Review: A Day to Die
Parole officer Kevin Dillon is forced to kill one of drug kingpin Leon’s enforcers. Now a disgruntled Leon feels Dillon owes him $2 million dollars and kidnaps Dillon’s pregnant wife as leverage to force Dillon into carrying out drug heists for him. To assist him in these gigs he enlists the aid of his former special ops-type comrades (including buddy Frank Grillo and Dillon’s estranged brother Capaldi), who disbanded after a botched hostage situation that involved a double-crossing corrupt police chief (Bruce Willis), who is in league with Leon. Johnny Messner turns up briefly as a cop. More mediocrity from Bruce Willis, this 2022 outing comes from director Wes Miller ( “Hell on the Border” ) and screenwriters Rab Berry ( “The Tracker” with Dolph Lundgren) and Scott Mallace (ditto). It’s a bit sad to see Kevin Dillon and Frank Grillo here, as I think they’re talents beyond what this film really deserves. The plot is workable enough but hardly innovative or surprising. Dillon is