Movie Review: Fire With Fire has no spark

The second Josh Duhamel walks into one of those American convenience stores late at night, it is clear that either a robbery is about to take place or something – some unseen protagonist – is about to arrive. These scenes are the work of an unimaginative cast and crew and the result is rather predictable.

But that scene is intended to kick off things with a bang and illustrate the evil nature of the villain of the piece, played by Vincent D’Onofrio. The character’s southern accent in a West Coast setting is mildly entertaining, but the idea of a fascist white supremacist encroaching on the Crips gang territory is absurd.

Bruce Willis plays a supporting role – as is often the case, he is a bitter burned-out cop carrying a major grudge.

That Duhamel plays the lead should be telling too. He hasn’t been the most convincing leading man since his television work in Las Vegas, and here he is a one-man army who sets out to destroy the villain who seems to wreak havoc at will and who has unlimited access to police files across the US.