Once Upon a Time in Venice

2017 "Never mess with a man's dog"
5.3| 1h34m| R| en| More Info
Released: 16 June 2017 Released
Producted By: Voltage Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local thugs steal Buddy, Ford turns to Spyder, their devious leader, and forges an unlikely alliance. With help from his best friend, Steve pulls out the big guns to retrieve Spyder's stolen cash and cocaine and save Buddy.

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Kirsty2515 I was really hoping for something good with this film. Sadly, it was the complete opposite. I feel like the film fell flat from the start. It was disjointed and felt more like individual skit than a whole film. I hated the way Middleditch narrated the whole way through the film. It felt pointless. A good film shouldn't have to have someone explain to the audience what's happening.The jokes and comedy felt forced, I felt like I was expected to laugh instead of finding the comedy belly laughing funny, however watching Bruce Willis skateboarding naked and then clenching a gun between his butt cheeks was priceless.Looking at the cast you would automatically expect thi film to be good. Willis, Goodman, Mamoa, all great actors, just not in this particular film. I could hardly understand Mamoa when he spoke and as for Willis and Goodman, they honestly looked like they were just going through the motions of acting their parts, there appeared to be no efforts from them at all. Definitely not the performances you would expect from these actors.Sadly for me this film is not one that I would recommend anyone to watch.
Gar Conn Loved it. It's almost as fun as Bruce's Moonlighting days. The only way this could get better is if it was the first part of a trilogy.
christoffersen366 I'd love to have written "Willis is back!", but sadly, this is a very mediocre movie. It is fun to watch, but kind of reuses everything it does a long the way.Willis really does well, he seemed to care more about this role than many of the others the past several years, and co-stars also brings a good performance as well.Now the directing is decent, and again it is also better than Bruce's movies the past several years, which might be connected to his performance, but it needed a little more for this. The same exact thing can be said about the writing, except it needed a big improvement, often it seemed like it didn't try to be while the directing implied it was.It might have worked a lot better if tried to make everything more serious instead, but with a light comedic tone, as the unfunny scenes could have been made dramatic instead or have some light action, reminiscent of the Lethal Weapon movies.I hope this Bruce at least gets some part in a good movie soon. Because I saw a glimpse of the actor I love, and I want to see more of him.
princechin I didn't expect this to be a comedy film before watching it; that caught me off guard. In this film random things happen and there's no real goal in sight. One of the main goals, which is ridiculous, is to catch a vandal that keeps spray painting a building with obscene graffiti.. While attempting to capture him, the same outcome happens each time on different days; this is an example of lazy script writing. I also didn't like the repetitive aspect of a pausing narrative to either introduce a character, or to slowly explain something for the audience since the script writer believed the audience is uneducated..