Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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

DeuceWild_77 "Once Upon a Time in Venice" (a.k.a. "L.A. Rush") is a funny film, not funny / hilarious, but more a funny / entertaining & harmless flick that reminds a lot the Shane Black's penned works such as Willis' own "The Last Boy Scout" or "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and the early 90's offbeat action comedies such as "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane". It's not as clever as the flicks above mentioned & the humor is a bit juvenile oriented, but it isn't as bad as the other reviewers mentioned here and, in fact, it's one of the first Bruce Willis' movies in a long time, that he's awake during it and acting with conviction like if he's interested in the material, not in the sleepwalking mode / 'gimme 5 million for a 10 minutes cameo with me bored to death performing in it' of his latest roles. Bruce is here in top form for his age, making a parody of his most iconic characters like John McClane & Joe Hallenbeck and even a certain humorous scene reminiscent of his Butch Coolidge in "Pulp Fiction". The supporting cast is full of well-known faces: Famke Janssen; John Goodman in his usual "best & faithful friend, but a loser" role; Adam Goldberg; Christopher MacDonald; David Arquette & Jason Momoa, who surprisingly delivers a good performance spoofing a manly, but sensitive leader of a Mexican street gang. Verdict: it's a nicely paced little comic flick which went straight-to-DVD in most of the countries, but deserves to be seen at least once. For fans of an unpretentious action / comedy, not for the 'thinking man', just for an amusing and lazy Sunday afternoon at the movies.

zardoz-13 Bruce Willis hasn't made a good movie since "A Good Day to Die Hard" (2013), and the fifth entry in his popular "Die Hard" film franchise qualified as no great shakes. Lately, he has been making low-budget, conventional, straight-to-video releases where he plays either a supporting role or a villain. Thoroughly disposable best, these straight-to-video thrillers are only marginally entertaining, and Willis rarely does anything that he hasn't done before. Best known for writing the forgettable Bruce Willis crime comedy "Cop-Out," freshman writer & director Mark Cullen has given the "Die Hard" star his best action comedy in years. Reportedly, "Once Upon a Time in Venice" enjoyed a short-lived theatrical run in June 2017, and then landed on home video the following month. Clever, colorful, action-oriented, featuring gorgeous scenery and an ensemble of quirky characters, this entertaining but formulaic detective yarn ranks as Willis' best film in years. Cast as a former policeman whose career ended in disgrace, Bruce Willis is Steve Ford, the only private eye in California's Venice Beach. Mind you, Ford doesn't dress like a gumshoe. He cavorts about as if he were a tourist without a care in the world. He totes around a skateboard more often than he wields a firearm. Steve Ford barely resembles his "Die Hard" protagonist John McClane. In "Once Upon a Time in Venice," Ford survives strictly by his wits and his street smarts to dodge the bad guys and their bullets. Those same bad guys spend more time knocking him down than he does knocking them down. Sometimes, Steve Ford finds himself on the wrong end of the gun. Sympathetic but vulnerable, Ford conducts his affairs more like either James Garner's Jim Rockford or Tom Selleck's Thomas Magnum. A blast to watch from start to finish, "Once Upon a Time in Venice" has some potentially offensive material, primarily profanity and nudity either live or etched as graffiti. Like both "Shooter" and "John Wick," "Once Upon a Time in Venice" concerns Steve Ford's search for his Jack Russell terrier that Mexican cartel drug dealers have abducted and his indefatigable efforts to recover his doggie."Once Upon a Time in Venice" is told from the perspective of Steve Ford's inexperienced partner, John (Thomas Middleditch of "The Campaign"), who is still working on getting his private detective's license. Until he does, he tracks down the people that Ford's clients are paying him to find, and then Ford takes over and occasionally suffers rough stuff at their hands. Initially, Ford is searching for a missing Samoan lady, Nola (Jessica Gomes of "Transformers: Age of Extinction"), when her two hot-tempered Samoan brothers surprise the two of them in bed together. Naturally, they leap to the wrong conclusion about Steve and try to kill him. Our hero eludes them, diving out of two-story window, plunging into a swimming pool where he keeps a pistol stashed, and makes his getaway on a skateboard. The two brothers follow in hot pursuit as Steve careens through the streets of Venice in his birthday suit with a gun. Eventually, Steve takes refuge in the home of another unhappy client, Tino (Adrian Martinez of "Focus"), who has been begging him to recover his stolen car. Steve tracks the car down to the house of Spyder (Jason Momoa of "Bullet to the Head"), who handles drugs for the Mexican cartel in Venice Beach. Steve bluffs his way into Spyder's pad with a couple of pizzas and then asks to use the bathroom. Slipping out of the bathroom window, he sneaks into the garage where Tino's car has been made over into a gangbanger's ride. When he tries to start it, Steve has trouble, and the gangbangers come after him blasting away with their pistols as he drives through the garage and peels off down the street. By the time Steve returns the car to Tino, the vehicle is wrecked, the body work crumpled like tin foil and the windows starred with bullet holes.Later, we learn that Steve pitches in to help his destitute sister, Katey (Famke Janssen of "GoldenEye") and her daughter, Taylor (Emily Robinson of "Broken Vows"), because her husband has abandoned them to find himself in India. Steve lets Taylor keep his white Jack Russell terrier Buddy at nights and cavorts about with him during the day. At one point, two beach junkies burglarize Katey's house, stealing Taylor's X-Box, stereo, and television. They also seize Buddy, too. An infuriated Steve learns that they gave everything to Spyder for drugs. Steve sits down with Spyder, gets the crapola beaten out of him for stealing Tino's car, and then learns that Spyder's former squeeze, Lupe (Stephanie Sigman of "Spectre") has not only stolen Buddy but also Spyder's cocaine. Steve must pay Spyder $4-thousand to get Buddy back. Meantime, Steve juggles another case involving a graffiti artist painting sexually explicit pictures on Lou Jewison's apartments. Lou (Adam Goldberg of "Saving Private Ryan") has several Chinese buyers lined-up to buy the apartments from him, but the deal may founder unless Steve can stop the graffiti artist. Writer & director Mark Cullen does a slick job of integrating these stories and the plight of surfboard manufacturer, Dave (John Goodman of "Atomic Blonde"), whose wife plans to take everything from him in a divorce settlement. During his desperate search for Lupe, who has hidden Buddy in a motel infested with transvestite hookers, Steve must contend with a brawny cross-dresser who could wrestle alligators.Mark Cullen surrounds Bruce Willis with some unforgettable characters and never lets the momentum flag in this rambunctious 94-minute thriller. The naked skateboard chase and the the motel scenes where Buddy is held captive are the hilarious highlights of this amusing action-comedy. Ken Davitian of "Borat" has a scene-stealing turn as a ruthless Russian loan shark. Altogether, "Once Upon a Time in Venice" never takes itself seriously, and Willis excels at playing the trouble-prone private eye hero who loves man's best friend.

Sherazade I stopped watching the minute I spotted grandpa Willis (butt naked) being beaten up and eventually chased through the streets by the brothers of the twenty-something year old woman he had just slept with. I like grandpa Willis but I really think it's time for him to retire if these are the kind of scripts that are landing in his agent's inbox.