Fire with Fire
Fire with Fire
R | 31 August 2012 (USA)
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A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against—after being held up at a local convenience store—threatens him.

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David C. Bohn

Muddled and confusing, plodding and slow-moving. Airhead children becoming accidental heroes. Bruce Willis is totally wasted. Not as much as in 'Cold Light Of Day', and 'Extraction', for he has a lot more screen time, but his character could be eliminated from this script, and no one would notice. Can't believe he did this movie. And, Willis is not the only thing wasted. I wasted 97 minutes of my precious time watching it. The only thing positive I can say about it is that Vincent D'Onofrio is good actor. It takes a good actor to make one hate his character, and he did that very well, though he, too, is far above this garbage. Avoid it at all costs!!

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Uriah43

"Jeremy Coleman" (Josh Duhamel) is a dedicated fireman for the city of Long Beach who just happens to witness the cold-blooded murder of a convenience store clerk by a man named "David Hagan" (Vincent D'Onofiro) who is also the leader of an Aryan supremacist gang. Although he agrees to testify what he doesn't know is that David Hagan is more than eager to kill him to prevent that possibility. As a result Jeremy is put on the witness protection program and while in New Orleans falls in love with one of the marshals by the name of "Talia Durham" (Rosario Dawson). Unfortunately, this has severe consequences as David finds out and now has another bit of leverage to use against Jeremy. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that it started out pretty good. However the last 20 minutes or so was completely ridiculous and really ruined a fairly solid film. So much so that I feel compelled to rate this movie as slightly below average.

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FlashCallahan

After witnessing the murders of a store owner and his son, Jeremy Coleman barely escapes with his life. As he is forced to testify against crime lord Hagan, he is placed in the witness protection program under the watch of the U.S. Marshals. As his new identity becomes compromised Jeremy is forced to take an unexpected course of action in order to get his life back and save the lives of those he loves.....If you take away the 'get them before they get you' part of the narrative,this film is just a dramatic retread of the eighties comedy 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil', person sees a crime, gets away, and the bad guys are after them.But naturally, the cops are after our hero, because he's seen Kill Bill a couple of times.If this had been made in the nineties, it would have starred Keenan Ivory Wayans, and had a comic twist on the narrative, and still have that dark edge.Here we suffice with Duhamel literally taking the title for granted, running every five minutes and breathing heavily.Dawson is the best thing about the film, Vincent D'onofrio turns up as a guest villain, and Bruce Willis, although very good, looks very, very smug.It's by the numbers stuff, and its nothing memorable, but you'll have a bit if fun watching all the clichés add up.

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phd_travel

When fireman Josh Duhamel witnesses a murder in a convenience store he is put in witness protection and it doesn't work he has to fight fire with fire. Poor Josh gets beaten up to many times and has to be a one man fire fighter criminal killing machine. He is a capable and suitable action hero but the story he has to work with loses steam after the first half hour.Rosario Dawson plays an FBI agent - but the most useless agent in history till the end.Bruce Willis looks tired and squinty and doesn't do much - but I guess they need his name to add prestige to the project.It's okay for one watch but it is a bit of a let down and you'll see why it went straight to DVD.

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