Survive the Night
starring Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray and Shea Buckner
written by Doug Wolfe
directed by Matt Eskandari
Rating: ◊◊◊◊◊
A doctor (Chad Michael Murray) is taken hostage along with his family after two criminals - brothers Rich and Jamie - break into the house and demand he remove a bullet from one of them. However, the doctor’s father Frank (Bruce Willis) finds that his wife had been killed. Frank suddenly picks up a knife at hand, begins fighting with the criminals for a long night. It’s a stupid series of help-my-brother-or-I’ll-kill-you threats shouted at a terrorized family by the psychopathic Jamie that just became dull listening. So dull that I often had to skip ahead to see what happens. But nothing interesting happens. The whole movie is a copy of dozens of other movies. It’s just a formula.
Boring!