Marauders (2016)

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Not a movie buff but since I live in the Cincinnati area I wanted to see this one. Enjoyed it. Could tell it wasn't a big budget movie but with the stars that were in it I thought it played out well. It kept me interested which is hard to do.

Maybe if I had shut the film off of my Blu Ray player after the first 10 minutes of the snap and crackle Marauders provided I may have been able to convince myself and Mrs. Shullivan that this is such an action filled film with a great in depth plot that we should just savor the first 10 minutes. We could have then maybe, just maybe "assumed" that the rest of the film was just as suspenseful and intriguing that we would get too over excited if we continued to watch anymore.But ohhhhhh noooooo, just like most avid film goers we wanted to see more and more action filled scenes with a great suspenseful plot. That was our big mistake. Have you ever invested in any expensive fireworks such as The Jesters Revenge or the cheaper holiday firework staple such as the Burning Schoolhouse, proceeded to light the wick with anticipation of a burst of flame and color only to see the wick flare up with nothing but five (5) seconds of smoke and a dull Pffffft sound? Well that is how Mrs Shullivan and I felt the film Marauders let us down.There was such a convoluted plot that it reminded me more of the classic comedy skit by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello titled "Whose On First?" Each time a bank robbery occurred, or there was a flashback scene to the war where the U.S. special ops force were under heavy artillery gunfire we were fed another bit of a different plot line.Oh but film director Steven C. Miller saved the worse scenes for the films ending. Mrs Shullivan and I just looked at each other and said simultaneously "Well that was a confusing waste of time that I will never watch again."My advice to both film stars Bruce Willis and Christopher Meloni would be for "Brucie Boy" to stick to making another sixth sequel to the Die Hard franchise, and for Christopher Meloni to go back with his tail between his legs and rejoin the cast of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit because that TV series has went so far downhill after his departure. There was no chemistry at all between Willis and Meloni and the ending went out with a wimper and no bang. Even the macho charisma of Dave Bautista could not save this film from stinking badly. I give the film a poor rating of 3 out of 10. It is not worth watching at all.

The premise of Marauders is too stale, and that's worsened by redundant characters, a story with no rhyme or reason and dialogues which consist of tedious arguments with multiple variations of the "F" word, because the characters are laughably tough. I have to clear out the rude language isn't the real problem, but just a symptom of the lack of imagination of the screenplay. Despite so many arguments and violent clashes between the huge egos of the characters, Marauders goes by with an unbearable slowness, revealing obvious "secrets" which don't draw the attention or form a coherent story. What is more, the performances from Christopher Meloni, Bruce Willis, Adrian Grenier and Dave Bautista feel poor and listless. Regarding the women, they are relegated absolutely generic roles; among them: policewoman with a horsetail; sick wife; and blonde reporter. As regards the action scenes, they lack any excitement or emotional context to bring them dramatic relevance. In summary, Marauders is a horrible movie, and an absolute waste of time.

No that is not a typo, I meant to write that. The sum of it all does not amount to what some of it is worth it. And I'm talking as a stand alone. If you've been keeping tabs on Bruce Willis you may have noticed him popping up in the odd movie or two in the recent past. Everybody needs money of course, though some do not look kindly on someone like Bruce giving his name to some of the projects he participated in. This movie can be seen as one of the better ones he chose.Putting that out of the way and the fact, he has a couple of interesting scenes, playing it mostly safe, still being effective, there are quite a few people here. But not many get really taken advantage of as much as it would be possible. And I'm not even talking Torrie Wilson or others who have very short appearances in this. No, I mean people like Bautista, Adrian G. or Jonathan Schaech. Although the latter may have the best of it. After a weak introduction, he gets quite a bit of screen time. And he delivers. Anyway, the movie is suspenseful enough to keep you interested all the way through, but it's not a real highlight. Something it could've been