Synopsis
Jacob, a bank manager haunted by a violent heist that took the life of a coworker, teams up with his ex-cop neighbor, James, to bring down the assailant. While the two men work together to figure out the thief’s next move, Gabriel, the highly-trained criminal, is one step ahead. When Gabriel kidnaps Jacob’s wife and daughter, Jacob barrels down a path of bloodshed that initiates an explosive counterattack and brings all three men to the breaking point.
Your Movie Library
Cast
- Frank GrilloJacob
- Bruce WillisJames
- Johnathon SchaechGabriel
- Olivia CulpoChristina
- Natali YuraMaribel
- Tyler Jon OlsonCasey
- Wass StevensFredericks
- Colin EgglesfieldFBI Agent Fields
- Shea BucknerMitchell
- Christopher Rob BowenDetective Roberts
Recommendations
- 50
Variety
Reprisal is not a very good movie, but it leaves you with tantalizing hints that some people involved with it are capable of doing something much better. - 38
Movie Nation
There’s virtually nothing to distinguish Reprisal from a thousand other cop-vs-robber B pictures, except for the violence. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Grillo uncharacteristically displays no charisma, although considering the material he's working with, it's not surprising that he looks like he simply gave up. Speaking of giving up, Willis, who provides a few sparks to the otherwise lamentable Death Wish remake, here reverts to his by now usual phoning it in. - 30
Los Angeles Times
All in all, just another boring genre exercise. - 20
The New York Times
Even those inclined to sympathize with that premise politically may feel insulted by the plot hole-a-palooza offered here to support it. - 20
Village Voice
It’s downright sad watching Willis go all half-assed in another movie. I guess we’re gonna have to wait for Glass to come out next year to see if Willis can do a movie in whole-assed form again. - 20
Film Journal International
The bottom line is that Reprisal is an extremely silly movie doing its damnedest to look tough and gritty and clever, none of which it is. In fact, it’s both tediously formulaic and weirdly puzzling. - 12
Slant Magazine
Reprisal is at pains to profess its faith in the symbols of law and order, but it cannot fully repress its almost erotic longing for the unfettered violence of the terrorist.
