Striking Distance

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Summary: Who's the best cop? Not this movie.
Review: "Striking Distance" was one of the weirdest movies I've seen, because by the time the movie's over, you don't see a point to it. I'm not saying you shouldn't see it, but the fact is the plot is predictable and pointless. The killer is no big suprise, and the characters are just not as intriguing as John McClane or Martin Riggs. Playing Sarah Jessica Parker as a cop was somewhat confusing, and pairing off with Bruce Willis did not work; they're just too different. Although the setting was terrific and the cast allstarred, the movie is over-the-top and as unconvincing as they come. The scene where Tom and the killer are going head-to-head is actually laughable: the guy just doesn't know when to quit, and neither does the screen play. Personally, I think I could have lived without seeing this movie, but Pittsburgh is definately on my vacation's list.

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Summary: Who's the best cop? Not this movie.
Review: "Striking Distance" was one of the weirdest movies I've seen, because by the time the movie's over, you don't see a point to it. I'm not saying you shouldn't see it, but the fact is the plot is predictable and pointless. The killer is no big suprise, and the characters are just not as intriguing as John McClane or Martin Riggs. Playing Sarah Jessica Parker as a cop was somewhat confusing, and pairing off with Bruce Willis did not work; they're just too different. Although the setting was terrific and the cast allstarred, the movie is over-the-top and as unconvincing as they come. The scene where Tom and the killer are going head-to-head is actually laughable: the guy just doesn't know when to quit, and neither does the screen play. Personally, I think I could have lived without seeing this movie, but Pittsburgh is definately on my vacation's list.

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Summary: exciting
Review: a mystery that keeps you going. Bruce willis is great in this movie if your a fan you'll love it

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Summary: A exciting mystery
Review: A suspense makeing you always wondering who did what. I loved i

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Summary: Striking Distance
Review: Bruce Willis is Pittsburgh cop Thomas Hardy, a former homicide detective who believes his cousin is in the center of the case he is investigating. When Hardy and his sexy new river patrol partner (Sarah Jessica Parker) discover a series of women floating dead in the Ohio River, Hardy begins to believe his cousin, an ex-police officer, is the serial killer, and the whole story goes back to his mysterious family past... Directed by Rowdy Herrington. Pretty good movie, but Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, and other movies like that beat this. Worth seeing (!).

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Summary: Striking Distance Hits the Bullseye!
Review: Bruce Willis plays Thomas Hardy son of demised Pittsburgh Cop who's death is in question. Hardy who is also a cop get's put on River patrol around the Three Rivers where bodies keep popping up. Sarah Jessica Parker plays partner and eventual love interest and becomes endagered when the serial killer starts aiming for Hardy. This is arguably the most underated action thriller of it's kind due to it's unique story and it's unpredictable ending. Take bets early on who the killer is. This movie is well shot and well edited. Willis' best action movie is still Diehard but this isn't far off. Native Pittsburghers will love recognizing the on location action sequences. Hardy keeps it together through police dept. dissention but is eventually looked at to save the day & night. See this one, it's better than it's revues!

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Summary: Willis' biggest mistake since... ever
Review: Gag. Ugh. Please, do me a favor and never see this movie unless the only other flick in the house is (cough) Forever Young. For a HUGE fan of Die Hard, this movie was just a punishment to sit through. When it ended, I almost put the tape on the barby, and barely stopped myself from using it to decorate Neighbor _____'s new swimming pool.
Willis stars as a cop whose daddy is killed several years before, and naturally he sinks in a depression. Typically, the form of cure comes in Sarah Jessica Parker, who looks as much as a cop as Matthew Broderick looks like Superman. The setting is wonderful, worth one star, and the clever idea to use "Little Red Ridinghood" as the killer's theme song earns the other. But at the end, when Willis goes head to head with the killer, you just sit there screaming "WHY- WON'T- YOU- DIE?!" as the killer manages to avoid being shot, hit by a train, and drowning. That is the stupidest protagonist/antagonist battle I have ever seen, even worse than Seattle hosting the WTO. Willis makes an effort to save the movie, which equals to Leonardo DiCaprio holding up the Titanic. For a much better Willis flick, try seeing THe Fifth Element, or The Sixth Sense, of The Whole Nine Yards. Most of his good movies ('sides Die Hard) come with a number, and not a reference to "Hit Me Baby One More Time". Face it, Willis fans. This flick is one sinking ship.

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Summary: Treating women like river trash...
Review: Going beyond the usual criticism of the myriad of action-movie cliches used (and badly at that) in this movie, one of my main problems with it was the treatment of women. It's a bit bizarre. In the beginning a bound and gagged woman is strangled (off-screen) to the song "Little Red Riding Hood". Next scene, her body is pulled out of a car's trunk (wrapped in sheets, but blood is visibly soaking them) and dragged and dumped into a river. Another scene one of Tom Hardy's ex-girlfriends (who's a miserable actress even in the three lines she utters) is zapped by the villian, tied to a chair and shot at point-blank range (mostly off-camera, though blood streams down her bound ankles) while she screams blood-curdlingly. In another scene Tom (Willis) finds another of his ex-girlfriends floating in the Ohio. Her body is dragged ashore and analyzed by forensic specialists (two gunshot wounds are visible on her chest), whilst one cop makes sickening comments about how Tom should have "one last poke" before they cart off the poor girl's body. All this is rather atrocious in its own right, without considering the fact that Tom quickly became aware, after the first slaying of one of his ex-girlfriends, that the killer was after girls he's known, and yet never bothers to warn the other girls who are still alive and could have been saved (ie-Nurse Paula). And then, as a final testament to the indifference paid to violence against women, Tom (in the epilogue) visits the grave of HIS FATHER, but doesnt think to maybe visit the graveS of his three dead ex-girlfriends. Granted there's no violence against women SHOWN on camera, but there's plenty to imply that ol' Rowdy and others involved in shooting this (cough) film have a little hang up with women. Or at the very least they dont think highly of the other sex.

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Summary: Finally, Something good comes out of Pittsburgh!
Review: I cannot see where these people who want to dump on this movie get their input. Predictable, I'd like to have been there the first time they saw it just so they could tell me what was going to happen next, I doubt that they could! Bruce was born to play the alcoholic cop, why belittle him for playing what he plays best? If you're reading this to get a general idea of whether or not to see this movie, I say go for it, you will not be dissappointed! Beginning to end, this movie will keep you riveted to the screen! So much talent, and all right in little old Pittsburgh PA!

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Summary: Good
Review: I liked this movie. A bit more serious/gritty than usual Bruce Willis stuff (well the Willis stuff I have seen) but nevertheless entertaining. Oh, and Sarah Jessica Parker too (yummy).