Julian Michaels has designed the ultimate resort: VICE, where anything goes and the customers can play out their wildest fantasies with artificial inhabitants who look, think and feel like humans. When an artificial becomes self-aware and escapes, she finds herself caught in the crossfire between Julian’s mercenaries and a cop who is hell-bent on shutting down Vice, and stopping the violence once and for all.

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Film Cast:

• Kelly: Ambyr Childers
• Roy: Thomas Jane
• Evan: Bryan Greenberg
• Julian: Bruce Willis
• Chris: Johnathon Schaech
• Melissa: Charlotte Kirk
• James: Brett Granstaff
• Det. Matthews: Ryan O’Nan
• Mitch: David Gordon
• Reiner: Colin Egglesfield
• Keith: Cameron Brexler
• Officer Pullman: Jesse Pruett
• Steve: Tyler Jon Olson
• Kasansky: Don Harvey
• Stacey: Lydia Hull
• Newscaster: Nikki BreAnne Wells
• Serrano: Douglas M. Griffin
• Sean: Martin Blencowe
• Ryan: Damon Lipari
• Rachel: Ashley Kirk
• Hannah: Heather Alexandra
• Paulie: Ric Miller
• Andrea: Tamara Belous
• Hostess: Courtney Blythe Turk
• Heather: Emily June Ellis
• Bozz: Eddie Matthews
• John: Grant Koo
• Bank Manager: Gene Murrell
• Guard: Stephen C. Sepher
• Mercenary #4: Geoff Reeves
• Bank Teller: Valerie Lyon
• Bank Customer #2: Rachel Latham
• Murder Witness (uncredited): Thad August
• Bank Cop (uncredited): Alec Barnes
• Vice Tech (uncredited): Patrick Constantine Bertagnolli Jr.
• Artificial (uncredited): Brianna Bond
• Vice Tech #2 (uncredited): Stephen Conroy
• Bouncer (uncredited): Billy Culbertson
• Steve’s Banker Friend (uncredited): Edward J. Delmore III
• Piano Player (uncredited): Ryan Pablo Foster
• Barrel Bum (uncredited): Jamie Gliddon
• Jasmine (uncredited): Aria London
• Computer Tech (uncredited): Tim Mai
• Pleasure Model (uncredited): Michael Santini
• Reporter (uncredited): Karen Strassman

Film Crew:

• Casting: Deborah Aquila
• Editor: Rick Shaine
• Production Design: Franco-Giacomo Carbone
• Producer: George Furla
• Producer: Randall Emmett
• Executive Producer: Stephen J. Eads
• Executive Producer: Vance Owen
• Line Producer: William B. Steakley
• Executive Producer: Barry Brooker
• Writer: Jeremy Passmore
• Executive Producer: Corey Large
• Camera Operator: Nicholas Davidoff
• Executive Producer: Stan Wertlieb
• Executive Producer: Ted Fox
• Executive Producer: Tarek Anthony Jabre
• Set Decoration: Jessica Navran
• Music Supervisor: Mike Burns
• Supervising Sound Editor: David Barber
• Director of Photography: Yaron Levy
• Costume Design: Bonnie Stauch
• Original Music Composer: Hybrid
• Director: Brian A. Miller
• Executive Producer: Mark Stewart
• Casting: Tricia Wood
• Executive Producer: Wayne Marc Godfrey
• Associate Producer: Arnaud Lannic
• Art Direction: Michelle Jones
• Producer: Adam Goldworm
• Writer: Andre Fabrizio
• Executive Producer: Daniel Baur
• Executive Producer: Oliver Simon
• Editor: Paul Harb
• Co-Producer: Timothy C. Sullivan
• Associate Producer: Ryan S. Black
• Hairstylist: Ignacia Johnston
• Still Photographer: Sam Emerson
• Property Master: Andrew Wert
• Transportation Coordinator: Danny Mortenson
• Associate Producer: Christophe Lannic
• Makeup Department Head: Ashley Walsh
• Stunt Coordinator: Don Abbatiello
• Gaffer: Michael Chateauneuf
• Digital Intermediate: J. D. Moore
• Script Supervisor: Nick DiRosa
• Executive Producer: Brett Granstaff
• Co-Executive Producer: Gus Furla
• Executive Producer: Steven Galanis
• ADR & Dubbing: Gonzalo Espinoza
• Rigging Gaffer: Troy Anderson
• Hairstylist: Lauren Kelley
• Additional Camera: Dale Vance Jr.
• Set Costumer: Rachel Stringfellow
• Gaffer: Michael Schilling
• Unit Production Manager: Mary C. Rolfes
• Production Coordinator: Ian D. Navran
• Location Manager: Kyle Photo Bucher
• Production Accountant: Jerry Lambert
• Unit Publicist: Hilda Somarriba

Movie Reviews:

• Wuchak: ***Big city sci-fi thriller with Bruce Willis and Thomas Jane about artificial humans***
• In the near future, a big city resort called Vice utilizes artificial humans wherein clients can fulfill their debased fantasies, including rape, robbery and murder. An artificial female (Ambyr Childers) escapes and seeks sanctuary at a city church. Bruce Willis plays the entrepreneur of the resort, Thomas Jane a disheveled cop who wants to put him out of business and Bryan Greenberg the man who resides in the church, but he ain’t no pastor.
• “Vice” (2015) mixes the concept of “Westworld” (1973) and “Futureworld” (1976) with elements of “Blade Runner” (1982), “Groundhog Day” (1993), “Universal Soldier” (1992) and “The Island” (2005). While it only cost $10 million and you can’t expect blockbuster production values, it’s more polished than the average SyFy flick, which usually only cost $3 million or less.
• Practically the entire movie takes place at nighttime in the big city and I like the reverent tone. Jane is great as the city cop and Willis is his reliable self in a role he could do in his sleep. Childers comes across as a low rent meshing of Malin Akerman and Alicia Silverstone, but in her mid-20s. She’s a’right, but it would’ve been better with someone of the caliber of Scarlett Johannson or Silverstone when she was younger.
• What turned me off is the eye-rolling way the security guards at the resort couldn’t hit the side of a barn; meanwhile the cop rarely misses. Sure, this is done in a lot in movies, but there’s a way to do it that looks relatively realistic and doesn’t insult the intelligence of the viewer. Not so here.
• “Vice” thankfully shoots for some depth amidst its action thrills. For instance, there’s the question of robotic self-awareness, which was explored with Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Then there’s the debate over media violence & sex, whether in movies or video games. Does it provide an outlet for people to purge their debased desires or does it encourage that behavior in the real world? Lastly, there’s a halfhearted commentary on religious fundamentalism and spirituality.
• While lackluster in some ways (due to its low-budget), I liked the reverent tone and the profundities amid the thrills, not to mention Jane’s entertaining performance. It’s marginally better than “Westworld” (1973), which, let’s face it, wasn’t exactly a masterpiece.
• The film runs 1 hour, 36 minutes and was shot in Mobile, Alabama, and Miami, Florida.
• GRADE: C+/B- (5.5/10)