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\\nHappy New Year!
\\nIn this, the first episode of Catching Up On Cinema for the year 2023, Trevor does a solo review of Chuck Russell\'s, Paradise City (2022)!
\\nBilled as both the latest and (potentially) last of Bruce Willis\' rather unfortunate string of direct-to-video films, Paradise City (2022) is a bland actioner that, while admittedly hamstrung by a cognitively comprised star and a tight shooting schedule, largely fails to add up to the sum of its parts.
\\nDespite a boasting a capable director in the form of Chuck Russell, decent production values, and a cast of eager supporting players, Paradise City is coherent and seldom embarrassing, but sadly not much more than that.
\\nBonus points for successfully telling a (simple) story and achieving feature length, e.g. being a film.
\\nAlso, bonus points for the part where the dude is dropped into the greenscreen volcano.
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