TRAUMA CENTER is truly a sad movie ... and for all the wrong reasons. Bruce Willis is a mere shadow of his former self, struggling to deliver lines clearly and in their entirety, let alone convincingly. The once great actor simply can't deliver the goods, and there's no one there to pick up the slack.
Every performance in this movie is, in its own special way, positively abysmal. If the dissipation of Willis weren't bad enough, the only other "name" actor in the movie, Steve Guttenberg, flat embarrasses himself in what amounts to no more than a bit part played extraordinarily badly. Not even an echo remains of the actor who won our hearts in movies like COCOON, SHORT CIRCUIT, or THREE MEN AND A BABY. I'd like to blame the vacuous script, but really no. Guttenberg was phoning it in ... from Pluto. But don't mind me; I'm being generous.
TRAUMA CENTER's insipid, lazy screenplay makes no effort to conceal the fact that nothing in it makes any sense. At all. The plot is so dumb and eye rolling it generates zero suspense or excitement. No mystery, no reversals, and no common sense plus no surprises equals no thank you.
Fans of Bruce Willis will come away from TRAUMA CENTER feeling a tremendous loss. There's something to be said for legacy. This movie is a stain on Willis's, and it gives me no pleasure to say so.
Recommendation: Remember Willis as he was and steer clear of this blunder.
Every performance in this movie is, in its own special way, positively abysmal. If the dissipation of Willis weren't bad enough, the only other "name" actor in the movie, Steve Guttenberg, flat embarrasses himself in what amounts to no more than a bit part played extraordinarily badly. Not even an echo remains of the actor who won our hearts in movies like COCOON, SHORT CIRCUIT, or THREE MEN AND A BABY. I'd like to blame the vacuous script, but really no. Guttenberg was phoning it in ... from Pluto. But don't mind me; I'm being generous.
TRAUMA CENTER's insipid, lazy screenplay makes no effort to conceal the fact that nothing in it makes any sense. At all. The plot is so dumb and eye rolling it generates zero suspense or excitement. No mystery, no reversals, and no common sense plus no surprises equals no thank you.
Fans of Bruce Willis will come away from TRAUMA CENTER feeling a tremendous loss. There's something to be said for legacy. This movie is a stain on Willis's, and it gives me no pleasure to say so.
Recommendation: Remember Willis as he was and steer clear of this blunder.