Fortress: Sniper’s Eye is just as bland and forgettable as its predecessor and nothing much to really latch on to as there’s no real good bad elements and it’s even harder to watch now knowing what Bruce Willis is going through. For that alone just skip this.
Fortress: Sniper’s Eye
(2022)
Genre(s): Action, Suspense/Thriller
Lionsgate| R – 87 min. – $21.98 | June 7, 2022
Date Published: 06/23/2022 | Author: The Movieman
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Lionsgate provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
The opinions I share are my own.
THE MOVIE — 1½/5 |
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Plot Synopsis: Weeks after a deadly assault on Fortress Camp, Robert (BRUCE WILLIS) makes a daring rescue to save Sasha (NATALI YARI), the widow of his old nemesis, Balzary (CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY). But back in the camp’s compound bunker, it appears Sasha may have plans of her own, and as a new attack breaks out, Robert is confronted with a familiar face he never thought he’d see again.
Quick Hit Review: Fortress: Sniper’s Eye is a sequel to the film released last year and “stars” Bruce Willis reprising his role along with Jesse Metcalfe, Chad Michael Murray, Kelly Greyson and others. I knew what to expect going, a boring slog of an action-thriller that has zero entertainment value littered with bad dialogue and bland acting, including Willis who spent a good amount time in a hospital bed. Not much else to really say about this with the only positive being that it’s mercifully only 82-minutes (without credits) and of that, probably 4-5 minutes of flashbacks to the first film. Nobody comes out of this unscathed, though I will say Chad Michael Murray had that “aw f-it” performance and had a couple fun moments. That said, given Bruce Willis’ diagnosis of aphasia, I will give him some slack. Otherwise, the sequel rehashes some of the same plot elements of the last one and has just as many clunky action scenes.
Fortress: Sniper’s Eye (and don’t ask me, no idea what that title means) was directed by Josh Sternfled whose last movie was 12 years ago while the screenplay was written by Alan Horsnail who also scripted the first film along with Midnight in the Switchgrass from a story by actor Emile Hirsch and Randall Emmett, the latter better known for producing most of these crappy DTV features. |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 1½/5 |
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This release comes with a title-embossed and glossy slip cover. Inside is a redemption code for the Digital HD copy. Features include Making Fortress: Sniper’s Eye (7:30) behind-the-scenes featurette and the Trailer (2:01). |
VIDEO – 3½/5 |
| The 1080p high-definition transfer for Fortress: Sniper’s Eye doesn’t look all that well in HD, detail at best is acceptable and that’s mostly on close-ups as everything else looks out of focus or just plain ugly. Colors are okay I suppose but that’s faint praise. |
AUDIO – 3¼/5 |
| The movie includes a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which is serviceable with dialogue coming across the majority of time sounding a bit fuzzy (probably the poor on-set sound design) while the action scenes hardly have any depth. I don’t remember exactly but I think this was an issue on the first film as well. |
OVERALL – 2/5 |
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Overall, Fortress: Sniper’s Eye is just as bland and forgettable as its predecessor and nothing much to really latch on to as there’s no real good bad elements and it’s even harder to watch now knowing what Bruce Willis is going through. For that alone just skip this. |
Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers.