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No one here seems to know about his cognitive decline and are bashing a man who is suffering from a severe illness, everyone telling him to retire and that he's a horrible actor or his lines are wooden should maybe just look up his name before bashing it. He IS retired and he has had a condition that causes his speech and thought to not function properly the way his brain attempts to convey it. Have some sympathy, I don't care how bad the movie is you shouldn't only point out the one actor who's barely in it and is actually suffering. If it was his fault he wouldn't be in the movie and the other crew should've known better than to use him in his condition.

When you see a Bruce Willis starring role and an Edward Drake direction, expect direct to video junk where script is clearly secondary and Willis is getting paid to rent out his name. Drake's films are basically name actors with faded careers that feature 'stars' for a few minutes to gather interest, which includes Luke Wilson who must be really desperate these days. Neither is in the film for more than a couple of minutes nor do they seem to be interested much in this loser.

This is a vehicle for Sawa to play the role of the gruff ex-con who is being framed for a murder he didn't commit. Willis & Wilson are two cops who happen to find a business card and lighter that has Sawa's tattoo shop - Gasoline Alley - monogrammed on it. Without much more than being seein with one of the murder victims, the cop duo with Wilson doing most of the half hearted talking, insist Sawa is the prime suspect and rouse him a little. Sawa then talks and walks his way through a color by numbers script that is laughably done until its conclusion. The problem is that Sawa's character "Jimmy Jane" is put in a situation which really isn't at all that desperate and is clearly the excuse to act like his own tough, private eye.

How stupid and by the numbers is this? A car pulls next to Sawa's at the beginning and somehow, just 6-8 feet away, the shooter misses Sawa smoking in his car. Begin car chase. Sawa's 'investigation' gets to a weird private party where he somehow talks his way in simply by saying he's inviting and that he is a cop, but left his badge "in the car." And then come the friendly confessions by people who just tell him stuff because he's badass cool. In fact, he even asks them "why are you telling me this?" and no good answers come forth.

Oddly enough Sawa actually plays his role pretty well. Wilson is mostly checked out and plays himself, speaks the lines as if he's never read the whole script because knowing the character and story isn't important - only his name is as one of the stars. Willis is totally checked out and is reduced to very short sentences and single words when he speaks, sounding like he's reading off cue cards that he's seen for the first time. The other supporting actors have mostly individual scene parts and range from good but unnecessary to the truly weak.

The conslusion is predictable. Some ofthe vale deserve a higher rating but the film itself i so pitiful that I have a difficult time recommending this latest Drake snoozefest.

Yeah, what everyone says about Bruce Willis is true. He's barely in it and he just mumbles answers to Luke Wilson basically. Serves no purpose other than to say Bruce Willis was in this. The last few years this is the type of movie he does. Low budget, bad script that he's in only for a couple days work and a big pay day. What a terrible way to end a once great career.

But make no mistake, Luke Wilson was only in this for a pay day as well. He's incredibly one-dimensional and boring. Just gets tiresome watching him be the bad cop and spew the annoying lines he's given here.

But then you're left with the lead actor, who can't carry a movie. I don't know him, I didn't like him and I don't care what happens to him. He's trying to solve the crime he's being accused of but it's a hard watch. It's a seriously boring and cliched script. You wonder where they got the money for Wilson and Willis to be in this?

How does this get made. I made it 45 minutes in and had to stop, I was so bored. But 45 minutes in this travesty should get me some sort of award.

Now that the "truth" has been revealed regarding Mr. Willis and his condition, according to most reporting he had no idea where he was or why he was in the films that he was in after 2020, giving lines fed to him like a parrot through a mic and not understanding what he was saying or why he was.

In other words, Bruce is "in" this film but he has no idea he was. And the producers and other actors plainly could see what was happening for themselves, they just mostly said nothing.

It's a sad end to a brilliant career, and screams "exploitation" to me. Bruce deserves better.

This was slow, and horrible, and stupid, and I kept wondering when to just throw in the towel. Do yourself a favor and pass on this. It never gets off the ground, never makes sense, and it definitely never approached a "worth watching" status.

It's amazing to me that people will invest so much money in a film project that is backed by such poor quality writing.

Awful, awful, awful, awful. Run away from this total cliche of a dumpster fire.

Hollywood at its most formulamatic worst.

Not a single thing in the hour or so I watched of this piece of trash was enjoyable, interesting, original, or attention worthy.

Save yourself the trouble, avoid this one at all costs.

Who in the Galaxy does not like Bruce Willis and Luke Wilson for all the have done for us, especially Bruce Willis?

But their charisma and starry popularity does not save "Gasoline Alley" from being nothing else than a cheap B Flick with nothing to admire.

It lacks every factor that makes movie good.

That's why i could watch only 38 minutes and that was it. Could not get bored any further.

Unless you have nothing (really nothing) else to do with your time, watch it Otherwise try anything else as Gasoline Alley is probable one of the worst films of the year, which could not get not even a rate of 5/10. Really.

Nevertheless, I still love Bruce and Luke. Because, truly, they did their job, did their lines. Its just that everything else was just so mediocre, so predictable, so flat... SO BORING!

Really. Don't bother.

I think pretty much anything Bruce Willis does at this point is junk.

The production quality of this movie was so low the opening scene was one of the worst I've seen in a movie in years, no substance, no direction, terrible soundtrack, very little atmosphere. And only a dialed in performance by Willis.

Luke Wilson was the only saving grace and even he couldn't do anything to save this turkey. Save 90 minutes of your life want something good.

Same old recipe. Put Bruce Willis on the poster. Tickets get sold. Producers happy. Bruce Willis happy. Audience NOT happy! Why not? Because Bruce is only starring in this movie for less than 15 minutes in total. Like in all of his B-movies in the last years.

Bruce Willis has gotten a tummy lately and he almost seems drugged by something, because he is mumbling in such a catatonic, wooden way. His wooden appearance (mumbling, no expression) seems to get worse with age. He really looks old now and fatigued. Better retire Bruce, but I guess he has got some kind of suffocating contract that obliges him to keep turning out 5 movies a year.

Not any good then? The supporting actors in this movie are actually better than Bruce Willis' acting performance. Luke Wilson is even starring in it! He is a funny fella! Although in this movie he is acting seriously. But his performance is allright.

More "good": The photography is quite decent. The editing is as well. The story aint ridiculous. That's a plus. It's not really thrilling, although it aint terrible either.

From all the crap Bruce has been churning out lately, this is one of the not so terrible movies... NOT recommended though ofcourse...

B R U C E

At an (excrucially) important sidenote, let us not forget WHY we are watching Bruce Willis movies to begin with. We watch Bruce Willis movies because of DIE HARD (1988). THE ONE AND ONLY BIGGEST ACTION AMERICAN ACTION CLASSIC OF THE CENTURY.

This classic is still standing strong after more than 30 years. Millions of people still REwatch it during every Christmas holiday. Recently a petition was launched to rename Nakatomi Plaza into DIE HARD plaza.

A life time achievement award for Bruce Willis is in the making as well, so I have heard...

DIE HARD (1988) NEVER DIES but is still ALIVE AND KICKING in 2022. Let's celebrate that!

Bruce Willis' neurological disease is on full display in this movie and that is sad. His handlers, agents and friends should be ashamed for allowing this level of exploitation. The movie is clearly low budget, low brow, slow and remedial. However, the classic cars in the movie are beautiful.

Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia. It's a disorder that affects your speech. So it's not just because he's old or just phoning it in. It's sad how many people are so cruel and judgmental before considering their words first. He's made some incredible films and not so long ago. Red, for instance. He was great in that one. And obviously the man is a legend for Die Hard, alone. Let's give him his props. This movie isn't his fault. I mean, he was hardly in it anyway. I was actually excited to see Devon Sawa. I'm glad I'm seeing him more these days. I hope he gets some more and better projects in the future. He's a good actor. Better than Luke Wilson,, just my opinion. This film could have been better. So that's always a disappointment. But keep in mind, it has a great audience score. You might enjoy it. I'm definitely not mad I watched and it certainly wasn't a waste of time.

I see a lot crying over Bruce Willis in the movie but I don't know why, He wasn't the lead character. The story was pretty good and it kept me guessing up to a point on who did it. Acting and action was great.

Before watching this movie the illness of Bruce Willis made the news. He was ending his career and in all fairness it was about time. Nothing really worked for him anymore so it's better stopping altogether and try to enjoy the rest of his life. In Gasoline Alley he's just a poster filler, a name that attracks viewers, even though it could also mean the opposite now when you see his latest movies that were complete garbage. In this movie he has a really small role, with not much lines, and that's maybe better like that. The story is more about Devon Sawa and he did a pretty decent job. Luke Wilson was also not bad. You can see it's a rather low budget movie but in all fairness I have to say I was entertained. There is a good level of mystery, the story flows good, and the acting is okay. I've seen worse, much worse, so in my humble opinion the ratings are way too low for Gasoline Alley.

Willis is taking any project that hits his mail these days, and now i will not see his "work" any more. He used to get good projects, but today they are like kindergarden scripts...Willis you have really sunken to the bottom of the pond!

Remember the days when Bruce was engaged with film making? Die Hard, The Jackal, The Last Boy Scout, Sin City, Unbreakable, 6th Sense, Armageddon, Surrogates, and even Blind date? I do, because they are the only Bruce Willis movies I can sit through (and Enjoy). For whatever reason, Bruce is attached to all these nasty C movies, and there's like 10 more in post-production. I don't get it. Bruce has not been interested in film making since 2010, in any way, shape or form - so don't give me this pandemic copout crap. Please spare us! Literally anything with Bruce's picture on it for some time now.. it's guaranteed junk bin trash. Whatever creativity and acumen he was teamed up with before is total history. Seriously..

Gasoline Alley takes place in the sleazy underbelly of LA. It is also the name of the tattoo parlor of Jimmy Jayne (Devon Sawa). He's approached by an gorgeous hooker, Star (Irina Antonenka), while drinking alone at a bar. Jimmy turns down her services but gives her a Gasoline Alley lighter. The next day he is questioned by LAPD detectives Vargas (Luke Wilson) and Freeman (Bruce Willis). Star, along with three other girls, were found brutally murdered in a motel. That´s the storyline. Dialogues are badly executed and the plot holes are even worse than the acting. I really don´t know why Bruce is still doing this. He seemed sick and his acting was like he was forced to act. The only good thing about the movie is Luke Wilson. Not quite acting like his brother Owen Wilson, but good to hear at least one voice and a couple of good lines by Luke. Conclusion? I really want to know why Bruce is still doing this. Put another actor in Bruce´s place and the rating will go up.

WORST MOVIE EVER .. IT TOOK ME 10 MINI AND OUT JUNK MOVIES.

WAST OF TIME .SLOW STORY , Bruce Willis look like and act like goofiness..an so boring... so slow junk.

This film falls inline with many others with Willis in the past couple years. Poor acting, writing and cinematography. The bio is confusing. In the films own description it states "A man implicated in the triple homicide of three Hollywood starlets.." LA talk throughout the film then 6 seconds later Willis is seen in a police station in Tifton, Georgia. Tifton is actually where it was filmed. Was this a goof or is there a portal I missed. Don't waste your time.

Poor Devon Sawa with the likes of Bruce Willis and luke Wilson that this movie might have bumped him back to A list status...

But unfortunately Bruce and Luke obviously couldn't be bothered and only did it for the pay and all the other actors weren't even on the same level..

Could of been a good film otherwise

After his latest performances in the Chucky tv show and even in stupidly funny Black Friday just hoping he can rise a bit further!

Stop acting Bruce Willis. You are lower then a Z list .

After die hard you have becase the actor that we all hate. 9 out of 10 films you are in are flops and whw ni do see you in a film. We can all see you really hate your job.

Its time for you to stop this ,go live in thailand or somthing . We all hate you.

Bruce is in it for the namedropping only. It has that slow, gripping vibe of sin city (and other movies like it) but without the script to back that style up. Sadly, as it could have been better with some attention to screenplay and storyline.

This has to be the lowest budget yet most elevated as far as visuals , setting , script really everything . No soundtrack thar I recall all shot in a way where there were no close ups . The main character has me at jump and really everyone did managed a class act . I have come to view movies much differently ( I imagine this is how it is for everyone these days ) I was raised going to movies weekly since the 70's and really only recently have I begun to take in the scope of what's happening in each . I thought this was great for what it is !

It's not ever going to hit theaters Bruce did a string of these low budget movies , with excellent actors imo and it's been a true pleasure ! I happen to appreciate this one very much .

It's a solid 7 but considering I don't think Bruce Willis is making movies anymore the fact that he is in it and for how drawn in I was for the most of it I have to give it an 8.

Another month, another Bruce Willis movie, where he's only in it for 5 minutes.

If you know the story behind these films, they become more interesting. RedLetterMedia did a whole examination on how and why these films are made, the business model behind them, etc.

In addition, Willis is rumored to suffer from early onset dementia and has trouble remembering his lines, which cost him gigs with major Hollywood studios. In light of this, he turned to smaller gigs lately, like his appearance in theatre in an adaption of Misery, as well as these small, low budget movies, that are filmed in 2 weeks on a shoestring budget.

Obviously these movies are not going to be Die Hard. Stop expecting them to be that. Approach them with the knowledge that they're filmed in 2 weeks by a skeleton crew, and suddenly they become more interesting from a film making perspective.

Of all these terrible movies, Gasoline Alley along with Midnight in the Switchgrass ranks as the best, thanks to a decent plot setup of a man suspected of murdering four women, with all the evidence pointing to him, and him having to prove his innocence before the cuffs click, or he is killed.

The film is carried by a fantastic performance by Devon Sawa, who's been on my radar since last year's stellar "Hunter Hunter" and puts in more effort than this material deserves. He looks grizzled and tough, ready to explode into violence at any moment, which adds a layer of suspense. Luke Wilson counteracts this with an initially jovial turn as a cop who thinks he has his guy, only to gradually become more serious and supportive, as he begins piecing the puzzle together.

The suspense is held pretty well until about 2/3rds into the movie at which point things start to drag. Once you know who the bad guy is, things turn predictable and dumb, with a shootout in a dimly lit environment (not a warehouse for once). Much like a car chase earlier, the director doesn't really know how to stage an action scene. Shots of people firing guns or sped up footage of cars chasing each other over deserted roads doesn't make a good action scene. If you don't have the budget to make an action scene, don't make an action scene. Low budget movies work best when they're carried by the plot and actors, with the a potential of shocking violence happening at any given time. Sawa understood this in his performance. He plays action man when he can't be action man and instead must use his smarts.

Willis... he's not going to be John McClane anymore. But he's doing his thing as long as he still can and getting a decent payday for it. Good for him.

I found myself enjoying this movie for the two lead performances and some decent writing in the first half of the film.

Every film Edward Drake has written and directed, doesn't have any rating above a 3, and it's just a coincidence that Willis is in those films. Not sure if they're related or Willis owes Drake any favors, but the problem is the lousy writing and directing by Drake. He really needs to take up a new hobby. For that matter, Willis was actually better than Wilson was at the start of the film, because Wilson's character was very loud and annoying. Clearly it was Drake's failure to direct his cast properly, because Wilson is a better actor than that. Then we have Drake's cheesy cliched writing with the annoying cigarette constantly being a focal point for Devon Sawa's character.

I will say though, out of all of Drake's flops, I did enjoy this one a little more than his others, probably due to better casting and Devon Sawa's convincing albeit cliched performance, and somewhat of a better story. If Drake's pacing was a little better and he had more substance rather than filler in his 97 min runtime, he may have gotten another star from me. At least he's learned how to score a B film properly. Now only if the rest of his production could improve. I won't hold my breath. It's a generous 5/10 from me.

The police in this movie is either very corrupt or very incompetent. Only an ex convict with a tattoo shop can make up for all the mistakes and criminal activities of the PD. In doing so our hero must of course do some killing of his own. Women are depicted as helpless beings, serving the male ego. I still had about 15 mins to go then went fast forward.