Cosmic Sin

Cosmic Sin (2021)

Runtime: 88 minutes

Directed by: Edward Drake

Starring: Frank Grillo, Bruce Willis, and plenty of other familiar names who I hope got paid well

From: Various companies that I hope are ashamed of themselves

I finally saw one of those atrocious Bruce Willis direct to video releases... and atrocious it was. To be frank, all the bad buzz inspired me to rent it via Amazon; it is playing at one cineplex in Orlando and if I had seen it that way, this would have been the worst film I ever saw theatrically-excusing The Room, which at least is funny bad. Cosmic Sin did not feel like it dragged during its 88 minutes but otherwise was just dreadful all around.

In the year 2524 (if man is still alive...) first contact is made with aliens but of course they aren't friendly so our “heroes” are gonna bring the fight to them on a colonized planet. It's a wet dishrag of a story that is totally not engaging or interesting, filled with stock situations presented poorly, lame characters and putrid dialogue. It rips off many films of the past, from The Avengers-or so I heard-Independence Day, Armageddon, Stargate, and many others... including Ghosts of Mars! To think that this turd actually has other famous names: Frank Grillo in a role even smaller than the one Willis had, Costas Mandylor, Perrey Reeves, Lochlyn Munro, Johnny Messner, Adelaide Kane, and even Lana of WWE fame.

The biggest sin is how damn cheap this was. The micro budget shines even brighter than all the LED lights hung up that (unsuccessfully) try to disguise how much of this was shot in some warehouse somewhere. The “future” technology includes early 21st century automobiles and Glocks that aren't modified in any way... heck, early on is an obvious toy pistol. There are mech suits which look like cheap crap and feature helmets which obviously weren't designed to go with the suit. If that's not bad enough, Willis-who was comatose throughout-played a character who was a literal genocidal maniac yet he wasn't a villain. This was all just so worthless and a waste of time as it wasn't an enjoyable kind of bad movie experience.

Paragraphs could be written of how Old Bruce has ruined his legacy with each awful direct to video product he barely appears in, sleepwalks through and has a body double as often as 21st century Steven Seagal. I won't do that; instead, regret will be noted at how he's pissed away his legacy and doesn't care anymore (and not even when it comes to acting, considering his anti-mask stance) which is disappointing for the star of Die Hard and other memorable efforts. I know now to avoid his new films in general as if they were COVID.