{"id":19517,"date":"2018-10-09T11:54:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T18:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=19517"},"modified":"2018-10-25T09:43:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T16:43:20","slug":"review-reprisal-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2018\/10\/review-reprisal-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisal Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Reprisal<\/em><\/strong> is just another forgettable direct-to-video thriller from the illustrious Grindstone Entertainment production company and it\u2019s also another film featuring a lackluster performance from Bruce Willis.<\/p>\n

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Reprisal<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Suspense\/Thriller, Drama
\nLionsgate | R \u2013 89 min. \u2013 $21.99 | October 16, 2018<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 10\/09\/2018 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Brian A. Miller
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Bryce Hammons (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Frank Grillo, Bruce Willis, Olivia Culpo, Johnathon Schaech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurette, Interviews, Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, English, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>22.3 GB
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Lionsgate provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 1.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Reprisal<\/em><\/strong> is the latest direct-to-video fare from the illustrious Grindstone Entertainment Group, a company that turns and burns these kind of productions, quite of a few sadly co-star Bruce Willis and even now have roped in the underrated and often underutilized Frank Grillo as well.<\/p>\n

The plot for Reprisal<\/em><\/strong> focuses on Jacob (FRANK GRILLO), a bank manager and all around family man whose bank is the latest target from a violent robber. After being traumatized by the event and being placed on administrative relief, the household finances were already in dire straits. And as a way to cope with the experience, he teams up with his neighbor and retired ex-cop James (BRUCE WILLIS) to investigate and track down this murderous criminal, and in the process collect the large 6-figure reward.<\/p>\n

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So, Jacob does what apparently an FBI task force cannot and begins thinking like the robber, as we discover his name is Gabriel (JOHNATHON SCHAECH), and eventually manages to even find Gabriel\u2019s headquarters. Not only that, is also able to follow him and discover his next target. The robbery is nearly thwarted but Gabriel does get away, but stashes the money in an underground parking lot, to which Jacob finds the loot and decides to take it for himself. Big mistake, especially when Gabriel finds out Jacob\u2019s identity and begins targeting his asthmatic daughter and beautiful wife.<\/p>\n

Now it is up to Jacob to save his family as we witness a \u201cthrilling\u201d and \u201cincompetently\u201d edited final sequence that attempts and so fails as trying to be as suspense-filled as the shootout featured in Heat<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Reprisal<\/em><\/strong> is the typical, middle-of-the-road, poorly made direct-to-video movie from Grindstone. Forgettable mess at its finest, trotting out Bruce Willis in the hopes his name and face will get people to dish out the $15-20 price to buy on DVD or Blu-ray only to realize he is a supporting player in a minimal role with a badly written script that doesn\u2019t make a lick of sense despite what is a simple plot. Even if one were to buy that a bank manager could suddenly become a fairly masterful investigator, seeing trends that even the FBI hasn\u2019t found, it\u2019s hard to ignore some of the logic, including a shootout ending that, perhaps justified in some way, would land our lead character in jail.<\/p>\n

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I also would be remiss if I didn\u2019t mention the editing in the aforementioned finale. I\u2019m getting into SPOILER<\/strong> territory, so might want to skip, but bad guy Gabriel kidnaps Jacob\u2019s wife and daughter and we cut back and forth as Jacob and Gabriel exchange gunfire set against James\u2019s ex-cop friends searching for Jacob\u2019s family, and are actually found in the back of a pick-up, thus eliminating any sort of suspense, which relatively speaking was limited anyway, from a scene as Jacob is crushed when James arrives on the scene, checks in on the family no less, and shoots and kills Gabriel, leaving Jacob utterly angry and in dismay… This, I guess, could\u2019ve made for a (moderately) better sequence if we didn\u2019t know they were rescued, but instead it made the entire sequence feel empty.<\/p>\n

But I digress. While Reprisal<\/em><\/strong> is indeed bad, there wasn\u2019t a point where I was angry (those kind of movies sit on my all-time bottom 15 movies or so), this is an all around forgettable thriller where even the actors didn\u2019t seem like they gave two-s\u2019s, especially Willis who seemed to have the delivery of a man who is slowly dying inside, wondering how it went so wrong. Skip.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a glossy, title-embossed, slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a redemption code for the Digital HD<\/strong> copy. The only features is a Making Reprisal<\/em> (9:29; HD)<\/u><\/strong> featurette; some Cast\/Crew Interviews (26:27; HD)<\/u><\/strong> including Director Brian A. Miller, Frank Grillo, Olivia Culpo, Johnathon Schaech and Colin Egglesfield; and the Trailer (2:18; HD)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Trailers<\/strong> \u2013 Bleeding Steel<\/em><\/a>, Escape Plan 2: Hades<\/em><\/a>, Acts of Violence<\/em><\/a>, Extraction<\/em><\/a>, First Kill<\/em><\/a>, Marauders<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Reprisal<\/em><\/strong> comes to Blu-ray from Lionsgate presented with a 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition. Not sure if this made on film or digital, but did have the texture of the latter, where there is some fine noise in some scenes. That said, detail is fairly sharp throughout and colors were pretty vibrant.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The disc comes with a standard but effective DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 which does sound quite good with crisp and clear dialogue levels and some decent depth for the shootout scenes, though nothing that will give the sound system a workout.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 1.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, Reprisal<\/em><\/strong> is just another forgettable direct-to-video thriller from the illustrious Grindstone Entertainment production company and it\u2019s also another film featuring a lackluster performance from Bruce Willis, marking this his tenth that I\u2019ve seen, a far cry from his superstar days. In any case, the Blu-ray release offers good video\/audio transfers and a lackluster bonus features selection.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
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