Set Up
starring Jenna Dewan, Randy Couture, James Remar, Shaun Toub, Will Yun Lee, Brett Granstaff and Bruce Willis
written by Mike Gunther and Mike Behrman
directed by Mike Gunther
Rating: ♦◊◊◊◊
I expected a lot more from a movie with Bruce Willis in it. Set Up was almost as depressing as watching n Irish movie.
A trio of thieves lift a fortune in diamonds from a courier. They are supposed to be friends, but one of the trio turns on the others and the movie becomes a tale of revenge. One way and another the Mob gets involved and the stakes as well as the violence escalate. It’s an exciting film but so depressing, set in run down inner city neighborhoods occupied by unshaven, unwashed, fashion-deprived wise guys who can’t see a bad thing or a no-win situation coming even after it’s arrived.