Wire Room

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Wire Room
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Official release poster
Directed by Matt Eskandari
Screenplay byBrandon Stiefer
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Will Barratt
Edited byChris Patterson
Music by
  • Rhyan D'Errico
  • Jared Forman
Production
companies
Distributed by Lionsgate Films
Release date
  • September 2, 2022 (2022-09-02)
Running time
97 minutes [1] [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Wire Room is a 2022 American action film directed by Matt Eskandari, from a screenplay by Brandon Stiefer, and produced by Randall Emmett, George Furla, Oliver Trevena, Norton Herrick, Ceasar Richbow, Mark Stewart, and Noel Ashman. It stars Kevin Dillon and Bruce Willis.

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Wire Room was released by Lionsgate Films in limited theaters and VOD on September 2, 2022, followed by its release on DVD and Blu-ray on October 11, 2022.

Premise

While on Wire Room duty – a high-tech command center surveilling the most dangerous criminals – a federal agent listens in as the target is attacked in his home by a hit squad. Without burning the wire yet, he must protect the investigation and the target's life from the confines of a room fifty miles away. [3]

Cast

Production

In December 2021, Bruce Willis, Oliver Trevena, and Kevin Dillon signed on to star in the action film Wire Room. [7] The film was directed by Matt Eskandari, from a screenplay by Brandon Stiefer, for Five Star Films, and Randall Emmett, George Furla, Norton Herrick, Ceasar Richbow, Mark Stewart, and Noel Ashman as producers alongside Trevena. [7] Principal photography began in Birmingham, Alabama on December 20, 2021. [7]

Wire Room is one of the last films to star Willis, who retired from acting because he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. [8] [9]

Release

Wire Room was released by Lionsgate Films in limited theaters and VOD on September 2, 2022, [1] [2] [3] [10] followed by its release on DVD and Blu-ray on October 11, 2022. [11]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 0% of 4 critics' reviews are positive. [1]

Leo Faierman, of Screen Rant , gave the film a negative review, explaining that it "is a crooked cop action drama that plays out like low-budget, straight-to-VHS schlock from decades past". [12] Robert Kojder, of Flickering Myth, gave the film a 1.5/5, saying "Wire Room takes 95% of its running time to deliver a passable action sequence, using the term passable loosely". [13] Brian Orndorf, of Blu-ray.com, gave a negative review, writing "another forgettable Emmett and Furla production determined to simply be product, not an exciting presentation of escapism with concentration on highly cinematic twists and turns." [14] Mark Dujsik, of Mark Reviews Movies, gave the film a one out of four, saying "our incompetent protagonist is in good company behind the camera, too." [15] Brian Costello, of Common Sense Media, gave the film a 1/5 rating, writing: "It's a little too easy to pick on this movie, and not really worth the time for anyone to bother watching it". [16]

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