Midnight in the Switchgrass

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Featuring Bruce Willis on the cover and given top billing, we come to realize that isn't the case. As he is in a smaller supporting role. Emile Hirsch is essentially the lead here, along with Megan Fox. This film is quite lazy, with bad writing, average acting and quite slow at times. It does get better in the second half but also the conclusion feels a little rushed. Watching this film reminded that of the tv series True Detective, but nowhere near the level.

I was so happy this finally came out just to be horribly disappointed. The film jumps around in the storyline so frequently that there never really is time for character development. The a screenwriting was awful. There really isn't a climax to the story, it's just lines being said and hoping something comes together. Not sure what the big deal is about the chemistry between Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly, the are together on screen twice and what maybe amounts to 5 minutes total. Don't pay to watch this movie.

From the very beginning, Midnight in the Switchgrass promises the feintest GLIMPSES of brilliance. These glimpses, unfortunately, are so random, sometimes subtle and mostly so unsure of themselves, they die out much too soon, and we are left with a film that implodes under the weight of trying to accomplish that which it realizes pretty soon, that it can't. One of the main and apparent reasons it cannot, is the inclusion of Bruce Willis in the cast. In 2021 alone, I believe there were 6 or 7 films that had Willis floating around in them, and each one was made worse by the very limited number of minutes he actually appeared in them. The poor guy is renting his name out for peanuts and delivering lines with less verve and conviction than that which he uses to order a Latte when he's unsure of how he wants it. Seriously, without gunshots, burning buildings, or explosions, Bruce was never a scene-stealer to begin with, and recently, it's worse than that. By now, it should be a well-established fact that Bruce Willis is there for a paycheck which he will reward with one or two blank stares and a few mumbled lines. The second reason, is that the name Megan Fox implies bad-to-mediocre acting at best, so most people will tune in for her face (which once was glorious until she self-sabotaged it to lesser-so), or her body. That is really a shame because quite surprisingly, Fox delivers a pretty great performance and believable interpretation of her character. In fact, I think it may be one of her best-acted roles. Emile Hirsh, who I have only seen in a couple of other things, has never disappointed and does not disappoint in this - that is, WITH WHAT HE'S GIVEN - which is unfortunately, not enough. The random glimpses of great, are not enough to elevate this film to "good".

What happen to emile hirsch ??? He was good actor before or it's just me ?

Terrible script, terrible acting, idiotic characters. Complete waste of time. Nothing makes much sense here, but two things stand out: 1. Megan Fox's blinding incompetence. It's unbelievable how anyone would think she can act. Cleavage and over-use of makeup can't make up for talent. 2. Bruce Willis's desperate need for cash. He so nonchalantly delivers his telegraphic lines, that you can't help but think he was having a ball by making money so easily. His scenes amount maybe to a total of 5 minutes. His name is in this movie is just there to lend it some credence, which is dwindling by the minute, as he keeps on showing up for dud after dud.

Prostitutes are being killed and dumped along I-10 in Florida. Bruce Willis and Megan Fox play FBI agents working a sting operation in the same area. They meet up with local law enforcement agent Emile Hirsch who is unofficially working the case of a serial killer. Willis is old and tired so Fox and Hirsch do the footwork to catch Lukas Haas who we know is the killer from early in the feature. The plot is straight forward and predictable. I believe Willis is actually dead and is being propped up like "Weekend at Bernie's" with his voice cut from old films. Fox shows off her legs in the opening scene. Hirsch really put himself into the role even if no one else did. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity in a film about prostitutes.

Well known producer Randall Emmett I guess decided to get hands dirty on set with filmmaking, and this film was his first ever dabble in that department as director. He did not disappoint. Then add amateur writer Alan Horsnail - his first ever involvement in the film industry, and these two newb filmmakers gave us something pretty darn impressive. Sure it wasn't perfect, and when you see the name "Bruce Willis", you naturally are prepared for disappointment, but I was pleasantly surprised with his performance - finally. Then you have Megan Fox in her last film "Till Death", of which was an impressive movie, but her acting was stale, and I couldn't get over her "perfect make-up" even in the dirtiest of scenes. Well wow to Ms. Fox, she acted like a champ in this one, and I'm thinking her most convincing role in a long time. Bonus: her hair an make-up actually weren't perfect, so she even looked the part. For that matter, all casting and performances were great, especially Lukas Haas who creeped the creepy dude quite well. Even Fox's new beau Colson Baker aka Machine Gun Kelly's performance was awesome. It was good to see Sly's daughter Sistine play her role so well. The pacing was decent, and the 99 min runtime flew buy with lots of tension and suspense. I didn't know this was based on true events, so that made Emile Hirsch's character that much more impressive. There were very few plot and technical issues - impressive for newb filmmakers, and I found the screenplay flowed effortlessly and with solid continuity. There may have been some editing issues in some scenes, but that can easily be overlooked considering the newbs. The cinematography was great, and the music and score spot-on. Mad props to Emmett and Horsnail for this little gem, which was way more impressive than I expected, and thus, well deserving of my 8/10.