If you take a gander at Bruce Willis' filmography, especially over the past few years, it seems pretty clear that the man enjoys an easy paycheck; that, or he's got some serious debts to pay off. Willis has appeared in more than a few direct-to-video flicks of questionable quality lately, and it seems that another is on the way, except this time, it looks as though it could just be crazy enough to be entertaining. ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENICE finds Bruce Willis playing Steve Ford, a Private Dick based in L.A. whose beloved dog is stolen by a notorious gang. Desperate to free his canine friend, Steve soon finds himself doing jobs for the gang in an effort to get his dog back.
"Never mess with a man's dog."
Is ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENICE going to be good? Likely not, but there's no reason that it can't be fun, especially with John Goodman (KONG:SKULL ISLAND), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Famke Janssen (The Blacklist: Redemption), Adam Goldberg (Fargo), Kal Penn (Designated Survivor) and Jason Momoa (JUSTICE LEAGUE) joining in.
The official synopsis for ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENICE:
Steve Ford (Bruce Willis) is a down but not out L.A based Private Investigator whose professional and personal worlds collide after his loving pet Buddy is stolen by a notorious gang. A series of crazy circumstances find him doing the gang’s bidding, while being chased by two vengeful Samoan brothers, a loan shark’s goons, and a few other shady characters. They say a dog is a man’s best friend, and Steve shows how far a man will go to be reunited with him.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENICE will be released through VOD on June 16, 2017.