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Vice
Where the future is your past.
Julian Michaels has designed the ultimate resort: VICE, where anything goes and the customers can play out their wildest fantasies with artificial inhabitants who look, think and feel like humans. When an artificial becomes self-aware and escapes, she finds herself caught in the crossfire between Julian's mercenaries and a cop who is hell-bent on shutting down Vice, and stopping the violence once and for all.
- Original title
- Vice
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Revenue
- —
Wuchak
May 4, 2019 · via TMDB
***Big city sci-fi thriller with Bruce Willis and Thomas Jane about artificial humans*** In the near future, a big city resort called Vice utilizes artificial humans wherein clients can fulfill their debased fantasies, including rape, robbery and murder. An artificial female (Ambyr Childers) escapes and seeks sanctuary at a city church. Bruce Willis plays the entrepreneur of the resort, Thomas Jane a disheveled cop who wants to put him out of business and Bryan Greenberg the man who resides in the church, but he ain’t no pastor. "Vice" (2015) mixes the concept of “Westworld” (1973) and “Futureworld” (1976) with elements of “Blade Runner” (1982), “Groundhog Day” (1993), “Universal Soldier” (1992) and “The Island” (2005). While it only cost $10 million and you can’t expect blockbuster production values, it’s more polished than the average SyFy flick, which usually only cost $3 million or less. Practically the entire movie takes place at nighttime in the big city and I like the reverent tone. Jane is great as the city cop and Willis is his reliable self in a role he could do in his sleep. Childers comes across as a low rent meshing of Malin Akerman and Alicia Silverstone, but in her mid-20s. She’s a’right, but it would’ve been better with someone of the caliber of Scarlett Johannson or Silverstone when she was younger. What turned me off is the eye-rolling way the security guards at the resort couldn’t hit the side of a barn; meanwhile the cop rarely misses. Sure, this is done in a lot in movies, but there’s a way to do it that looks relatively realistic and doesn’t insult the intelligence of the viewer. Not so here. “Vice” thankfully shoots for some depth amidst its action thrills. For instance, there’s the question of robotic self-awareness, which was explored with Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Then there’s the debate over media violence & sex, whether in movies or video games. Does it provide an outlet for people to purge their debased desires or does it encourage that behavior in the real world? Lastly, there’s a halfhearted commentary on religious fundamentalism and spirituality. While lackluster in some ways (due to its low-budget), I liked the reverent tone and the profundities amid the thrills, not to mention Jane’s entertaining performance. It’s marginally better than “Westworld” (1973), which, let’s face it, wasn’t exactly a masterpiece. The film runs 1 hour, 36 minutes and was shot in Mobile, Alabama, and Miami, Florida. GRADE: C+/B- (5.5/10)
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Ambyr Childers
Kelly
Thomas Jane
Roy
Bryan Greenberg
Evan
Bruce Willis
Julian
Johnathon Schaech
Chris
Charlotte Kirk
Melissa
Brett Granstaff
James
Ryan O'Nan
Det. Matthews
Colin Egglesfield
Reiner
Jesse Pruett
Officer Pullman
Tyler Jon Olson
Steve
Don Harvey
Kasansky
Lydia Hull
Stacey
Nikki BreAnne Wells
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Douglas M. Griffin
Serrano
Martin Blencowe
Sean
Damon Lipari
Ryan
Ashley Kirk
Rachel
Tamara Belousova
Andrea
Courtney Blythe Turk
Hostess
Emily June Ellis
Heather
Eddie Matthews
Bozz
Grant Koo
John
Stephen C. Sepher
Guard
Geoff Reeves
Mercenary #4
Patrick Constantine Bertagnolli, Jr.
Vice Tech (uncredited)
Brianna Bond
Artificial (uncredited)
Stephen Conroy
Vice Tech #2 (uncredited)
Billy Culbertson
Bouncer (uncredited)
Jamie Gliddon
Barrel Bum (uncredited)
Aria London
Jasmine (uncredited)
Michael Santini
Pleasure Model (uncredited)
Karen Strassman
Reporter (uncredited)
Franco-Giacomo Carbone
Production Design
Allison Caetano
Stunt Double
Brian A. Miller
Director
Rick Shaine
Editor
Deborah Aquila
Casting
Tricia Wood
Casting
Brett Granstaff
Executive Producer
Corey Large
Executive Producer
Mark Stewart
Executive Producer
Stephen J. Eads
Executive Producer
Tarek Anthony Jabre
Executive Producer
Wayne Marc Godfrey
Executive Producer
Adam Goldworm
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George Furla
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Randall Emmett
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Mary C. Rolfes
Unit Production Manager
David Barber
Supervising Sound Editor
Jeremy Passmore
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