Willis plays a deep space oil driller who is sent into space to try and destroy an asteroid hurling towards the planet. While “Deep Impact” got the better reviews “Armageddon” was still a huge hit. This year saw two films about asteroids hitting earth released at the same time. Starring Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler. Image Credit: Moviestore Collection/REX/Shutterstockĭirector: Michael Bay. Willis has nice chemistry with the young actor playing the boy. The boy has cracked a secret government code which sets corrupt National Security Agents on a quest to kill him. Willis gives one of his better action performance in this story of an FBI agent trying to save a young autistic boy’s life. Starring Alec Baldwin, Chi McBride, Camryn Manheim. Based on the novel by Ryne Douglas Pearson. Writers: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal. Image Credit: Peter Sorel/Universal/Imagine Ent/Kobal/REX/Shutterstockĭirector: Harold Becker. Tour our photo gallery of Willis’ greatest films, including the “Die Hard” franchise, “Pulp Fiction” and “The Sixth Sense.” In the 1980s the divide between film and television stardom was still pretty wide and many actors such as Tom Selleck and Ted Danson found difficulty making their TV success work on the big screen. Willis then did the unthinkable thing for the time and somehow managed to parlay his television fame into a highly successful film career. The show would run for five seasons and win Willis an Emmy for Best Drama Actor in 1987. He first became a famously flashy bartender in various clubs (think Tom Cruise in “Cocktail”), but found his big break years later understudying and later replacing Ed Harris in the acclaimed off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard’s play “Fool for Love.”Īfter only a few television guest starring roles on shows such as “Miami Vice” and “The Twilight Zone,” Willis rocketed to television stardom on “Moonlighting.” The show became known as much for its off-screen fireworks as those onscreen due to the combustible relationship Willis had with his co-star Cybill Shepherd. Willis grew up in New Jersey, but after appearing in a college production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” he dropped out and left for New York City to launch a professional acting career. Let’s take a look back at his greatest films in our photo gallery that ranks his top 15 performances from worst to best. Willis has always been a box office success during his career and had occasional positive response from critics as well. After a decades-long successful acting career, Bruce Willis deserved better than what Paradise City gave him.Bruce Willis has decided to step away from acting due to an ongoing medical condition affecting his cognitive abilities. ![]() The movie's failures weren't the result of its cast, and ultimately the film did Willis a huge disservice. At the end of the day, Die Hard actor Bruce Willis didn't deserve to go out on Paradise City being his final note. Outside the cast, the only thing that was praised in Paradise City was the setting of Hawaii. As well, the tension in the movie fell flat at numerous points, with expository-heavy scenes taking the front seat, and action sitting passively in the back. Bruce Willis' last film was overrun with genre tropes and clichés. Many of the reviews point the finger at the story and the stakes, rather than the cast themselves. Paradise City opened to staggeringly negative reviews, with the film sitting at 3.6 stars out of 10 on IMDb and a "rotten" 8% critics score on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. ![]() The reviews for the Paradise City film reveal that it was an unfortunate last outing before Bruce Willis' retirement. While it's telling that he was involved in several of Willis’ recent unsuccessful films, Large’s quest boded well for Paradise City, suggesting that he is a fan of Willis and Travolta’s previous collaboration in Pulp Fiction, and he worked to create the same chemistry seen nearly 30 years ago. ![]() In addition to the epic reunion of Willis and Travolta, Bruce Willis' last film was written by Corey Large, who had been angling toward getting Willis and Travolta back on screen together for over 15 years. The Paradise City film saw the reunion of the two legendary actors in a pairing that stands as a testament to what could arguably be considered the highest point of Willis’ career. It was Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic Pulp Fiction in 1994 that truly gave Willis and Travolta the opportunity to work together. ![]() While Willis and Travolta’s first film credit is Look Who’s Talking in 1989, the film left little opportunity for shared screen time as Willis’ role was a voiceover.
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