None of this matters too much, though, given that most viewers are here to see whether or not Willis turns in another somnambulant, phoned-in-from-abroad performance. Though plenty trashy, there’s an only muted sense of fun cutting through this thing, with none of the characters, one-liners, or bloody action sequences quite hitting an enjoyably slushy stride. Though this is a sturdy rung above Willis’ recent straight-to-streaming embarrassments like Reprisal, 10 Minutes Gone, and Trauma Center, it still leaves one wishing it played things a little more loosely, channelling the consciously schlocky vibe of, say, Guy Pearce’s gloriously dumb 2012 sci-fi thriller Lockout. The likes of Alien, Aliens, The Thing, Event Horizon, Resident Evil, and Sunshine are liberally referenced and homaged throughout, occasionally with cute wink-wink nods to the audience, but far too often feeling like screenwriters Edward Drake and Corey Large – who have also penned a few more of Willis’ upcoming movies – didn’t have any original ideas of their own. Noah works alongside grizzled veteran Clay Young (Willis), though before long finds himself suspected of sabotage after an otherworldly entity finds its way onto the ship, one keen to turn the crew against one another as fast as possible.īreach is absolutely the bastard child of the dozens of sci-fi-action/horror films you think it is.
In 2242, a plague has wiped out most of humanity, with the few survivors being shipped to a colony on a new planet dubbed “New Earth.” Aboard the final ship headed to the planet is a pregnant woman, Hayley (Kassandra Clementi), and her stowaway boyfriend Noah (Cody Kearsley), the latter posing as a member of the ship’s small custodian staff, all while the colonists are placed in a six-month cryo-stasis.
And yet while certainly more effortful than your average Willis streamer joint, this genre riff from filmmaker John Suits – who, amusingly, also directed Willis’ recent Die Hard-themed commercial for DieHard car batteries – is still only recommendable for the actor’s ardent completionists. With its high-concept sci-fi premise and CGI-soaked aesthetic, Breach is a far cry from the wholly generic shoot ’em up action-thrillers Willis has bored us with for years now. It’s little secret that Bruce Willis has been a seemingly willing participant in the direct-to-VOD thriller movie cottage industry for the better part of a decade now, though Breach represents something a little different for the flagging A-lister. On the cusp of fatherhood, a junior mechanic aboard an interstellar ark to New Earth must outwit a malevolent cosmic terror intent on using the spaceship as a weapon. Starring Bruce Willis, Johnny Messner, Thomas Jane, Rachel Nichols, Corey Large, Alexander Kane, Cody Kearsley, and Kassandra Clementi.
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