Acts of Violence (2018) Movie Review

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ABC Film Challenge – Action – A – Acts of Violence (2018) Movie Review

Director: Brett Donowho

Writer: Nicolas Aaron Mezzanatto (Screenplay)

Starring: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Shawn Ashmore, Ashton Holmes, Melissa Bolona, Sean Brosnan, Sophia Bush, Mike Epps

Plot: At a bachelorette party in a nightclub, the bride tells 2 guys offering blow to go away. They abduct her. The groom’s 2 big brothers looked after their kid brother as kids and do so now again as veterans, “looking” for her and the 2 guys.

Runtime: 1 Hour 26 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Acts of Violence starts as Detective James Avery (Willis) bust the latest brothel, only too late. The owner Max Livingston (Epps) wanting answers. Meanwhile Roman (Holmes) is celebrating his engagement to Mia (Bolona) with his brother Brandon (Ashmore). While Mia is on her own bachelorette party with Brandon’s wife Jessa (Brouwer).

When Mia is abducted by the gang, Roman joins his brothers Brandon and Deklan (Hauser) as the hunt for her, diving into the underworld for answers, trying to stay away from Avery who doesn’t want them interfering in the case.

Thoughts on Acts of Violence

Acts of Violence is an action thriller that will follow three military brothers teaming up to go up against a human trafficking ring that have abducted one of their fiancées. This story will show how the police will find their hands tied by deals, rules and protocol. This force the vigilante techniques being used by the brothers, who will use all their military training to get what they want.

The strangest part of the whole film is how reckless the abduction is, because they have been so routine. This one only exposes them and more should have been done about that. If you are going in expecting Bruce Willis, he is more of a supporting character, doing everything he needs to in his role. This lets Cole Hauser, Shawn Ashmore and Ashton Holmes deal with the action side of the movie. Mike Epps does have a moment or two as the villain, but we could have seen a few more twisted sides to him. As everything the character is designed for, it the typical bad guy role. This is an action film that does what you would expect, offers little new, but will entertain.

Final Thoughts – Acts of Violence is an easy to watch action movie.