adonis98-743-186503 Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted then to river duty, the killer taunts Tom. Striking Distance in my opinion is one of Bruce Willis most underrated films to be honest with you, it has some great twists and turns and an ending that was rather unexpected to say the least. Willis is very good in his role and the same goes for Sarah Jessica Parker as his love interest, Robert Pastorelli who is more known for his appearance in the film Eraser (1996) also does a great job and there's a twist regarding his character. Overall great 90's thriller!!! (10/10)

Cinema_Love No i just don't give 10 because of that, it's no way a classic but a fun entertaining piece of movie...Bruce Willis tell in an interview that it's his worst film.... well why this and Mercury Rising who are very entertaining and different from his standard roles... maybe because it's different !Let's see.... Willis must have said that sentence before making: Marauders, Precious Cargo, Extraction, Vice, The Prince , G.I. Joe: Retaliation, A Good Day to Die Hard, The Cold Light of Day, Lay the Favorite, Catch .44, Setup, Cop Out, Surrogates... maybe i forgot some...In the 90s, Bruce Willis was a king, long before being an has been who can't make a good film anymore and make it because of the pay check... maybe except Red and Death Wish (who is coming soon).In this film, it's violent, graphic some times, you get sex scenes... not a film for the kids. a real film for adults. and Rowdy Herrington (Road House, 1992 Gladiator) know that. He makes a film he want to watch with his wife or alone and have a good 90 minutes of film without thinking much.I won't go too much in details, but i'm a big fan of art, style and substance. While, this film has been criticize.... for what ? Being different from the usual action/thriller film we get in theatres ? This feels like the critics has been paid. That's what I say when I see a good film with unfair critic, and see the same similar product made in another company who get 4 star ratings.... and lot of time, it's less good !! Someone said it in the reviews: There is a original location (Pittsburgh), original occupation for male lead (river patrol), a story with great twists, one of the best car chase scenes ever, a great tugboat takeover scene with a cool shootout and timely humor, great performances by some really good actors: Sarah Jessica, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore and Robert Pastorini. There is no reason why anyone would not enjoy this underrated treasure. The music is also great especially the eerie "little Red Riding Hood". I loved the fact that it was set on a river, it is quite original in that regard. Sure Bruce played basically the role as he did in many of his films such as "Die Hard" and "The Last Boy Scout" (both excellent films) but I say if its not broke don't fix it. Pure Movie Gold: "Striking Distance" !!Sorry bro to copy/paste what you have said about this underrated gem but i'm with you 100% and will continue to like and defend this film! Don't let the bad ratings fool you!

jadavix "Striking Distance" is an action-thriller with little action and no thrills. It's another movie where reportedly Willis took over production, and apparently, not for the better.It's also another movie where he plays a cop with a tragic past; the typical lone wolf outcast who ends up redeeming himself and saving the day. Of course, he's paired with a sexy young chick he doesn't get along with at first, but ends up bedding.As a big budget action flick, of course it has dependable character actors, such as Tom Sizemore, Dennis Farina and Brion James.It also has a bunch of dependable clichés, such as Willis's cop being demoted after failing to solve a murder case he is obsessed with, and then finding that the murders seem to follow him to his new station.The problem with all this is that it is so badly done it fails to generate any tension, thrills, or interest from the viewer. Willis reportedly also took over the filming of "The Last Boy Scout", and I'm not saying that was a great movie, but it was much more entertaining than this.

Davis P Striking Distance (1993) is a thriller/mystery/action film that stars Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker. Now this film is not a shining glory, but it's not as bad as some critical reviews reflect. Bruce Willis is very good in his leading man role, it's an action movie, so it's kinda his turf. Now this is a different kind of role for Sarah Jessica Parker, I don't think I've seen her in any other action film, this is probably her only one, but nonetheless she was great in her role! Sarah was probably my favorite aspect of this movie, she was just so intense and dramatic, as needed for her role. The script was alright, the lines of dialogue were a bit lazy in a few scenes, overall as a whole the dialogue was pretty good, but just in a few scenes in particular, it came across as weak and lacking, that's one of the main reasons the rating for the film isn't higher. The action sequences were pretty standard and run of the mill action scenes, they weren't badly done or wonderfully hit out of the ballpark. Sarah and Bruce had good on screen chemistry, that was a big thumbs up for the film. You could really see their awesome chemistry during their short sex scene, it was really showcased and brought out into the open during that intimate scene. The mystery side to the movie was well done and just FYI, I guessed who the culprit was before the ending, I might take a little pride in that lol, but seriously, that faction was pretty well put together. Overall, I give striking distance a 7/10.