Hard Kill (2020) User Reviews

Unspeakably Pathetic. I Almost Feel Bad for Bruce Willis...

[nb-19881 · 2/10 · 25 August 2020]

Wow.

Trees aren't this wooden. Another completely derivative shoot em up that takes place entirely inside the requisite abandoned factory in the middle of nowhere. Every character makes the worst possible choices at every opportunity. Every moment of this movie has appeared before in an endless list of other bad movies. And then there's Bruce, looking embarrassed just to be in this steaming pile... To top it off the movie just stops. There's really no ending. The story goes from "life or death" to "let's forget that all of our buddies died for nothing, but let's get a beer. whad'ya say?" Brewskis?

You have been warned.

Seriously, who funds this garbage?

[Top_Dawg_Critic · 3/10 · 27 August 2020]

Four writers and they still couldn't keep me awake. The struggle was real. It was 98 minutes and slow pacing of back and forth dumb endless gunfire hell, with major plot and technical issues. A Cub Scout could plan a better attack on the factory. The very little story that there was, was so cliched and insignificant, that you'll forget what the endless gun battle was for. Even the dialogue was infantile. Apparently this was filmed in 10 days... what did they do for 8 of those days? Then there's the terrible acting, mainly due to the director failing to direct their cast - as well as the entire film. Lala Kent was the only convincing actor - and she was easier on the eyes than her acting abilities, if that tells you about the rest of the cast. And why is Willis still in these garbage films anyway? It's not for the money, because there's no way he'll be increasing his 250M net worth with these type of films. Bruce, please, stop. The only redeeming qualities was the cinematography and a half-decent score for a b-grade film. It's a very generous 3/10 from me.

Not hard at all, an easy kill off your watchlist

[issachar · 2/10 · 26 August 2020]

When someone did not login IDMB for a loooong time posting a review, you know how bad the movie is.

Love Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalfe, they did what they could to carry the movie. But when the script is so bad, best actors magnified the stupidity level just like that sniper scope on the roof.

DONT WASTE TIME

[aniszoya · 1/10 · 6 September 2020]

It is one of the lousiest movies in the world. Don't waste time even to read the title. This movie is absolutely a waste of time. the acting is horrible..the movie plot is terrible...in fact there is no plot.. the movie is like a class X student practicing to make a documentary..........If there was a minus rating I would definitely give it minus 10

Was ready for another Bruce Willis popcorn flick. Boy was I wrong.

[barkwind-93293 · 1/10 · 26 August 2020]

A bad movie. Never should have been released. How did they get Bruce to do this?

Seriously. Extremely bad acting, (possibly the worst I have seen in a very long time), and a story line that simply wasn't. Direction basically non existent.

A bunch of drunks trying to convince a burned out light bulb to work again would be far more interesting.

A shame really, The king of popcorn movies, Bruce can make a good movie great and and a so-so flick into an extra large bucket of popcorn fun. But, this? No way.

-Avoid..

Bruce Willis Should be ashamed.

[anthont-75086 · 1/10 · 7 September 2020]

To put it simply , the movie wasn't even worth the $1.80 rental at Redbox. As soon as I began fast-forwarding a lot to the scenes of first half of the entire movie, I realized, my $1.80 should have been just Donated to a poor homeless out in the streets.

Do NOT waste your money.

[cjdva · 1/10 · 7 September 2020]

This movie is pathetic. I have never felt the need to review a movie on IMDB, until now. That is how bad this movie is. NOBODY should watch this film. Poor story, poor acting, poor editing, poor dialog. Bruce Willis is horrible in it. He is just cashing a check and laughing at you the audience for watching this dribble.

Ruined my Tuesday Night

[jeremytcrandall · 1/10 · 26 August 2020]

Dealing with the death of a loved one is easier than watching this movie

Eh No.

[malcolm-cooke · 1/10 · 25 August 2020]

Dont waste your time with this crap, Bruce has yet again just decided to help a friend out and star in this rubbish. The acting is terrible and so are the shootouts. The casting is useless, The dialogue is shocking. Go wash your hair instead.

Wow. A new low for action films.

[jhahnel-792-286738 · 29 August 2020]

Bruce Willis was the only shining light for this film. It's like it was filmed by high school kids, and managed to find $1m to hire Bruce Willis. Shockingly bad acting.

Another downfall for Bruce

[iliasalk · 2/10 · 26 August 2020]

What a shame for Bruce Willis. Making garbage films for money. You can watch only if it's free, not worth any money.

Fun 80's like action flick...

[caticdamir · 8/10 · 26 August 2020]

Fun flick, Bruce is cherry on the top. Lots of fast action. I enjoyed it!

Jesse and Bruce carry this

[BasicBitchKaren · 6/10 · 23 August 2020]

It's not exactly a new plot but for being low budget and shot in a single location its got an old school action charm to it. There's just enough variety to keep you watching till the final mono o mono showdown.

6/10 for me

VIEWS ON FILM review of Hard Kill

[burlesonjesse5 · 5/10 · 29 August 2020]

"Time's up, send em' in". That's right, send in the paperweight villains who walk like stodgy storm troopers just waiting for the slaughter. Said villains enter an abandon building with lots of ammo and sensors in 2020's Hard Kill (my latest review).

Now is Hard Kill full of bullet-ridden shootouts that seem repetitive and kind of presumptuous? You betcha. And is "Kill" a film in which the hero (Jesse Metcalfe as Derek Miller) offs every goon as if he were 1980's Chuck Norris? Oh without a doubt.

Anyway, Hard Kill lacks plot buildup and provides the audience with another veritable, sleepwalking performance from co-star Bruce "paycheck" Willis. The lines are minimal, the movement on screen is lackadaisical, the bald head is binding, and the cue cards are for the most part, ever-present. The other actors ham it up while the "Bruiser" just sits there totally comatose.

Reminiscent of a neutered Assault on Precinct 13, shot by a helmer who likens Willis as his muse, and driven by an antagonist who won't stop spewing numerous soliloquies (Sergio Rizzuto as The Pardoner), Hard Kill is about a group of soldiers who have to protect a computer program meant to end the world. "Kill" starts out taut until it drags its game actors down in flask continuum. The flick runs 98 minutes but probably could've concluded in just over an hour.

Bottom line: Hard Kill has almost everything you want in a direct-to-video action thriller (I don't know if that's a good thing). There's the techno spy music, the Scorpion TV show-style dialogue, and a director who just feels so enamored to be working with Bruce "I use to be awesome in Die Hard" Willis. Too bad Hard Kill is such a "hard" movie to embrace considering that its terrorism interludes pale in comparison to what our world is going through right now. Rating: 2 stars.

Silly, Improbable

[dtaylorii · 4/10 · 25 November 2020]

Silly, improbable plot, ridiculous tactics and action, poor character development, stilted dialog, clumsy and impossible situations. Bruce Willis, how could you take a part in this thing?

Shallow, flat, pointless, bad

[imdb020-643-129772 · 1/10 · 26 August 2020]

Don't be caught by Bruce Willis on the poster - he's there just to draw your attention. In the movie, he does almost nothing and has very little screen time.

The movie itself is like a cheap indie shooter game. The characters are clueless and pointless. Taking into account the locations, extreme close-ups, costumes and number of artificially augmented "actresses", it is a very low budget movie.

Highly not recommended!

Frustrating movie

[firashashem · 2/10 · 26 August 2020]

A repetitive and boring story, bad acting without a deep image... It seems that no creative author to establish an interesting issue

Bad supporting actors

[burgif · 1/10 · 26 August 2020]

Even a high school drama students would do better, not to be labeled sexist; the females are the worst in this movie, go and have few drama lessons or acting tips before deciding to waste our time

Stupid plot, horrible performance

[casperlei0324 · 1/10 · 29 August 2020]

Plot is very stupid, both good and bad guys keep making stupid decisions. Gun fights are horrible with bad guys' aim worse than storm troopers, while good guys just spray and hit everybody. There is no strategy at all. At one point the bad guys are lost in the dark, keep swimming around randomly and yelling "you are surrounded come out" lol.

Is it supposed to be satirical?

[lilred1700 · 1/10 · 29 August 2020]

The writing and acting is so bad it's almost unwatchable. There are better shows on network television. I am not a picky viewer, I'll watch just about anything but this BAD! Don't waste your money or your time.

So Very Bad

[bloodline100000 · 1/10 · 26 August 2020]

Movie was terrible watched the whole thing hoping Bruce may salvage the Movie at some stage, Never Happened cab only hope this isn't the standard for Bruce now from Blockbusters to Mindless B grades and calling it a B grade is a compliment.

Is this a joke?!

[rsvp321 · 12 September 2020]

Is Bruce short on cash?! I'll lend him some, just to keep him out of such an epic fail of a movie like this one, but I fear we'll see him doing dish detergent commercials before long.

It's about 1 hr 40 min, I made it to one hour in, and had to bail in disgust. Yippi ki yay is dead to me

Check your brain at the door shoot out action flick

[Ballessandro · 8/10 · 23 August 2020]

A mercenary team of ex-soldiers, led by Miller (Jesse Metcalfe), gets a too good to be true fat payday to escort wealthy tech CEO Donovan Chalmers (Bruce Willis) in scoping out a new site.

It's all a ruse as they're actually intended as security to help take down a terrorist, The Pardoner (Sergio Rizzuto), from utilizing a vaguely described device that could "wipe out everything." The Pardoner has made it personal by kidnapping Chalmers' brilliant daughter.

Slick low budget action

[MovieNUN4youSinners · 7/10 · 23 August 2020]

Metcalfe tries his best to drag Hard Kill beyond B-level status. He handles the physical aspects confidentially enough. It's almost a calling card for him to do a bigger budget action flick in the future. Willis is only in a 20 minutes as expected.

Screenwriters Chris LaMont and Joe Russo stick to action movie bingo in crafting the script. The characters are thinly developed and the plot is basically the defend the castle, protect the king variety. It's predictable but fun enough.

Worth a stream for a 90 min of mayhem.

A Civic Responsibility Pushes Me . . .

[clivejamesrd · 1/10 · 25 August 2020]

To write this review. Despite the prescence of Bruce Willis, is a sleep inducing crockpot of crap. It has no redeeming qualities. Taking a nap instead of watching this movie is a much better use of your time. Anyway, if you read this and still watched it, you will not be able to say, "Oh my, no one told me this is a massive waste of my life."