Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

ritera1 This farted out at every angle and really didn't need to. Probably due to the inept direction of a TV producer with a string a failures. I should have known when the opening credits were the graphics from "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".A few good ariel shots that went on---and on---and on---Willis? Goodman? For starters, why? Not like you're going to get an Oscar-worthy performance from Willis, but this guy still commands as much as a million per day. Why---this? The entire thing probably only cost a couple million. He walked through it and sounded and looked very tired. Very old. Didn't make him look good.How do you then get a weary performance from Goodman? Slightly amusing in the 2nd half but too little, too late. Essentally a plot you've seen a 1000 times before that could have been colorful and funny, given the setting. It even had a f'ing dog for poops sake. But nope! Wandered for quite a bit on jokes I'm sure everybody throught were just hilarious before any sort of story began. Grafitti on the side of an apartment building and this can't get solved the next day?Willis watches the girl he's after step out of a car and enter a motel. THEN he asks a male prostitute if he's seen the girl? (Willis even drove a slow car.) The lazy logistics of Willis and Goodman just walking into the black bar with a shotgun and hand grenade. And why didn't the black gangster run when the grenade was dropped? The bad guy real estate investor signed and notarized a contract for grafitti? And just as lazy cursory character archs, tacked on. A decent cast, though, of B and C listers who actually tried, especially Thomas Middleditch. Do they all hang out at the same bar in Malibu? This is what they do on a lark? I'm actually thinking some sort of modern day "The Producers" accounting scam to make money on a losing movie.It's cause they know I'm a sucker for a decent trailer, isn't it? I KNEW IT!

Peter Pluymers "Never f*ck with a man's dog." Either Venice Beach in L.A. is a tiny place at the ocean. Or Bruce Willis knows how to move around with incredibly speed. Because the pace at which he pops up in different places is impressive. Fortunately, it's not full naked on a skateboard the whole time, because that wasn't a pretty sight. Just like Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Aftermath", you can see that aging is getting to Bruce Willis. The result is a set of not so tight buttocks. But they are still muscular enough to clamp a revolver in between."Once upon a time in Venice" is a fairly chaotic story where Steve Ford (Bruce Willis), a private detective who solves ludicrous cases most of the time, gets into a lot of trouble when his dog is being stolen by a local gang. Well, John Wick also shot a bunch of gangsters, after they've killed his cute little dog. Proof that you should be careful with dog owners. Before Steve realizes it, he needs to fulfill a few assignments to get his dog back. And trust me, a few of those clients look and act absolutely weird.Despite the satirical mood and some highly amusing characters, the whole story isn't so impressive. Perhaps it was their intention to make an action comedy, but unfortunately the humorous section was quite disappointing and the action part was limited to a number of skirmishes in the end. To be honest, for once, it's the enthusiasm of Bruce Willis's acting that surprised me. In this movie he doesn't have that uninterested, tired look and nonchalant attitude as he demonstrated before in a few meaningless films. No, once again you could see him appear with his sympathetic, cheerful look while quoting a few one-liners (though they weren't really witty). This time it felt as if the paycheck wasn't the main reason for him to participate in this film. The movie poster reminded me immediately of "The Last Boy Scout". Come to think of it. Wasn't he planning to buy a dog for his wife in that movie as well? In all probability a coincidence, I guess.Personally I thought John Goodman (Did he loose weight?) stole the show as Steve's sidekick. His character looks as if he came straight out of "The Big Lebowski". A peculiar person and owner of a surf shop whose life is riding a fatalistic roller-coaster because of a messy divorce. But the moment he takes part in the action, as Steve's partner, he's as happy as a pig in shoes. The surprised look on his face when he sees Steve's weapon arsenal, is comparable to his overall performance. It's as if John Goodman didn't really know why he was in this movie in the first place. Which made it even more funny. Also Jason Momoa (last seen in "Bad Batch" playing an interesting role) did a great job. On the one hand, a lame persiflage-like part. But because it was greatly exaggerated, it became funny as well. And in between, you'll see a Jewish real estate owner called "Lew the Jew" (Adam Goldberg), who's troubled by a fanatic graffiti artist who paints explicit pornographic artwork on his buildings.I often felt embarrassed about certain scenes while watching this movie. On the one hand, it was fun to see Bruce Willis acting with visible pleasure and without scruples. On the other hand, there were also some awkward performances to admire and the humorous level wasn't comparable to what Willis had done in the past. Perhaps it was a movie unworthy of such an actor as Bruce Willis, but compared to the other monstrosities he appeared in in the recent past, this comedy/action movie was still a little bit of an improvement.More reviews here : http://bit.ly/2qtGQoc

Hellmant 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENICE': Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five)An action comedy starring Bruce Willis as a private investigator in Los Angeles, that's desperately trying to get his dog back from the gang of criminals that stole it. The movie also costars Thomas Middleditch, John Goodman, Jason Momoa, Famke Janssen, Stephanie Sigman, Adam Goldberg and Kal Penn. It was directed by debut feature filmmaker Mark Cullen, and it was written (and co-produced) by Mark and Robb Cullen; the duo also co-wrote 2010's 'COP OUT' (which also starred Willis). The movie received a VOD and indie theatrical release, and it's also gotten mostly negative reviews from critics. I really enjoyed it.The story revolves around a Los Angeles private detective named Steve Ford (Willis), and his assistant John (Middleditch). John narrates the film by describing Steve's current life, and adventures, to the audience. He also helps Steve out with some of his newest jobs. When Steve steals a car back for a friend, from a local drug dealer named Spyder (Momoa), Spyder retaliates by stealing a bunch of stuff from Steve, including his dog. When Steve goes to get the dog back, Spyder talks him into doing a dangerous job for him, in return for the dog. The movie is a lot better than I was expecting it to be. I liked 'COP OUT', because I thought it was nicely directed (by Kevin Smith), and it has a cool 80s cop movie feel to it (like 'BEVERLY HILLS COP', especially the music). It wasn't nearly as funny as this though, parts of it were pretty bad actually (mostly due to Tracy Morgan). This film is always clever, amusing and fun. It's not really an action movie, but it does have some fights and guns in it. The whole cast is good in their parts as well, and they seemed to be having a lot of fun. It's just a really fun, entertaining movie in my opinion, especially if you like Bruce Willis.Watch an episode of our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://youtu.be/KR0HDeT91m0

Sam Green Nice story. Action. There is narration to carry the story along. It is a movie that would have played well in theaters. I liked the acting of Bruce Willis and John Goodman: just two regular street-smart guys trying to make it through life by any means necessary. There is a dog, cross-dressers, slutty women, drugs, guns, grenades, fancy cars, graffiti, gangs. It's an action-comedy movie.