Paradise City

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Paradise City

R

Released Nov 11, 2022

1h 34m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Movie icons and Pulp Fiction costars Bruce Willis and John Travolta face off in this action-packed thriller. When bounty hunter Ian Swan (Willis) is shot and presumed dead after disappearing in Maui waters, Swan's son, Ryan (Blake Jenner), his ex-partner (Stephen Dorff), and a local detective (Praya Lundberg) set out to find his killers. After being threatened by a ruthless power broker (Travolta), it appears Ryan and his team are out of options -- until an excursion to the closely guarded island community of Paradise City unites them with an unforeseen ally.

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

I’m not sure if what Willis, Travolta, and Dorff do here rises to what you’d call integrity, but all three seem to be enjoying themselves. They slum with style.

Nov 12, 2022

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

This is TV-cop-show-level stuff, shot in some of Hawaii’s least scenic locations. The stars can’t save it.

Nov 11, 2022

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

[It] sounds like one of those fake movies joked about on “Seinfeld” or “30 Rock.” And yet “Paradise City” is a reality of sorts, albeit an uncomfortable reality.

Nov 10, 2022

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Alan Ng

Film Threat

Paradise City is a fun and lightweight tale for an evening of Hulu and chill.

Rated: 6.5/10

Feb 5, 2024

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

... A low-budget action film, difficult to watch in terms of plot, and in the style of a tourist video without heads or tails. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2/10

Sep 26, 2023

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Dull cliched thriller.

Rated: C

Nov 30, 2022

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Alfie M

Paradise City is a movie made 30 years-to-late. It's obvious the poor Bruce Willis is ill here, it's filled with amateur filmmaking, sound design ( like really bad), editing. John Travolta must have been with a common cold because his voice is off (I understand he lost his wife prior and this was his first role back). My only positive is the fake blood, it actually looks brilliant (in the age of shitty digital blood). Dorff, Travolta and even Willis weren't terrible, just the side cast were absolutely garbage. What a huge step down from Nickolas Maggios Mob Land, A film with Travolta which released just after this which is great. Stephen Dorff is also starred, (I am a fan of Dorff).

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/25/25

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Kyle M

Formerly prolific direction joins in the turkey platter with formulaic decency, rather balancing in flourished scenery and the amount of efforts made into the narrative resulting in subpar execution. (C+)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/19/24

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Steve D

Wasting 2 legends instead of one does not improve your film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/24

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Heyguy M

Good plot just didnt have any actors (Only two) really acting and the rest of the cast should find another job!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/26/23

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Audience Member

Awful plot. Bad acting!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/24/23

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Rhesa S

This is one big SNL sketch. Because they could NEVER be serious with this. The dialogue sounds like direct plot points….. so lazy and cringy. The acting and writing is like a bad 1997 movie. How dare they have bloopers in the end credits…. THE ENTIRE MOVIE FELT LIKE A BLOOPER.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/09/23

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Movie icons and Pulp Fiction costars Bruce Willis and John Travolta face off in this action-packed thriller. When bounty hunter Ian Swan (Willis) is shot and presumed dead after disappearing in Maui waters, Swan's son, Ryan (Blake Jenner), his ex-partner (Stephen Dorff), and a local detective (Praya Lundberg) set out to find his killers. After being threatened by a ruthless power broker (Travolta), it appears Ryan and his team are out of options -- until an excursion to the closely guarded island community of Paradise City unites them with an unforeseen ally.

Director: Chuck Russell
Screenwriter: Corey Large, Edward Drake, Chuck Russell
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Buffalo 8 Productions, Grandave Capital, Head Gear Films, BondIt Media Capital, Just Bridge Entertainment, The Exchange, LB Entertainment, Arcana Studio, Metrol Technology, 308 Ent, Yale Productions
Rating: R (Violence and Language)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 11, 2022
Runtime: 1h 34m

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