Paradise City – ABC Film Challenge – Action – P – Paradise City – Movie Review
Director: Chuck Russell
Writer: Edward Drake, Corey Large, Chuck Russell (Screenplay)
Cast
- Bruce Willis (Die Hard)
- John Travolta (Face/Off)
- Stephen Dorff (Blade)
- Branscombe Richmond (The Scorpion King)
- Blake Jenner (The Edge of Seventeen)
Plot: Ryan Swan must carve his way through the Hawaiian crime world to wreak vengeance on the kingpin who murdered his father.
Runtime: 1 Hour 32 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Paradise City starts when bounty hunter Ian Swan (Willis) finds himself cornered and makes a last phone call to his son Ryan (Jenner). Meanwhile, Hawaiian local bounty hunter and former partner of Ian’s Robbie Cole (Dorff) is still operating on the island.
When the two meet, Robbie and Ryan look to complete the work Ian started and track down the biggest bounty on the island. However, things don’t go as planned as they clash with kingpin Buckley (Travolta).
Verdict on Paradise City
Paradise City is an action thriller following a bounty hunter tracking down the people who killed his father. It sees him heading to Hawaii in search of answers and vengeance. However, not everything is what it seems for Ryan and he must help the island with a bigger problem.
This is a typical late-night action movie that keeps the action simple without doing anything original. It has plenty of cat-n-mouse style in the movie. All while trying to send a bigger message about the way people look to break the traditions of native people. We get the big names of Bruce Willis and John Travolta here, however, this isn’t going to go down as any of their best.
Final Thoughts – Paradise City is the typical late-night action movie.