BREACH

US, 2020, 92 minutes, Colour.

Cody Kearsley, Bruce Willis, Rachel Nichols, Cassandra Clementi, Johnny Messner, Corey Large, Callan Mulvey.

Directed by John Suits.

Another of the many, many small-budget action shows that Bruce Willis appeared in in his later years.

The filmmakers seem to have overdosed on Alien and the many sequels, and further imitations, especially during the 1980s.

The basic premise is that in 2242, Earth is ravaged and a spaceship is prepared to transport refugees to another planet, New Earth. The spacecraft takes on many passengers, cryogenically asleep.

The central character, Noah, played by Cody Kearsley, stows away because his girlfriend, pregnant, daughter of the admiral (Thomas Jane) is on board. At first he is under suspicion – but fairly soon becomes very much involved in all the action, finally becoming the action hero. Also on board is Bruce Willis with his usual smirk, laid-back attitude, happy to have a drink, especially from the moonshine made on board, ultimately directing a lot of the action, even in a hologram.

The action focuses on a small number of the crew, one of whom has an antipathy towards the human race and is responsible for some kind of alien being on-board, and alien his nature it is to destroy the humans. This leads to a lot of mayhem, so many of the crew and others being turned into zombie -like creatures. Rachel Nichols plays a doctor who is involved in the action. The credibility of the screenplay is tested with Noah involved in so much of the action, from stowaway to hero, resuscitating the admiral who gives his life for the passengers, resuscitating his girlfriend and their being the sole survivors of a module after Bruce Willis has exploded the rest of the spacecraft. However, the indication on New Earth is not promising with the monster appearing!

Perhaps these comments give Breach more attention than it merits. Some have even considered it Bruce Willis’s worst film – but Cosmic Sin is another strong contender.