Wenk Director Richard Donner Starring Bruce Willis, Yasiin Bey, David Morse, Jenna Stern, Casey Sander Elevator Pitch A desolute and alcoholic detective is given the task of getting an irritating black petty criminal to   a neighbourhood court , but … Continue reading

Lay the Favourite (2012)

Duration 1h 34m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A memoir by Beth Raymer – apparently leaving out her time as a boxer. Writer/s Script D.V.DeVincentis Director Stephen Frears Starring Rebecca Hall, Corbin Bernsen, Laura Prepon, Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson, John Carroll Lynch Elevator Pitch A young woman gives … Continue reading

The Prince (2014)

Released 2014 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore Director Brian A Miller Starring Jason Patric, Jessica Lowndes, Bruce Willis, Jung Ji-Hoon, John Cusack, 50 Cent Elevator Pitch Whe a retired assassin’s daughter is kidnapped he is forced to revisit New Orleans, his old area of operations, … Continue reading

Surrogates

Released 2009 Rating 12A in UK Director Jonathan Mostow Writer/s Michael Ferris, John Brancato Starring Bruce Wills, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Cromwell Source of story Graphic novel by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele Elevator Pitch In the near future the population is represented in the workplace and at play by their surrogates, remotely operated … Continue reading

Cop Out

Released 2010 Rating 15 Director Kevin Smith Writer/s Robb and Mark Cullen Starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan Source of story An original screen play Elevator Pitch An ill-matched pair of New York cops are on the track of a drug cartel and one of their molls but each is preoccupied with his own problems, one … Continue reading

Pulp Fiction

Released 1994 Rating 18 in UK Director Quentin Tarantino Writer/s Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avery Starring Tim Roth, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Uma Therman , Harvey Keitel Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A number of connected stories in the LA underworld involving a violent mafia boss and his … Continue reading

Fire with Fire

Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director David Barrett Writer/s Tom O’Connor Starring Josh Duhamel, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, Vincent D’Onofrio, 50 Cent, Julian McMahon, Vinnie jones, Source of story An Original screen play Elevator Pitch A fireman is the sole witness to a viscious murder, and when witness protection fails, is forced to go … Continue reading

The Siege

Released 1998 Rating 15 in UK Director Edward Zwick Writer/s Lawrence Wright, Edward Zwick Starring Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch New York is under attack from terrorist cells, making increasingly violent attacks on the infastructure. A senior FBI agent leads the search for the … Continue reading

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