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Film Brain utterly despairs at this Bruce Willis sci-fi film, the latest in a long line of projects he has coasted Seagal-like through, where he teams up with Frank Grillo to stop an alien invasion, that's so inept that it borders on Ed Wood-ian.
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[@FilmBrain]

Obviously this was created over a year before Bruce Willis made his condition public, and as such there are a few comments here that I do regret with hindsight, even if I obviously didn't know so at the time. In subsequent Willis reviews, I began to suspect that his health may have been declining, and decided to soften my tone accordingly. I apologize if any comments seem insensitive, and hope viewers won't judge as harshly as I did, sorry.

[@HBarnill]

You shouldn't be too hard on yourself as nobody knew. In all fairness, he's had this reputation for not being the easiest to work with, naturally leading us to assume the worst in him. That doesn't make any of this less tragic, heartbreaking, and my condolences to his family and I hope karma on the studios for taking advantage of this situation when they likely knew about this before all of us.

[@JamesTobiasStewart]

To be fair to you FB a lot of people thought he'd just stopped engaging, ala Seagal and articles mentioning Willis saying he'd 'Fallen out of love with acting' only made it easier to believe. I remember seeing pieces years ago talking about Willis slowly retreating from the experimentation and variety of his peak (I mean he was in Rugrats once, he had his own Saturday morning cartoon show with a theme song he wrote and performed himself) into unchallenging bankable action roles. Then we got more recent fare like 'Gasoline Alley' where as you yourself said, he didn't look 'bored' he looked 'unwell' and gradually so many aspects of his recent output; the limited shooting schedules, the earpiece to be fed lines, the willingness to sign up to seemingly anything willing to pay him shifted from indicators of Seagal/late era Brando style laziness and more towards the implication that something was wrong with Willis and those steps were attempts to compensate so he could keep working and thus earning while he still could Having these facts made available certainly recontextualises much of Willis' recently output, but you can't be blamed for not knowing that when you made this video, since that was a good year before he made his condition public.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

I do admire you for making an additional comment like this as it's more than a lot of creators would do [the Razzies-who I hate anyway-had to be shamed into removing there 'joke' while this is fair criticism of the film making and writing].

[@skylx0812]

Wow. 37yrs ago Willis' first appearance was in the Miami Vice episode No Exit. The show was famous for dramatic cinema styled twist endings and ironically or prophetically the song used in his iconic final scene was the Phil Collins song I Don't Care Anymore.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Didn't know that.

[@mattc2306]

I think that song perfectly describes his DTV career.

[@trevingrayek8292]

Mega Piranha used actual nerf guns for one of their scenes and they at least painted them completely

[@shadowleon659]

Its official. Bruce Willis has now become the new Steven Seagal.

[@nigelcarren]

"I'm just a cook" 🍳💪

[@NickMichalak]

Lord, Willis sounds like he's turned down the Steven Seagal path of not giving a shit, showing up for the bare minimum of time needed on set, and just cashing the check. I don't know if Bruce has any "give a damn" left in him for any project to really stir up genuine passion in him again. And yeah, you CAN'T do low budget sci-fi anymore. Cheap CGI looks like trash! I kept thinking Cosmic Sin was some UK title of the film. I didn't realize the trailer I saw for Breach was a different movie! They probably both come off as equally bad.

[@countquackula8539]

But why is Bruce Willis staring in all these recent trash movies. I mean why just for a paycheck?

[@jamesatkinsonja]

​@La Verdad He often is dubbed by another actor in these films [and didn't do any ADR for Die Hard 5 either!] and has doubles for any scene which isn't a close up. But the rest he's innocent of!

[@sparthyslaysstuff2405]

@@countquackula8539 Because money is money and he's clearly over giving a shit acting. He's got other businesses and if someone's willing to pay you a cool million to show up for a day and give zero fucks, why not? These movies are the definition of cheap bins in Walmart.

[@creativerealms]

Why couldn't he go down the Nic Cage path, you know take any crazy role where a few will end up amazing even if most suck.

[@mollyanderson657]

I didn't Even know that Thomas jane was in the movie Breach.

[@FilmBrain]

If you want to hear me talk even more about Bruce Willis, I join Oliver Harper to revisit Hudson Hawk for a feature-length commentary, where I drop plenty of behind-the-scenes gossip that I missed out on the first time! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKPSdJmIh5x9lZo

[@FilmBrain]

What, you mean the very basic plot synopsis at the top of the video just to give everyone a basic idea of what the film is about? I don't think I need to separate the first minute of the video from the 20+ mins of opinion after.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

I guess this is where Willis' career is now. I could tell from the trailers he just does not care anymore. Can we say this is a COSMIC sin against cinema?

[@DinoDave150]

Ba-dum-tiss.

[@thavoodoo]

We love you film brain!! thanks for the amazing videos trough the years

[@jonny5777]

Your review style is so much better than the old days, no offence. I always respected your opinions and knowledge but found it hard to listen. Now it’s just perfect. Good job

[@cartoonkelly7924]

I've seen some amazing fan films. Some people can do a LOT with a small budget. I guess the people who made this weren't all that creative. I'd really love to find a low-budget sci-fi movie I can root for.

[@raymondleggs5508]

I kind of liked it, would have been better with someone else other than Willis. At least he smiled twice

[@Locomamonk]

Man, I've learned so much about big stars ending up in direct to DVD movies with you, Matthew. It's kind of sad learning that now Bruce Willis is in that "phase". Spectacular and informative video as always. It's fun to learn about movie stars careers.

[@felipejanuariodeoliveira3185]

I applaud you for your love of the cinematic craft, because only someone with real passion can endure all the piles of garbage that comers behind the good ones.

[@ZetaEntity101]

I'm glad that you're still doing videos

[@GBlastMan]

Just to compare, Upgrade is set on a futuristic world where you have cars that makes sense on a very futuristic setting and still are normal cars, the movie is mainly devoided of futuristic landscapes or even weaponery and the only things it has is the lab where the sentient AI was created. Mind you that this was also a low budget movie that if im not wrong has half the budget of this movie, and is way more well made and it doesnt even have a recognizable hollywood super star like Bruce Willis, let that sink in. And to be honest even Time Cop had the decency to at least try to make the guns and cars look more futuristic and is essencially as low budget as this one but in comparision this makes Time Cop look like James Cameron Avatar. Clearly the best Willis had in modern times had been Unbreakable, Split (even if he just appears at the very end) and Glass, but that's because he did give a damn there and the director at least was trying its best and it says a lot when Shyamalan is the best thing that could happend to your carrer.

[@e.treacy7724]

What's your tally for Bruce Willis Cheapathons? You've spent more time reviewing his direct-to-landfill movies than he has acting in them.

[@FilmBrain]

Seen most, but not all. I didn't see The Prince, Marauders, Vice, Survive the Night, or Breach.

[@chaz9808]

@@FilmBrain breach atleast is watchable but still pretty bad

[@TheHellfirepotatoe]

The Prince and Fire With Fire were my introductions to this wasteland. Haven’t seen Breach, Vice Survive The Night or Hard Kill

[@MontageLad]

Thankfully, this film did not let me lose faith on Frank Grillo. I might think that his small screentime here is to make up for "Boss Level". I'd recommend that to you, Mathew. It's million times better than Cosmic Sin.

[@culwin]

Very surprised Bruce Willis and Nick Cage haven't been in one of these kind of movies together. I guess getting them both would cost too much.

[@wjzav1971]

A) Nick Cage has at least an excuse to be in so many terrible movies B) Cage at least still gives a shit, even when he is in a bad movie. And that starts with actually being on set. C) From time to time, Cage gets to act in an actual good movie (Into the Spiderverse, for example) showing that he has at least somewhat a career.

[@davidcauley9400]

At least with Nic Cage you know its due to massive Tax issues from years ago, but Bruce seems intent on destroying his legacy. Depression?

[@DinoDave150]

Not to mention at least Nic Cage looks like he's having fun in his roles while Willis looks like he wants to kill himself. Update: With the recent news if Willis being diagnosed with aphasia, I rescind my prior comment about Willis' acting abilities.

[@uncannyvalley2350]

Demi Moore

[@Campbellzilla]

Poor Frank Grillo, the man has such untapped charisma and feels like a throwback to Steve McQueen or Charles Bronson type 70s action heroes when movies use him well like Purge 2 and 3 or Wheelman, but he's often relegated to such substandard trash.

[@ShadowAshe]

If you want to feel better watch Boss level, it came out on hulu last week and its directed by Joe Carnahan. Its fantastic

[@Campbellzilla]

@@ShadowAshe I saw it, I liked Grillo and thought the action was well handled. But it reminded me a lot of those Neveldine and Taylor movies like Crank or Gamer. But with better camera work. I'm not much of a Carnahan fan when he goes for comedic action. I like his work in stuff like Narc, The Grey, and The first season episodes of The Blacklist, but I don't like his comedic action films like Smokin' Aces, The A-Team, or Stretch. I liked Boss Level better than those 3 but I had similar issues with it.

[@flmbyz]

I’ve heard stories from people who’ve worked on set with Grillo. There are reasons.

[@alexq2930]

@@flmbyz what are those reasons?

[@playthatfunkymusicrobot]

He was by far the best thing in an exploitation film I've recently seen titled Donnybrook.

[@linkyblinky]

And to make things even more vomit-inducing, this film got a theatrical release in my native Australia. A THEATRICAL RELEASE. That is amazingly absurd.

[@otaking3582]

This movie sounds hilarious. With all of the terrible future slang, I wouldn't be surprised if someone blurted out "Sewing machine!"

[@kiskatona3439]

Makes me wonder why Willis dosen't just retire. He obviously doesn't give two shits about making movies anymore, and one would think that he should have enough money to retire quite comfortably and find something he actually cares about.

[@LilZombieFooFoo]

I suspect it's partly the ego trip of *being* Bruce Willis at this point, the idea that he can care so little and do so poorly and only be on set for a day and people will still treat him like royalty.

[@davidjames579]

@La Verdad I wonder if he's still paying Demi Moore?

[@kieranc9803]

It's good to see you well and uploading a bit more frequently, Mathew

[@TenshiAsakura]

Bruce Willis is in another movie called "Breach" (I think that's the name) it's premise is pretty similar to "Cosmic Sin". Does he just take whatever he can get because he's that bored?

[@uncannyvalley2350]

Alimony

[@MagsPM]

I didn't realise this was the state of Bruce Willis' career until I saw this review. I would have assumed he was still doing movies like Red 2, and it's a shame to see where he's at as an actor now.

[@mrflipperinvader7922]

16:26 I do like that LCD smiling robot , its cute

[@EdSigma]

You know, I watched a low budget SF film recently called Dune Drifter; it's a British one, from Marc Price who directed ultra-low budget zombie film Colin. It had a teeny budget of somewhere less than $100,000, so probably less than Cosmic Sin's... and it looks and plays so much better, so much more professionally. It still does a few things like have off-the-shelf props etc, but they're much better considered and used (like how the badguys wear Soviet designed gasmasks, since those things look terrifying), it has a space battle, done with model work, that looks amazing for something done with two models against a greenscreen in the director's living room, and it has a simpler, less derivative story. It's far from perfect, but far better video-night fare, and proves that a low budget is no excuse for sloppy filmmaking, pretty much showing up Cosmic Sin without even trying.

[@davidjames579]

Marc Price is a Legend, and a nice bloke too!

[@cartoonkelly7924]

"Space Gate" *facepalms into next week*

[@quinnzykir]

You’d think 3D printers would make creating prop guns easier?

[@VenusHeadTrap2]

Seeing you in that armor Matthew makes one to believe you would be suited for a Jason Statham leading man!

[@wjzav1971]

13:35 That part looks like a commercial for a laser tag arena

[@nigelcarren]

This was great, I think we can be friends after this! Here in France I bought Anti-Life at an in-store promotion because I love sci-fi and just imagined this would be huge because Mr Willis was in it! But, speaking as someone who does work in the film industry (armour maker) yet at the same time I am working on some NO-budget films for myself, I draw the line at stacking hastily painted pallets for an instant space-corridor! I love bad-films when they are tongue-in-cheek, but it was impossible to see Anti-Life (Breach) as that because it had Willis in it and it seemed to be played straight? 🤔 Anyway, thank you for this, I have to see Cosmic Sin now. It looks amazing... in a Battlefield Earth kind of way. Keep up the great work, your Rant-Fu is strong my son (bows). 🙏🏆🇬🇧

[@rasmusdegn9690]

So what you're saying is that the true cosmic sin is the movie itself?

[@akaimizu1]

Yes. I was thinking the same thing, watching this. I have to give it to them, they picked the perfect title, and they followed the Theme all the way to the end.

[@jaydogg289]

19:04 you can see the earpiece that's feeding him his lines.

[@alienboy1322]

Bruce Willis truly doesn't care about anything anymore.

[@davidjames579]

Why does he keep making them? Why not retire?

[@setcheck67]

@@davidjames579 Money -Bruce Willis

[@davidjames579]

@@setcheck67 Doesn't he have enough?

[@setcheck67]

@@davidjames579 Does Jeff Bezos have enough? Does Bobbie Kotick have enough? Does any rich person ever have enough money? No matter how much money you have there is always some ridiculous thing to spend money on.

[@cvayta]

I thought you want me to buy you a coffee and got excited there for a second.

[@ravensroost3224]

Thanks Film Brain, for making sure we know when a movie is genuine trash. This looks like it wouldn't even be fun to make fun of.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

I really can't believe I'm saying this... but put Bruce Willis in a new comedy film! He's clearly exhausted his Action Career!

[@michaelsinger4638]

Or do dramas. He’s shown he can do well in those before after all.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

@@michaelsinger4638 Yeah, that too.

[@noneednoneed5752]

bruce willis wants to win the Guiness for the most Movie Waste per Actor per Year

[@SupergirlSurprise]

Thanks for the review Matthew, will check it out for the laughs.

[@chaz9808]

Bruce Willis seems to be on Xanax totally phoning it in now

[@jamesatkinsonja]

2:22 I'd love you to share some of these stories-they would be very interesting to hear Gary Oldman seems to be going down the same path if 'The Contractor' is anything to go by

[@davidjames579]

Recent Best Actor Oscar winner Gary Oldman?

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@davidjames579 Yeah, spends most of his screen time in 'The Contractor' in the same location [wearing an eye patch!] and never interacts with the main leads. And like Willis he's second billed for doing very little.

[@davidjames579]

@@jamesatkinsonja Is The Contractor a Millennium film? As he seemed to be on a package deal for them appearing in The Hitman's Bodyguard, Criminal and Hunter Killer in easily shot restricted roles. Richard E Grant seemed to be on a sweet day rate as his was a pointlessly brief casting in The Hitman's Bodyguard.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@davidjames579 No it was made by Grindstone Entertainment Group Capstone Pictures Signature Entertainment Rollercoaster Angel Productions

[@TheBeird]

I watched 12 MONKEYS for the first time the other day. It was great, and also really lovely to watch a Bruce Willis performance where he gave a shit.

[@strangelimes435]

I had a very wholesome experience after watching this garbage fire of a movie. I saw it with my husband and there were two other gentlemen in the cinema (I'm in Queensland, Australia). When the movie was over, one of the gentlemen came up to me and asked 'Just so we're clear, that movie was shit. Right?' I had to laugh! Also, hope you're well!

[@FilmBrain]

That's hilarious! I can't even imagine watching this in a cinema!

[@strangelimes435]

@@FilmBrain it’s $11 I won’t be getting back

[@Geospasmic]

I just recently talked to my dad about Willis's recent movies, and he had seen Cosmic Sin on Netflix and said he couldn't finish it. My dad does not have a high bar for movies. He likes mindless entertainment. This thing must be wretched.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Been waiting for you to do a video on one of these Bruce Willis travesties for ages. Your letterboxd/twitter reviews are so spot on and these films seem to be getting worse and worse

[@CanIswearinmyhandle]

What's up with Willis? does he want to retire but doesn't have the money so he has to keep working? but then he'd show up more than one day right? If he has money then why does he bother when he doesn't care?

[@davidjames579]

Ego, would feel he's nobody if not in a movie?

[@Timelord007]

Be a Seagal, Willis, Cage team up soon about 3 lazy action heroes searching when there careers jumped the shark. Great review Mathew this is shambolic bafflegab of nonsensical piffle, Willis looks half asleep like he's just been woken from his trailer & quickly marched on to the set. However this a masterpiece compared to Willis other Sci fi movie Anti-Life.

[@davidjames579]

Nicholas Cage would def do a film called Jump The Shark.

[@rodrolliv]

Willis aiming at the record of "appearing in the largest number of bad movies of the 21st century".

[@martianmanhunter37]

@La Verdad None of them are even close to Eric Roberts.

[@raymondleggs5508]

Poor Costas Mandylor, Frank Grillo, Adelaide Kane and Luke Wilson....

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Luke Wilson dropped out at the last minute...lucky him!

[@raymondleggs5508]

@@jamesatkinsonja Wilson would have beenbetter than willis though he would actually speak

[@butchdeadlift10]

A bad movie beatdown. Love it

[@billcarsonalias]

1 million for a days work? why not? I would.

[@JamesTobiasStewart]

Comment for the algorithm. Behold my engagement.

[@lewa3910]

They way this review went, i could see it being the subject of your Bad movie beatdown series if you were still doing that

[@morganwhaley9119]

This is the first movie that's named after what people would see the movie as.

[@jordangerardpotier]

here's another Review that's way more entertaining than the actual movie itself.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Really prefer this format to the old BMB in demolishing awful rubbish

[@thewraithwriter22]

Fire with Fire is actually pretty good

[@SuperflySister]

I love your beard and haircut. Keep it! You look great

[@robertparks7233]

I love Bruce,but 3 razzies for 2020,says alot,breach,survive the night,etc .its downhill, until he Quentin t,puts him in his last movie.rp

[@davidjames579]

It sounds like a Cannon film.

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

So, Willis fell victim to "The Hollyweird-Ring Curse", meaning if you don't do movies that will make you feel like being dead, on a regulare basis, you will die after 7 days!?

[@BlazeTheMovieFan]

Great review.

[@HiMyNameIsLeo]

I wonder what those suits were originally made for.

[@ttvtheundeadfarmer2549]

they are halo cosplay suit slighly altered fyi

[@papapetebreen]

The toy gun with the orange tip really is sad. That's when you know they clearly didn't give any sort of care to the production of this movie whatsoever.

[@Soulfly415]

Still not as bad as the Channel Awesome movies that you've acted in...

[@leejones8582]

Bruce got lazy is a shame he can be a good actor.

[@CyborgSodaCollects]

He doesn't even need the money. He's just doing it to pass the time.

[@raymondleggs5508]

That wasn't a orange cap that was the reflection of the red light off of the end of the barrel you can tell by the red lens flares that hit the camera

[@FilmBrain]

The lens flares are digital, likely to mask it as a laser.

[@mollyanderson657]

So basically he's taking the Seagal approach?

[@Dim4323]

So basicly Gears of war.

[@bradwolf07]

So Willis gets paid a million for a day of shooting? I'm both impressed and saddened by this news...

[@devinharbert6071]

I agree with u Matthew those Bruce Willis Direct to video films are cheap

[@sailordallen2838]

I agree that the movie was bad, but what you are saying about sci fi movies is your opinion. In the future we will be still using glocks, our cars probably won't look futuristic. If they do we probably won't buy them. Who wants a car shaped like a flying saucer? You might be saying this because everytime you see a sci fi film that's what they give us all the time so instead of being original we just do what everyone else is doing because we can't see it being done any other way. I mean it literally we can't see it being done any other way. When you see or hear something a great deal it kind of gets programed into your spirit. After that happens it becomes true to you and you can't see things any other way. It took me years to notice this.

[@devinharbert6071]

Review Fire with Fire for BMB

[@chenk002]

It is Starcraft in disguise.

[@cklambo]

Cory Large? Fake name

[@UziNineMillomeetah]

I always wonder who actually watches these flicks. Like how do they keep getting green lit?

[@Oonagh72]

I need a Cats bad movie beatdown.

[@FilmBrain]

Well, I did do a podcast episode on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3jbZpttgLCcpdk

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

A lot more of Bruce Willis' career these days makes sense you realize he STILL thinks his actual calling is jazz and blues music. Despite decades of society telling him otherwise.

[@ronaldspencer547]

People are still using Glocks in 500 years!

[@Staggo_L]

You've been graced with a couple of dogs to review lately. I wonder why.

[@a.g.m8790]

I have some personal conspiracy theories about what’s going on w/ Bruce Willis.. but it says a lot about what he’s been in lately that my first thought wasn’t how did this trash movie get Bruce Willis it was how did it get Frank Grillo lol

[@akehaiov]

Shave that hair... leave the beard - you will rock.

[@bruceleeds7988]

A mil a day... GOOD MOVE

[@baxterwilson368]

I gave up on Bruce a long time ago.

[@Ecw_Kevin_Torres]

I feel so sorry for Bruce Willis where did he guy who play John McClain in the die hard movies so by this point of his career he destroyed his Hollywood career and I remember when Willis wanted to do a die hard 6 movie I hope that doesn’t happened because Bruce Willis has become a douchebag and believe me I have seen the look of his face Willis if you are not interested in acting then retire

[@mengzilla6496]

watchu talking about Willis?

[@JoeChillton]

Bruce just wants to be dead phase strikes again.....

[@UlshaRS]

You forget a style it ripped off, Paul Verhoeven. Except this director has no sense for satire.

[@RichardWatt]

Also, 500 years from now, and we're still using current day guns and bullets? No attempt to develop something else?

[@markiangooley]

“Disinterested” means impartial. What you mean is “uninterested.” But EVERYONE on KZbin says “disinterested” to mean “uninterested, apparently not giving a damn.” I guess that that’s what the word means now! We simply need to say “impartial” when we mean the original meaning of “disinterested.” Right?

[@MrZerothejedi]

The fuck are you on about? O.o

[@tophers3756]

Can we set up a GoFundMe for Bruce so he doesn't have to do these sad, pathetic roles?

[@darknessviking]

i disagree alot. this is the most watchable movie he has made in 5 years

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

So, are the cliche evil aliens even OK looking in this? EDIT: oh they can possess human bodies... because that makes the budget smaller. ARGH cheap sci-fi is crap.

[@darrenclements6028]

Ultimate Bruce Willis snooze fest Cosmic Sin is ABSOLUTELY trash and completely Garbage

[@garymcderp1146]

Bruce Willis must’ve lost a bet or something because this was the worst thing I’ve ever seen. It’s like the entire budget was $5,000 and $4,950 of it went to Willis for phoning this shit in. He does ZERO acting in this.

[@MrZerothejedi]

I have to wonder if you chart the growth of Bruce Willis' lack of giving a shit with the growth of the people who think/know he has a micro penis. And if that chart grows as quickly as I think it does, I'm disappointed in you, Bruce Willis. There's more to acting than groupies! But like also 🤔 Does that not eventually self fulfill?

[@vinnievega9843]

It’s like Bruce is making a really bad Sy-fi series.. that breach movie was bad, but this was beyond bad. Please Bruce 🛑 stop

[@cartoonkelly7924]

It just gets more and more terrible This movie sounds dumb and painful