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Poor poor doggie, he has not stopped crying since this movie finished. Like me he is a Frank Grillo fan, but this movie sucked, not even a B movie, I would put it at the bottom of Grillo's movies by a longshot.

This movie would rate alongside a Pre-K production of the musical Hair. Save yourself some time, and pick something else.

I liked that it was filmed in Cincinnati. Otherwise, it was very odd. I'm glad that Tubi, the free streaming site, now has theater quality films. Most Tubi films are the no-budget stinkers, which are truly unwatchable. This was a real movie, not just something made in someone's backyard. Still, it was a very odd film; which didn't even try to seem real.

Normally i avoid the current Bruce Willis films. Of lately Willis is jus doing horrible cameo appearances in horrible films n his photos r all over the dvd covers including his name n glimpes of him in the trailers. Coming to the film, the synopsis, the cast n trailer was good but the film was terrible. The villain Johnathon Schaech is shown attending to his old dad who's a decorated veteran, Schaech's repeated dialogue regarding an eye for an eye n his facial expressions conveyed that our villain might be doing the heist for some vengeance but alas the heist, the action and the end was meh. Also when Frank Grillo discusses with Willis about the robber, Willis' face and body language looked as if Willis knows about the heist n the robber...... Wait, i dont want anybody else to waste their time in seein this awful film.

Acting was horrendous, the camera kept on zooming to the actors faces unnecessarily at times... Bruce willis acting role was pointless and did not add any interesting factors to the movie.

The story line is more than boring, i recommend anyone who is thinking to watch this movie to wait until it's shown on tv 10 years later for free.

So, I saw all the bad reviews, but I still went to see it. I'm a fan of Bruce Willis I figured it cant be that bad. I'm not sure why this movie was made, weak plot, horrible acting by everyone. The whole movie just didn't work. ,it was so bad that a few people actually walked out, I even left just after the big shoot out. weather it was the end or not. It was almost painful to watch.

Not worth the computer or the handycam it was written on. Having said that there is only one way from here on. Very hard to try to figure out how something like this could have come to be - like "he can't need money that badly - like set up a go fund me account and ask for 10 cents instead of scamming your fans"

Although these types of stories have been overly done, I still enjoy watching them. This one could have been much better if only director Brian A. Miller knew how to direct.

For starters, he needs to invest in a tripod or something, as the shaky-cam and blurred filming gave me a headache.

To make matters worse, that annoying score was way too loud, it actually muffled some of the scenes dialogue - pretty much can't get any more amateur than that, and considering this isn't Miller's first film, it's a huge oversight, not to mention the score was just too 1980's and out of place in most scenes.

Now the writing by Bryce Hammons was just as terrible, with some scenes that just didn't make sense, as well as major plot issues, BUT, I am more forgiving towards him as he is a rookie writer with this film being only his second. I've also seen much worse writing from more seasoned writers.

The acting from all cast was actually not bad considering it seemed the director could have directed his cast better, but was probably too busy looking for that tripod. Frank Grillo and Johnathon Schaech performed well, and surprisingly so did Bruce Willis. He's been pretty annoying and bad in his latest films, so this one was a few notches up.

If you have nothing better to watch and can get past the annoying score, bad camera work and plot issues, this film is not all that bad. It's an honest 6/10 from me.

Bruce Willis is an excellent actor. I have enjoyed his body of work for many years. Then I saw this train wreck. What happened Bruce? I can only figure that he has a sense of humor and this movie was his idea of a joke. The dialog was ridiculous and the story was predictable. It has the feel of a student film with equally amateurish special effects. From his first line, Bruce meandered through the script as if he had read it only once. It was almost as if he was mocking the author with each line. And well he should have. For the life of me I cannot understand why he would have taken on this part, unless, maybe he lost a bet. I can safely say you can miss this film...I wish I had.

Bruce was the reason i said lemme check this out and i think thats my biggest movie regret or close to it. Poor acting, characters didn't allow me to feel any form of reality, the mother show very little emotions when her only daughter having a seizure. Bruce must have been very idle, the story was predictable and lame, am not sure where the conflict started, not sure why the robber continue to say a life for a life as if some vendetta is at play.. im truly hurt this movie is the worst!!!!

Yes it is a very classic crime movie. Commit a crime,thread someone,rape their loved ones,and other stuff like that. But i mean hey,it's not that bad tho. Maybe you guys find it boring coz y'all have seen this kind of movie everywhere,but if we ignore the fact that this is a classic crime movie for a while,it's a hella good movie. It's very intense tho.

I don't understand the low ratings. Give this movie a chance. It's entertaining!...its not perfect but it's way better than a 4.3...the bank robber does some unique things that haven't been seen in many movies which I thought was cool.

Put It this way, I don't leave reviews on anything. If your lucky enough to not have watched this film and you are looking on here for an idea of what this film is like, you are lucky. Absolutely no plot whatsoever, no backstory and terrible action scenes. I don't even know what they were thinking making this but everyone involved should find a new career path. Please don't make the same mistake I did in watching this.

The Bruce Willis of Moonlighting and the Die Hard series is dead.... in his place is a withered husk going through the motions- and attempting a Brandoesque method to acting where he's mumbling his lines in a barely audible manner.

This busy body takes it upon himself to investigate the bank that's been robbed on his watch. Causing 8 people to die and then he gets a commendation for it. Utter rubbish.

Saw 'Reprisal' because Bruce Willis has done good films and given good performances in the past, 'Die Hard' is a genre landmark and his performance is iconic in that. Have an appreciation for action and the idea for the story sounded interesting. Expectations were not high though, because Willis has been past prime for a while (several bad films and has looked tired and disengaged a lot).

'Reprisal' is not a good representation of him, as a film it is down there as one of his worst and his own performance likewise. It fails dismally in the action stakes, faring very unfavourably in relation to other films seen in the genre, and while anything involving bank heists have been predictable numerous times 'Reprisal' manages to portray it with no thrills complete with dull pacing, lots of silliness and endless predictability. Not hating it with pleasure, it's my honest opinion and my negative feelings towards it are regrettable.

The least bad thing about 'Reprisal' is Frank Grillo, the one asset of the film to show any degree of effort and engagement. Willis is used poorly, looks tired and like he didn't want to be there. Jonathan Schaech is stuck in a one-dimensional villain role that he overdoes in some places and underacts in others. Olivia Culpo is bland personified.

Visually, 'Reprisal' looks amateurish, the photography here some of the most disorganised, least stylish and self-indulgent for any film seen recently and the editing lacks cohesion. The music is too loud, should have been used far less and some of the placement is inappropriate. This is not Brian A. Miller's first film believe it or not and not his first collaboration with Willis, but somehow his direction is similar to that of an inexperienced rookie to the job.

Dialogue from the very start to the contrived climax is riddled with clichés and cheese and what little there is of the story has no surprises, fun or tension, is very pedestrian in pace and fails to make sense or have signs of maturity. It is good that it didn't take itself too seriously but 'Reprisal' goes overboard on the ridiculousness and lack of plausibility. The action is clumsily choreographed, sloppily edited and not exciting or suspenseful at all, as well as looking at least twenty years out of date. The characters are not compelling or easy to get behind. Do not expect every character in every film to be likeable when characters in numerous films purposefully aren't, but it is an issue if there are characters meant to be rootable and 'Reprisal' has that problem.

Overall, very poor. Only Grillo is halfway watchable and even he is not used that well. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Frank Grillo plays Jacob an unlikely bank manager. His bank is hit by a sole bank robber who is on a robbing spree. A security guard is killed and in the mayhem the robber disappears.

The robber is stealing money supposedly to help out his ill father living in a care home. The audience does not give a damn as he brutally killed other hard working people.

Jacob and his next door neighbour who is an ex-cop, James (Bruce Willis) try to track down the robber before his next heist. When Jacob gets in the robber's way, the stakes become more personal.

This is a dull movie, badly written, the action scenes are lame and with terrible incidental music. It is really a cheapo B movie with a cameo by Willis because he is probably on his $1 million a day deal.

Not great or probably even good, but Grillo and Willis spend 90 minutes being Grillo and Willis. Don't be a hater about it. You know what the movie is going to be. Turn your brain off and relax and enjoy.

...amongst hos own. If Bruce Willis love it , I like it too. Not my favorite but it was great to see Bruce Willis back in action.

Bruce Willis plays a retired cop, with over 20 high octane years on the force, is called back into action when a good friend and neighbors bank is robbed. Bruce Willis helps to build and lead the private investigation in order to have the robber brought to justice. With a gun blasting finale Bruce Willis is able to save the day.

A super fun fact : Bruce Willis ad libbed the line " break - it - down - for - me " That line was not in the script and Bruce Willis came up with that on his own.

Bruce Willis compares this to Hostage and 16 Blocks and is very proud of what he has accomplished with this film.

Most of reviews here completely panned the movie. Guys, change your perspective. I wouldn't say this is the best thriller / action film ever made, but at the same time, this is not the worst ever movie.

Nothing new in the plot, a bank heist leave the hero (Frank Grillo) devastated, as he is the branch manager. Despite his limitations, he decides to fight and nail the solo burglar. With the help of his neighbor (Bruce Willis), a retired cop to learn the tricks of the trade and to nab the culprit.

There is not much scope for acting as this is not a melodrama. Otherwise, it is a decent thriller.

A genuine case study in how not to make a movie. Every single aspect of the movie is bad.... nothing makes sense or is relevant.. the only way you'll truly understand how bad this is, is by watching it. Just keep some disinfectant for your eyes close by