Synopsis
Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local thugs steal Buddy, Ford turns to Spyder, their devious leader, and forges an unlikely alliance. With help from his best friend, Steve pulls out the big guns to retrieve Spyder's stolen cash and cocaine and save Buddy.
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Cast
- Bruce WillisSteve
- Jason MomoaSpyder
- John GoodmanDave Phillips
- Thomas MiddleditchJohn
- Famke JanssenKatey Ford
- Elisabeth RöhmAnne Phillips
- Adam GoldbergLou the Jew
- Wood HarrisThe Prince
- Emily RobinsonTaylor
- Kal PennRajeesh
Recommandations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
At times it’s funny as hell. At other times it’s pretty much a disaster. But it never commits the crime of being tedious. - 50
RogerEbert.com
The best thing that can be said about Once Upon a Time in Venice, a very light action comedy from Mark and Robb Cullen, is that it allows Willis to cut loose and have fun. - 38
Movie Nation
The messy tangle of the plot, which involves Steve-Bruce getting knocked out, more than once, does little more than throw a whole lot of potentially silly stuff against the screen — some of it landing laughs. - 33
IndieWire
Mark Cullen’s ruthlessly boring and decidedly dismal Once Upon a Time in Venice marks a new low in Willis’ still-trucking action career, one that even Cage would likely flinch at, even if it does feature an entire sequence dedicated to naked skateboarding. - 30
The New York Times
The movie tries for propulsive Tarantino grit but ends up being just another annoying example of Hollywood’s addiction to stories in which graying white men bed beautiful young women and beat up men much more youthful and fit than they are. - 25
The A.V. Club
Stylistically, Once Upon A Time In Venice is mostly indistinguishable from a middling TV pilot that never made it to series. - 20
Los Angeles Times
A wincingly unfunny comedy caper. - 20
Variety
What scant charms this direct-to-video-style Nineties throwback has belong mostly to Willis.
