Trauma Center

Took down a glass of ice cold bourbon and sat down to watch this with no expectations. A simple but compelling premise which obviously harkons to "die hard in a" type scenarios. From a technical standpoint the movie is very competently designed. Stylish camera moves, NO annoying shaky cam or constant fast editing that destroys so many of these low budget action thrillers. The single location was well utilized to maximized effect. The director elevated the look/tone and style in a great way. The acting was decent as well, Nicky as the heroine being the standout. Bruce is playing Bruce(John McClaine) as usual but nothing of standout from him here. The major weakness was from the script, it works as a boilerplate chase thriller but needed a couple more surprising twists or turns. I almost expected Bruce might even turn out to be a villain but that never happens. A missed opportunity imo. Otherwise, this is worth a watch if you want something tense, suspenseful and unexpectedly well crafted. 6.5/10

"Trauma Center" is definitely a B budget film. Truly the only redeeming part of the movie is the acting of Nicky Whalen. The rest of the cast were painful to watch and Bruce Willis was at the level of Steve Guttenberg, which is just sad to even type. I'm not sure if it was the writing, the directing, or just his "I don't give a dang" approach to movies anymore...but it was painful to watch. He used to be a favorite of mine but lately...no. The overall premise of the movie is good, but lots of ridiculous portions of the film that caused it to be unbelievable. The main character spends the movie trying to avoid the bad guys but the entire time she is about the loudest person trying to escape...and also goes between doing the dumbest stuff to being really smart at the flip of a switch. Big plot gaps include things like she's bleeding profusely but no blood trail is ever on the floor for the bad guys to follow; The good cop knows she has a sister in the hospital but never puts her under protection or checks in with her; bullet isn't removed from her leg in the ER but is planned to be done the next day; SD card drops from a pocket and is noticed missing (you aren't going to feel that drop out of your pocket). If you can ignore the major issues, and the bad acting, it's not a complete waste of time on a rainy day. But it better be a last option in my opinion.

This film was clearly a 'very' low budget B-grade film based on the few location sets, but had a fairly decent supporting cast for a change. Good to see Tito Ortiz and Steve Guttenberg, but Nicky Whelan definitely stole the show. I'm not sure why Willis was even in this film, but at least he didn't seem bored or falling asleep in this one compared to the previous bunch I've seen him in. Novice director Matt Eskandari was fairly decent behind the camera, but needed to direct his cast better. The writing by newb Paul Da Silva was atrocious. Sure it was his first writing credit, but out of the almost 30 producers, you'd think at least one would've suggested a read-through by a seasoned screenwriter before going to action. The 87 min is normally a decent runtime, but to have that time in such a plot-riddled nonsense seen-it-many-times-before unnecessarily long dragged out scenes wannabe Die Hard in a hospital *finally takes a breath* story, made me begging for the ending many times. As predictable as it was, I was hoping at least for a fun twist or something, but instead, we got Willis a role for a character that wasn't really even needed. For an amateur extremely low budget B-grade film, it still had its moments. It's a generous 6/10 from me, and certainly undeserving of all these 1's and 2's, especially considering some new filmmakers gave it their best. To see more of my 1000+ ratings and 700+ reviews, click on my username.

This would have to be the worst Bruce Willis film I've ever seen in my entire life half the time while he's trying to act he sounds like he's on drugs and spaced out or acting like he's slow or something. He seems to be on something during the filming of this movie because it is completely different to a lot of his other acting and its absolutely bloody terrible. The amount Of plot holes are unbelievable And some of The situations this film portrays are so far-fetched and downright ridiculous. If I can stop one person from watching this film that would be a Small success! You can watch anything else that's out at the moment and I can guarantee you it would be 100 times better than this garbage movie . It's such a shame because this could've been a Great film And done so much better but clearly they're trying to Cruise through dropping certain names on this film when clearly it's a money grab and hopefully they won't get rewarded for such a bad script

Isn't not hard to jump into this one from the premise if a brisk/tense thriller is what you're after. It's got a well acted ensemble and of course Mr. Willis has small cameo as a grizzled Detective. Best parts are watching Nicky as the heroine doing her best to survive and fight back against the corrupt cops. Tito surprised me with how menacing he was. Impressive action and well shot cinematography for whats a smaller budget.

Slick shots and the slow build up of atmosphere turn a mundane hospital into something threatening and scary for the heroine. Bruce's character wasn't needed but I get why he's in it. Otherwise, the story kept my attention and was done well as a single location thriller. 5/10 for me.

It is truly unbelievable how this movie managed to get released. It is with all honesty really really bad. The acting was probably the biggest disappointment. While turning on this movie I didn't have many expectations. It was supposed to be the movie you play in the background while doing something else. But this movie could not even fulfill this role. It was cringe worthy and honestly just sad to look at.