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On DVD: Fire with Fire
Jul. 21st, 2015 11:47 pmThis movie isn't anything special. It has A LOT of star power - Josh Duhamel, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinnie Jones... - but the script is average at best. One thing the film does right - and why it's worth seeing - are the relationships.
Josh Duhamel once again plays a character whom everybody likes, a firefighter named Jeremy, and it's really wonderful. Jeremy's relationship with Talia (Rosario Dawson) and with Lt. Cella (Bruce Willis), with the guys at the station... I love how EVERYBODY is so protective of him, they just want to keep him safe. My favorite scenes were the ones with Talia - when she taught Jeremy how to shoot and when she came to take him away from Long Beach after he started killing Hagan's men - and with Cella - I loved that Cella saw Jeremy as a "boy" whom he wanted to protect at any cost.
The thing is, Jeremy was killing people but it was literally destroying him, it was tearing him apart. The scene in the shower, where he tried to wash off the blood and just fell apart... Josh Duhamel was amazing in it. I loved that Talia saw, that she noticed what it was doing to him and she knew she had to get him out or he would end up in jail or dead.
So yeah, the story was only so-so, but there were scenes that I adored and watched several times in a row. Also, James Lesure is in it - he was with Josh Duhamel in Las Vegas! I bet they had a blast together again! (In the audio commentary to LV, Josh talked about how much he admired and loved working with James!).
Josh Duhamel once again plays a character whom everybody likes, a firefighter named Jeremy, and it's really wonderful. Jeremy's relationship with Talia (Rosario Dawson) and with Lt. Cella (Bruce Willis), with the guys at the station... I love how EVERYBODY is so protective of him, they just want to keep him safe. My favorite scenes were the ones with Talia - when she taught Jeremy how to shoot and when she came to take him away from Long Beach after he started killing Hagan's men - and with Cella - I loved that Cella saw Jeremy as a "boy" whom he wanted to protect at any cost.
The thing is, Jeremy was killing people but it was literally destroying him, it was tearing him apart. The scene in the shower, where he tried to wash off the blood and just fell apart... Josh Duhamel was amazing in it. I loved that Talia saw, that she noticed what it was doing to him and she knew she had to get him out or he would end up in jail or dead.
So yeah, the story was only so-so, but there were scenes that I adored and watched several times in a row. Also, James Lesure is in it - he was with Josh Duhamel in Las Vegas! I bet they had a blast together again! (In the audio commentary to LV, Josh talked about how much he admired and loved working with James!).
