Fire with Fire (2012)

Simply Perfect

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Crappy film

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The fans of action movies. or fans of actors. because it is one of many films with precise target. fight, revenge, fire, decent performances and a love story. not only predictable. but ...strange. not for story, not for less credibility of many scenes but for the eccentric idea to give a role - perfect for a younger Bruce Willis- to Josh Duhamel who seems out of his character almost scene by scene. the second problem is the role of ...Bruce Willis . except few punches, he plays, in good way, an almost blank character. Vincent Onofrio , looking as Truman Capote, is one of few good pillars of this mixture of different levels of revenge plan. so, a film for fans.

Muddled and confusing, plodding and slow-moving. Airhead children becoming accidental heroes. Bruce Willis is totally wasted. Not as much as in 'Cold Light Of Day', and 'Extraction', for he has a lot more screen time, but his character could be eliminated from this script, and no one would notice. Can't believe he did this movie. And, Willis is not the only thing wasted. I wasted 97 minutes of my precious time watching it. The only thing positive I can say about it is that Vincent D'Onofrio is good actor. It takes a good actor to make one hate his character, and he did that very well, though he, too, is far above this garbage. Avoid it at all costs!!

When fireman Josh Duhamel witnesses a murder in a convenience store he is put in witness protection and it doesn't work he has to fight fire with fire. Poor Josh gets beaten up to many times and has to be a one man fire fighter criminal killing machine. He is a capable and suitable action hero but the story he has to work with loses steam after the first half hour.Rosario Dawson plays an FBI agent - but the most useless agent in history till the end.Bruce Willis looks tired and squinty and doesn't do much - but I guess they need his name to add prestige to the project.It's okay for one watch but it is a bit of a let down and you'll see why it went straight to DVD.

If you like Josh Duhamel, if you like witness protection program, if you like action and manhunt through the US...Then this movie is made for you.Don't come for Bruce Willis, he has a secondary role, we don't see him that much.This movie storyline is a bit like "Eraser" with Arnold Schwarzenneger.But the action is 30 years later.And this time with Josh Duhamel, who plays his role great.This is a great action movie.Watch it with your friends.