The Prince

This movie was a very interesting to watch. With a focus in a more underground aspect of New Orleans. The director managed to create a classic cinematography feel to it which is a very refreshing thing to see in a more homogenous bombardment of movies who have the same lighting methods and camera angles. I have seen other reviews on the movie calling out their concerns about having fairly well known actors not being used to their full potential, I disagree with their assessments, movies are not spotlights for certain people to have a stage to further the career, it is a opportunity for great actors to paint a story and transport the audience into their world which was done decently well in this movie. Some things that I felt were not done as well as I would have personally liked included character background. I understand that the past is supposed to be more mysterious but some more background as to how the mc got to that point in his younger self would have been nice. And at times the pacing for the movie was off. Not a perfect movie to my likings but considerably better than some of these other raters would have you believe.

How many people got killed in this movie? Too many for me to count. It was worse than D-Day so instead of Saving Private Ryan we have Saving Junkie Ho Daughter. Is it me or has this story been used a lot already? How about a little twist on it at least like they steal the guy's cat, or his favorite house plant, just anything in the way of motivation besides a guy's daughter being kidnapped. Taken was a bad movie and this is a bad copy of that film making The Prince a bad copy of a bad movie…and the director made an earlier movie with a similar plot called The Outsider. Dude, stop, please stop. At the time of this writing the film has a 4.6 rating here which is a bit generous. Seeing how his daughter is a junkie ho it's pretty obvious he was crap as a father and now all of a sudden he's out to win parent of the year? Bruce Willis, please choose better vehicles for your career. Here's another little bit of advice, cut down on your living expenses so you aren't forced to make completely awful movies like this just to pay your monthly nut. You'll lose your self-respect if you haven't already. The young girl with the assassin is a terrible actress and her part was totally annoying and superfluous. Remove her from the film and the rating would go up two whole points. How many times have you seen someone shoot somebody and they fall into a pool, the shooter's own swimming pool? Now you have to drain the damn thing, clean it, and the refill it. Wouldn't it be easier to kill the guy somewhere else? Shooting someone is about as messy as it gets. Use a garrote; no blood, no mess. And we're supposed to be afraid of his Chinese lady boy assassin? A seriously lousy awful film.

"The Prince" is a deceptive film. It had a well-made poster, with an intriguing title and well-known actors in its cast. It looked like it would be a solid action film. The opening credits looked very good as well and smartly conceptualized. However, they did not deliver on their promise. Paul (Jason Patric) loses contact with his daughter Beth, who was supposedly in college. It appears she had fallen into bad company and was heavy into the drugs habit. Paul just so happened to be a former topnotch assassin with massive skills to kill. While rescuing his daughter, Paul single-handedly routs the entire drug organization, who turns out to be led by Omar (Bruce Willis), a man with the biggest score to settle with Paul. The action sequences in this film were so basic, with nary any imagination put into them. They had little to no intensity nor excitement, since the protagonist just was conveniently too perfectly superhuman. So if the success of this film all depended on the charisma of the protagonist, then Jason Patric simply does not have "IT". In fact, he never had it throughout his career. He was already in lead roles back in the 1990s (albeit in unfortunate films like "Speed 2: Cruise Control) but he never did catch on as a major star. Liam Neeson, Bruce Willis and even Jason Statham have done this very same story before, and all with better results than this. John Cusack had very little to do as Sam, Paul's friend. 50 Cent was at least more interesting as a cool drug lord named "The Pharmacy." Korean superstar Rain wastes his talents as Omar's right-hand man Mark. Jessica Lowndes was just annoying as Beth's addict friend Angela. Gia Mantegna was one-note throughout her performance as drugged-out Beth. Overall, this film is just an anemic cousin of films like "Die Hard" or "Taken" but with none of its excitement and entertainment value. Jason Patric fails yet again as the lead actor.

Read the summary here in IMDb, so I kinda knew what I would get. It is pretty generic, but a nice, simple action movie that doesn't try to be more than it is. It is strange to see Willis and Cusack in fairly small roles like this. Both their parts could be played by any actor, but they just added to the charm. Jessica Lowndes was a bit annoying, but she did the transition from a bitchy party girl to the faithful sidekick well enough. I liked seeing Jason Patrick. There isn't much of him as the leading man lately. Anyway, the cast shouldn't get your hopes up, but it is a fun little movie nevertheless.

To say there isn't much to this movie is an understatement. Paper thin plot with no real surprises or even any sense. Willis, Cusak and even Patrick have certainly done better. Patrick's character is a mere shadow of similar characters as is Willis's vengeful kingpin. Cusak's character seemed like that friend who you barely know who helps you move... he was there for a bit out of some past debt who's only function seemed to be to explain a minor plot point that even the thickest person watching would have picked up on by that point. All in all a waste of time even on a rainy (no pun intended) afternoon.

From the very beginning I was ready for an action packed movie. What I actually got was a slow paced, C movie with a complete lack of interesting plot, acting or anything else which makes a movie worthwhile. Did the entire cast and director aimed to be nominated for rotten tomatoes nominations? They fully deserve them. They will definitely get my vote. PLEASE don't go to this particular movie. It hurts your eyes and will damage your ears. Don't say I didn't warn you. There are plenty of other films more interesting, such as.... a still from an aquarium with some boring gold fishes in it. Complete and utter waste of your time and mine.

I saw John Cusak, so I figured it would be worth a shot since he hits a winner about 75% of the time. Well--this was one of the 25%, but it was still an entertaining shoot-em-up sort of film. Bruce Willis must have needed the dough because his character could have been played by anybody; he didn't bring any "Bruce Willis" to it. 50-Cent was ridiculous as he is in any movie they stick him in. I don't know who told him he could act, but it was probably the same guy who told him he could rap. Jason Patric doesn't really have that leading man thing going on--he never has had it-- but he was pretty good in this film. The guy's a solid actor, just nothing to write home about. Overall, it was a good, mindless 90 minutes of entertainment with a sketchy plot and an unbelievable premise which means it was better than 80% of the crap coming out of Hollywood today.

I thought the film was very entertaining. The story captivated me and the direction had a fresh originality for that genre. I loved the feel of the cinematography and lighting. Jason Patrick did a fine job. His performance was the highlight of this film. All the rest of the actors gave solid performances as well. The daughter's friend was a very good choice visually. I'd like to see her in more. Some sex in that violence might of brought it up a notch, but it also could've risked the character's developments. I wish I could've seen more of Cusack, but what I did see I liked. I think that was the first time I had ever seen Bruce play a bad guy. I'd like to see more of that. Over all I enjoyed the experience.

I saw this film on the big screen last night and enjoyed the ride, good action scenes, clever twists, and believable characters. Jason Patrick as the lead was the perfect choice... Willis and Cusack as co-stars made the platform for Jason's character arc deep real and scary. 50 cent came as a surprise, as I agree most Rapper's acting "Sucks" but it seems the director got a good believable performance out of him.( not easy) Another great performance I thought was Willis side kick Mark, played by Korean actor Rain. this guy knows how to fight and is going to be a solid action star. He has those boyish good looks but could kill you with a tooth pick... All in all I enjoyed this film.

and hes doing anything to get it. I have to 100% with hp-anzingers review but want to add a few critics poinits. It started promising but it turned badly pretty quickly just to go down more and more. Really this Movie actually gets constantly worse with every Minute as it didn't make less sense every Minute. The Final Showdown is also the worst Moment. Beside no Key Element of that Story did make any Sense or the stupidity around everything - Why, in Gods name cant they even get the Technical Aspects right. Any 12 Year old watching Youtube for 2 Weeks can do better Gunfihgtscenes and i really thought basic gun safety is a standard in Movies. But how are we supposed to believe a role which is supposed to be ex military later prof. killer if he cant even keep his finger of the trigger. - This just as an example of countless Eyehurting things during those scenes. The Hole Movie is like B Movie Acting, c Movie Story, b Movie Gunsfights and Schoolyard Fistfights. But maybe i just got it wrong, this is a Zombie Movie where everyone already got their Brains eaten up :))