Wrong Place

2022 American film by Mike Burns

  • Randall Emmett
  • George Furla
  • Ceasar Richbow
  • Mark Stewart
  • Chad A. Verdi
Starring
  • Ashley Greene Khoury
  • Bruce Willis
CinematographyPeter HollandEdited byJake BuchheitMusic byBurnsi
Production
companies
  • 5 Star Films
  • SSS Entertainment
  • Bondit Media Capital
  • Verdi Productions
  • Hummingway Productions
  • Post Capital
Distributed byVertical Entertainment
Release date
  • July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15)
Running time
96 minutes[1]CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$71,362[1]

Wrong Place is a 2022 American action film directed by Mike Burns, from a script from Bill Lawrence, and produced by Randall Emmett and George Furla. It stars Ashley Greene Khoury and Bruce Willis.

Wrong Place was released by Vertical Entertainment in limited theaters and VOD on July 15, 2022, followed by its release on DVD and Blu-ray on September 20, 2022.

Premise

The film tells the story of a methamphetamine cook who hunts down a small-town former police chief in an effort to prevent the man from delivering eyewitness testimony against his family.[2]

Cast

  • Bruce Willis as Frank Richards[2][3]
  • Ashley Greene Khoury as Chloe Richards
  • Michael Sirow as Jake Brown
  • Texas Battle as Captain East
  • Stacey Danger as Tammy
  • Massi Furlan as Virgil Brown[4]

Production

In 2021, Bruce Willis signed on to star in the action film Wrong Place, with filming commencing later that year.[5] In March 2022, the film's director Mike Burns, who previously directed another Bruce Willis film Out of Death, said, "before filming commenced on Wrong Place in 2021, I asked one of Willis's associates how the actor felt and was told he was much better than last year. I took the associates' word for it, but soon realized that Willis was worse. After I finished filming, I said, 'I'm done. I won't make another movie with Bruce Willis.' I'm relieved that he's on vacation."[5] Wrong Place is one of the last films to star Willis, who retired from acting because he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.[6][7][8]

Release

Wrong Place was released by Vertical Entertainment in limited theaters and VOD on July 15, 2022,[9][10][11] followed by its release on DVD and Blu-ray on September 20, 2022.[12]

Box office

As of February 17, 2023, Wrong Place grossed $71,362 in Hungary, Turkey, and Portugal.[1]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 0% of 6 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 2.4/10.[13]

Brian Orndorf, of Blu-ray.com, gave a negative review, writing "Wrong Place is as worthless and tiresome as Out of Death, and let's hope the production team doesn't make this a yearly event."[14] Julian Roman, of MovieWeb, also gave a negative review, saying the film had an "absurd plot, terrible script, and amateurish direction."[15] Maxwell Rabb, of Chicago Reader, gave a negative review, saying "Wrong Place is a convoluted mess that struggles to connect disjunctive plot points as they dawdle their way to the movie's inevitable conclusion".[16] Tara McNamara, of Common Sense Media, awarded the film one star out of five, writing "throwaway action films like this one are known for featuring a former but memorable tough guy marquee name, a forgettable plot, low production budget, and a high weapon count".[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c "'Wrong Place' (2022)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Oliver, Sharon (April 30, 2022). "Corrective Measures, One of Bruce Willis' Final Films, Now Streaming on Tubi". MovieWeb. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  3. ^ Knight, Chris (January 29, 2022). "The pandemic belongs to Bruce Willis". SaltWire Network. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  4. ^ Billington, Alex (June 27, 2022). "Ashley Greene & Bruce Willis in Crime Thriller 'Wrong Place' Trailer". FirstShowing. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Walsh, Savannah (March 31, 2022). "Report: Bruce Willis's Cognitive Decline Led to On-Set Confusion, Misfired Gun". Vanity Fair. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  6. ^ Rosenbloom, Alli (February 16, 2023). "Bruce Willis' family shares an update on his health and new diagnosis". CNN. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  7. ^ James, Meg; Kaufman, Amy (March 30, 2022). "Concerns about Bruce Willis' declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  8. ^ Jackson, Angelique (April 1, 2022). "What's the Status of Bruce Willis' Final Movies?". Variety. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  9. ^ Massoto, Byerick (June 27, 2022). "'Wrong Place' Trailer Features Bruce Willis as a Reluctant Witness". Collider. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  10. ^ Dick, Jeremy (June 27, 2022). "Bruce Willis Must Protect Ashley Greene in Wrong Place Trailer". MovieWeb. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  11. ^ "'Wrong Place' Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  12. ^ "Wrong Place". New DVD Release Dates. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  13. ^ "Wrong Place". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  14. ^ Orndorf, Brian (July 15, 2022). "'Wrong Place' Review". BluRay.com. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  15. ^ Roman, Julian (July 18, 2022). "'Wrong Place' Review: A Difficult Decline for Bruce Willis Fans". MovieWeb. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  16. ^ Rabb, Maxwell (July 28, 2022). "'Wrong Place' Review". Chicago Reader. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  17. ^ McNamara, Tara (July 28, 2022). "'Wrong Place' Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved August 14, 2022.

External links

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