Despite being generally panned by viewers and reviewers alike, ACTS OF VIOLENCE isn't too bad as a B-movie thriller. It was obviously shot in a hurry and the advertising of Bruce Willis is a bit of a cheat, given that he only plays a supporting character who turns out to be completely extraneous to the main story. Instead this is a Steven Seagal-style production about a trio of characters who go gunning for some people smugglers when one of their sisters is kidnapped. Cole Hauser, Shaun Ashmore and Ashton Holmes play the protagonists here and the first two are solid enough in their roles at least. There's some brief but brisk action scenes and some nasty bad guys. To be honest, given the film's rushed production I expected it to be far worse than it actually is; in fact, it's quite watchable if not brilliant.

Young woman is taken in Cleveland and her fiance and his two brothers go Liam Neeson looking for her. Bruce Willis plays a detective on the case and allows the illegal vigilante action.

This is a mediocre crime/action film that attempt to have some kind of family and brotherhood message that missed the mark.

Guide: F-word. Stripper nudity.

There are quite a lot of Bruce Willis movies out there - his recent output is probably only matched by Nicolas Cage. And the quality varies as much as the ones from Cage do I reckon. This one has him as another (important?) side character. The main story revolves around a group of people who have one of their loved ones kidnapped. A very serious issue that is being tackled here. And fairly decent I might add. The ending feels a bit too much, but then again maybe some will feel it is the right way to tackle such a serious matter. Enough action and tension to keep you occupied ... if that is enough to keep you distracted from the issues you may have with other things shown here ...