Vice (2015 film)

Vice

Promo poster

Promo poster
Directed by Brian A. Miller
Produced by Steven Saxton
Randall Emmett
George Furla
Adam Goldworm
Written by Andre Fabrizio
Jeremy Passmore
Starring Thomas Jane
Bruce Willis
Ambyr Childers
Music by Hybrid
Cinematography Yaron Levy
Edited by Rick Shaine
Production
company
Grindstone Entertainment Group
Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films
Aperture Entertainment
K5 International
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release dates
  • January 16, 2015 (United States)
Running time
 96 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Vice is a 2015 American science fiction film directed by Brian A. Miller and written by Andre Fabrizio & Jeremy Passmore. The film stars Thomas Jane, Bruce Willis and Ambyr Childers.

Plot

Businessman Julian Michaels (Bruce Willis) has designed the ultimate holiday maker resort: "VICE", where anything goes and the customers can play out their wildest fantasies with artificial inhabitants who look, think and feel like humans. When an artificial robot (Ambyr Childers) becomes self-aware and escapes, she finds herself caught in the crossfire between Julian's mercenaries and a cop (Thomas Jane) who is hell-bent on shutting down the corruption of Vice, and stopping the violence once and for all.

The plot bears great resemblance to Michael Crichton's 1973 film Westworld.

Cast

Production

On January 21, 2014, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films was set to produce and finance an action thriller film Vice, Bruce Willis will star in the $15 million budgeted film, which Grindstone/Lionsgate Films will distribute.[2] On February 5, 2014, it was announced that K5 International will be pre-selling the film at Berlin’s European Film Market. The film also stars Thomas Jane and Ambyr Childers.[1] Later on February 13, 2014 it was revealed that the film had been sold in 37 different countries in just under a week.[3]

Filming

The shooting of the film had begun on April 3, 2014 in Mobile, Alabama.[4]

Release

A promo poster was revealed on February 18, 2014.[5]

This film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 17, 2015.

Critical reception

Vice was met with extremely negative reviews. As of March 2015, the film has a 4% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 26 reviews.[6] It also has a Metacritic score of 17 out of 100, based on 14 reviews.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kemp, Stuart (5 February 2014). "Bruce Willis Sci-Fi Action Pic 'Vice' to Be Shopped to Buyers". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fleming Jr, Mike (21 January 2014). "Bruce Willis To Star In Action Pic ‘Vice’, Teaming Again With Emmett / Furla / Oasis Films". deadline.com. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (13 February 2014). "K5 Sells Bruce Willis Sci-fi Pic ‘Vice’ to 37 Countries in One Week". variety.com. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "‘Vice’, starring Bruce Willis, filming in Mobile, Al this week". onlocationvacations.com. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Trumbore, Dave (18 February 2014). "Promo Poster for VICE Starring Bruce Willis, Ambyr Childers and Thomas Jane". collider.com. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Vice". Rotten Tomatoes/Flixster. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  7. ↑ "Vice". Metacritic/CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2015-01-26.

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