the audience applauded

Sorry, this movie sucks

Just perfect...

Best movie of this year hands down!

The fans of action movies. or fans of actors. because it is one of many films with precise target. fight, revenge, fire, decent performances and a love story. not only predictable. but ...strange. not for story, not for less credibility of many scenes but for the eccentric idea to give a role - perfect for a younger Bruce Willis- to Josh Duhamel who seems out of his character almost scene by scene. the second problem is the role of ...Bruce Willis . except few punches, he plays, in good way, an almost blank character. Vincent Onofrio , looking as Truman Capote, is one of few good pillars of this mixture of different levels of revenge plan. so, a film for fans.

Fire with Fire is a dumb action film. The word DUMB needs to be emphasised.Rookie writer Tom O'Connor must had won the lottery getting the film green-lit because it needed several more re-drafts. It is about a fireman Jeremy (Josh Duhamel) who witnesses a murder by an Aryan gang boss Hagan (Vincent D'Onofrio)and ends up in witness protection but Hagan is still able to get to him.Hagan and his gang which features Englishman Vinnie Jones nearly kills his girlfriend and goes after his work colleagues. Jeremy decides to fight fire with fire and hunt Hagan down himself. Bruce Willis plays a cop trying to protect Jeremy.The film The Exterminator from over 30 years ago had schlock, gory fun with the vigilante film conventions. This was just tedious, dull and stupid. People talk or go after their loved ones when they should be shooting bad guys. Duhamel is wooden, Willis has nothing to do, at least D'Onoforio hams it up suitably.

Considering that this movie went straight to DVD despite having Bruce Willis in its cast, I wasn't expecting much. But when I got a chance to see it for free after finding a DVD copy at my local library, I decided to give it a spin. Actually, unlike many user commenters here, I didn't find the movie to be terrible. To be sure, its screenplay could have gone through a few more rewrites - the love subplot feels unfinished, the main story has more than its share of predictable twists and turns, and the ending feels rushed and incomplete. Also, some of the acting leaves a lot to be desired. Josh Duhamel transformation from an ordinary Joe to a methodical killer is quite unconvincing, and Bruce Willis is downright terrible at times, phoning in a performance that obviously only took a few days to shoot. On the other hand, Vincent D'Onofrio makes his bad guy character a quite nasty piece of work, coming across as smart and scary - a deadly combination. And while a lot of the movie is predictable, I can't say I was bored at any moment. It moves along at a swift pace, and the action sequences are exciting and extremely brutal. This is far from a great movie, but if you are looking for some nonthink entertainment, it does deliver. Yes, it has some big problems, but believe me, I have seen plenty of direct to video movies that are MUCH worse than this movie.

Review: What the hell was Bruce Willis doing in this film? Anyway, the film has a pretty average revenge plot with nothing special happening throughout. It seemed like it was made for TV because its really basic and the acting was quite average. The thing that gets me is that these directors are really not taking advantage of the fact that they have these top actors. They keep on bringing out these stupid movies with terrible plots, not realising who they are working with. The ending of this movie was terrible and the white fire cracked me up. Once I knew that 50 Cent & Vinnie Jones was in this film, I knew just what to expect, so it didn't surprise me that it went straight to DVD. There isn't any twists or anything clever with the storyline and I just couldn't wait for it to end. Terrible!Round-Up: Like everyone else, when you see Bruce Willis I'm the cast, you just have to watch it, but this was one movie that I wish that I didn't watch. The leading actor wasn't bad in Transformers, so I won't totally put the blame on him. It is definitely the directors fault who should have known that this film was going to be a flop. It was a bit weird seeing Bruce Willis in a thriller/action movie, not getting involved in the actually nitty gritty of the movie. All he done was sit behind a desk in the police station, which made the movie even worse. It also could have done without the love story, which just made things complicated, but it wasn't the major thing wrong with the movie. I think you can tell that I wasn't that impressed.Budget: $20million Worldwide Gross: $5millionI recommend this movie to people who are into there thriller/action movies about someone who witnesses a murder and is threatened to be killed if he testifies. 2/10