The read
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,686 2010s action movies in this catalog score higher.
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes21%
Metacritic28/100
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
723 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark CullenWriter
- Robb CullenWriter
- Mark CullenDirector
- Jeff CardoniOriginal Music Composer
- Robb CullenDirector
Cast
- Bruce WillisSteve
- Jason MomoaSpyder
- John GoodmanDave Phillips
- Thomas MiddleditchJohn
- Famke JanssenKatey Ford
- Elisabeth RöhmAnne Phillips
- Adam GoldbergLou the Jew
- Wood HarrisThe Prince
- Emily RobinsonTaylor
- Kal PennRajeesh
- Adrian MartinezTino
- TygaSalvatore
Stills
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Themes
copthiefprivate investigatorganglos angeles, californiadogambivalentindifferent