Once Upon a Time in Venice

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Once Upon a Time in Venice

Released Jun 16, 2017

1h 34m

Action

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

Once Upon a Time in Venice has a little more of a spark than typical late-period Bruce Willis tough guy movies, but it's still a steep, disappointing tumble from his best work.

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Robert Abele

TheWrap

That hissing sound you hear is the air being let out of Bruce Willis as he struggles mightily to reconnect with once-vital action-comedy chops in the dim, unfunny Once Upon a Time in Venice.

Jun 16, 2017

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Of course Willis employs his trademark smirk and his familiar sarcastic line readings. Of course we've seen him play variations on this downtrodden, wisecracking cynic in better movies. But B-movie Willis is still kind of a hoot.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 16, 2017

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Vikram Murthi

RogerEbert.com

Once Upon a Time in Venice frequently sags underneath its own general lethargy, and not even the snarkiest John McClane can fix that.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 16, 2017

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Leigh Monson

Substream Magazine

Stuff happens in Venice, but it never feels like it's building toward anything, either as a payoff for the setpieces it subjects us to or as a subversion of expected payoff.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 24, 2020

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

... the chaos and mish-mash of ideas takes over and not much is done to reign it in and make it into a movie that doesn't feel like a bit of a mess.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 17, 2020

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Ard Vijn

ScreenAnarchy

Once Upon a Time in Venice sports a truly incredible cast, who are then placed as cartoon characters in a shallow pastiche of crime stories. Enter a world where every person is defined by stereotype, yet still gets introduced by a narrator.

Jan 9, 2020

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This awful movie is a politically correct Pulp Fiction at best. It even shamelessly borrows some background music from it. All the well known actors couldn't save it from all the flat jokes, lousy directing, horrible script and predictable plotline.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/04/24

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Koen H

Ohhhhwww damn wat een doffe film was dat -_-

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/24

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Steve D

How did they get THIS cast to do this film?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/02/23

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Yuri B

Holy s***, this was hilarious. It was so bad that it was really good. And the random stars throughout this flick were excellent. Hell they even had John Goodman & Jason Momoa.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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J W

Bruce's personality really comes across in this comedy action movie and where else can you see a major star pull a gun out of his butt cheeks. Lighten up and enjoy this movie at face value. I must admit tho that the dog was not worth the effort.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/09/23

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Audience Member

Enjoyable but not a great movie overall

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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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.

Director: Mark Cullen
Producer: Nicolas Chartier, Zev Foreman, Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen
Screenwriter: Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen
Distributor: RLJ Entertainment
Production Co: Voltage Pictures
Genre: Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 16, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 16, 2017
Runtime: 1h 34m

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