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Inverloch Country: Australia Genres: Doom/Death Metal Formed in: 2011 Former name: d.USK

Lineup (From Left to Right):

Chris Jordon - Bass (2014 - Present)

Paul Mazziotta - Drums (2011 - Present)

Ben James - Vocals (2011 - 2016)

Matthew Skarajew - Guitars (2011 - Present)

Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)

Directed by Mark Cullen

The New Canadian Garden

Mark Cullen

"I do believe in an everyday sort of magic — the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we’re alone."

Charles de Lint

Mark Cullen

365 Day Movie Challenge (2017) - #205: Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017) - dir. Mark Cullen

I should probably be more cautious about which films I decide to which simply because a favorite actor is in the cast. Case in point: Thomas Middleditch. Sometimes you get the irreverent joy of The Bronze, other times the career-low stupidity of Search Party; Once Upon a Time in Venice is much closer to the latter than the former.

Middleditch plays John, the younger partner in Steve Ford’s (Bruce Willis) vaguely shady detective agency. Los Angeles gumshoe-ing aside, this ain’t exactly The Long Goodbye. The comedy here plays to the lowest common denominator, substituting dick jokes, pornographic graffiti and needless sex scenes for nuance, wit or even a hint of film noir-style cool in the many action sequences. The humor is supposed to arise from us all laughing warmly at Willis being too old and grizzled for his role, but that gag has run its course.

The plot is primarily concerned with Willis and Middleditch retrieving Willis’s stolen dog from various drug dealers, a narrative which last year’s Keanu employed first (albeit with a kitten) to more amusing effect. Jason Momoa earns a few chuckles as a cocaine kingpin called Spyder, and Adrian Martinez scores in his small role as one of Willis’s beleaguered compadres, but I have no idea why Famke Janssen took the thankless and boring job of playing Willis’s sister, nor do I understand what John Goodman is doing in this movie as Willis’s best friend, Dave. The part requires nothing of Goodman except to play a more stoned version of his sidekick character from the Big Lebowski. I am similarly puzzled as to why Kal Penn, Elisabeth Röhm, Billy Gardell, Christopher McDonald, Ron Funches and David Arquette contributed cameos, but I guess there’s not much point in my asking further questions of this disappointing movie.

Znacie ten szelmowski uśmiech Bruce'a Willisa. Pamiętacie jaki potrafił być bezkompromisowy na przełomie lat 80. i 90. u Tony'ego Scotta (Ostatni skaut), Renny'ego Harlina w "Szklanej pułapce 2" (nawet w kolejnej, trzeciej części był świetny), a o początku serii w filmie McTiernana nawet nie wspomnę. Jeżeli pamiętacie, to podejrzewam, że również i tęsknicie.  

Bruce Willis e John Goodman embarcam em uma aventura um tanto perigosa para recuperar o cão Willis no novo trailer de Once Upon a Time in Venice [2017].

Na trama, Willis (Duro de Matar [1988]) é um detetive de Los Angeles que procura por seu cão que foi sequestrado por uma gangue. Desesperado para libertá-lo, ele começa a fazer trabalhos para a gangue para tentar receber seu cão de volta.

Além de Goodman (O Grande Lebowski [1998]), completam o elenco Jason Momoa (Stargate: Atlantis [2005 - 2009]), Famke Janssen (How to Get Away with Murder [2015 - 2016]), Elisabeth Röhm (Law & Order [2001 - 2005]), Kal Penn (Dr. House [2007 - 2012]), Adam Goldberg (O Resgate do Soldado Ryan [1998]), Maurice Compte (Narcos [2015 - 2016]), Wood Harris (Creed: Nascido Para Lutar [2015]) e Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley [2014 - 2017]).

Estreando nos EUA em junho, a comédia de ação tem roteiro e direção de Mark Cullen e Robb Cullen, roteiristas de Tiras em Apuros [2010].