Julian Michaels has designed the ultimate resort: VICE, where anything is possible and guests can live out their wildest fantasies with artificial inhabitants who look, think and feel like humans. When an android becomes self-aware and escapes, she finds herself caught in the crossfire between Julian’s mercenaries and a police officer hell-bent on shutting down Vice and stopping the violence once and for all.
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Film actors:
- Kelly: Ambyr Childers
- Roy: Thomas Jane
- Evan: Brian Greenberg
- Julian: Bruce Willis
- Chris: Jonathan Scatch
- Melissa: Charlotte Kirk
- James: Brett Granstaff
- detection. Matthews: Ryan Outram
- Mickey: David Gordon
- Reiner: Colin Egglesfield
- Keith: Cameron Brexler
- Officer Pullman: Jesse Pruitt
- Steve: Tyler Jon Olson
- Kasansky: Don Harvey
- Stacey: Lydia Hull
- News Anchor: Nikki Breanne Wells
- Serrano: Douglas M. Griffin
- Sean: Martin Brunkow
- Ryan: Damon Lipari
- Rachel: Ashley Kirk
- Hannah: Heather Alexandra
- Paulie: Rick Miller
- Andrea: Tamara Bellus
- Hostess: Courtney Bryce Turk
- Heather: Emily Jean Ellis
- Owner: Eddie Matthews
- John: Gu Grant
- Bank Manager: Gene Murrell
- Defender: Stephen C. Seifer
- Mercenary #4: Jeff Reeves
- Bank Teller: Valerie Lyon
- Bank Client #2: Rachel Latham
- Murder Witness (uncredited): Sade August
- Bank Cop (uncredited): Alec Barnes
- Vice Tech (uncredited): Patrick Constantine Bertagnolli Jr.
- Artificial (uncredited): Brianna Bond
- Vice Tech #2 (uncredited): Stephen Conroy
- The Bodyguard (uncredited): Billy Culbertson
- Steve’s banker friend (uncredited): Edward J. Delmore III
- Pianist (uncredited): Ryan Pablo Foster
- Barrel Bum (uncredited): Jamie Glidden
- Jasmine (not listed): Aria London
- Computer Technology (uncredited): Tim Mai
- Happy Model (uncredited): Michael Santini
- Reporter (unsigned): Karen Strassman
Crew:
- Casting: Deborah Aguila
- Editor: Rick Shane
- Production Design: Franco-Giacomo Carbone
- Producer: George Fora
- Producer: Randall Emmett
- Executive Producer: Stephen J. Eads
- Executive Producer: Vance Owen
- Producer: William B. Steakley
- Executive Producer: Barry Brook
- Screenwriter: Jeremy Passmore
- Executive Producer: Corey Luckey
- Photographer: Nicholas Davidoff
- Executive Producer: Stan Walterlieb
- Executive Producer: Ted Fox
- Executive Producer: Tariq Anthony Jabre
- Set Decoration: Jessica Navran
- Music Director: Mike Burns
- Sound Editing Supervisor: David Barber
- Director of Photography: Aaron Levy
- Costume Design: Bonnie Storch
- Original music composer: Hybrid
- Director: Brian A. Miller
- Executive Producer: Mark Stewart
- Casting: Tricia Wood
- Executive Producer: Wayne Mark Godfrey
- Associate Producer: Arnold Lannic
- Art Director: Michelle Jones
- Producer: Adam Goldworm
- Screenwriter: Andrea Fabrizio
- Executive Producer: Daniel Ball
- Executive Producer: Oliver Simon
- Editor: Paul Harb
- Co-producer: Timothy C. Sullivan
- Associate Producer: Ryan S. Black
- Hairstylist: Ignacia Johnston
- Still Photographer: Sam Emerson
- Real Estate Guru: Andrew Watt
- Transportation Coordinator: Danny Mortensen
- Associate Producer: Christopher Lannick
- Makeup Department Supervisor: Ashley Walsh
- Stunt Coordinator: Don Abatillo
- Lighting Engineer: Michael Chattonov
- Digital Intermediate: JD Moore
- Script Supervisor: Nick DiRosa
- Executive Producer: Brett Granstaff
- Co-Executive Producer: Gus Fura
- Executive Producer: Steven Galanis
- ADR and voiceover: Gonzalo Espinoza
- Rig Lighting Engineer: Troy Anderson
- Hairstylist: Lauren Kelly
- Additional Camera: Dale Vance Jr.
- Set Costumes: Rachel Stringfellow
- Lighting Engineer: Michael Schilling
- Unit Production Manager: Mary C. Rolfes
- Production Coordinator: Ian D. Navran
- Venue Manager: Kyle Photo Bucher
- Production Accountant: Jerry Lambert
- Unit PR: Hilda Somarriba
Movie review:
- Wuchak: ***Big city sci-fi thriller about artificial humans starring Bruce Willis and Thomas Jane***
- In the near future, a big city resort called Vice utilizes androids where patrons can live out their dastardly fantasies, including rape, robbery, and murder. An artificial woman (Ambiel Childers) escapes and seeks refuge in a city church. Bruce Willis plays the resort entrepreneur, Thomas Jane is a disheveled cop trying to put him out of business, and Bryan Greenberg lives in a church but is not a pastor.
- “Veep” (2015) combines concepts from “Westworld” (1973) and “Future” (1976) with “Blade Runner” (1982), “Groundhog Day” (1993), “Unique” (1992) and “Island” (2005). While it only cost $10 million, and you can’t expect blockbuster production values, it’s more polished than the average SyFy movie, which typically costs $3 million or less.
- Practically the entire movie takes place at night in a big city, and I loved the religious tone. Jane is excellent as the city cop and Willis is his reliable self who could play the character in his sleep. Childers comes across as a low-rent duo of Malin Akerman and Alicia Silverstone, but she’s only in her 20s. She’s right, but it would have been better if she had had someone as capable as Scarlett Johansson or Silverstone when she was younger.
- What annoys me is that resort security can’t bang into the side of a barn, which is eye-roll-inducing. At the same time, police rarely miss a beat. Sure, it’s done in movies a lot, but there’s a way to do it that looks relatively real and doesn’t insult the audience’s intelligence. Not so here.
- Thankfully, “Veep” delivers some depth in its thrilling action scenes. For example, the issue of robot self-awareness was explored through data in StarCraft: The Next Generation. Then there’s the debate about media violence and sex, whether in movies or video games. Does it provide people with an outlet for purifying their depraved desires, or does it encourage such behavior in the real world? Finally, there are half-hearted comments about religious fundamentalism and spirituality.
- While lackluster in some areas (due to the low budget), I loved the devotional tone and profundity in the thrills, not to mention Jane’s entertaining performance. It’s slightly better than Westworld (1973), but let’s face it, Westworld isn’t exactly a masterpiece.
- The film is 1 hour and 36 minutes long and was filmed in Mobile, Alabama and Miami, Florida.
- Grade: C+/B- (5.5/10)
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