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Detective Knight: Independence

  • 20232023
  • RR
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
767
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,827
135
Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
Detective James Knight 's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race to stop an unbalanced ambulance EMT from imperiling the city's festivities. The misguided vigilante, playing cop with a stolen gun and uniform, has a bank vault full of reasons to put on his own fireworks show... one that will strike dangerously close to Knight's home.
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Detective James Knight's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race against time to stop an unbalanced EMT worker who's posing as a cop.Detective James Knight's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race against time to stop an unbalanced EMT worker who's posing as a cop.Detective James Knight's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race against time to stop an unbalanced EMT worker who's posing as a cop.
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
767
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,827
135
  • Director
    • Edward Drake
  • Writers
    • Edward Drake(screenplay by)
    • Corey Large
  • Stars
    • Lorenzo Antonucci
    • Dax Campbell
    • Scott Cargle
  • Director
    • Edward Drake
  • Writers
    • Edward Drake(screenplay by)
    • Corey Large
  • Stars
    • Lorenzo Antonucci
    • Dax Campbell
    • Scott Cargle
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    • 14User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
    Dina Meyer in Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
    Willow Shields and Jack Kilmer in Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
    Bruce Willis in Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
    Willow Shields and Jack Kilmer in Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
    Lochlyn Munro and Cesar Miramontes in Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
    Lochlyn Munro, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Austin Taylor, Eric Buarque, Edward Drake, and Lorenzo Antonucci in Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
    Lochlyn Munro, Xzavier Estrada, Devin G. Macias, and Christopher Marquez in Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
    Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
    Bruce Willis, Willow Shields, Edward Drake, and Jack Kilmer in Detective Knight: Independence (2023)

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    • Trivia
      Detective Knight: Independence serves as the last film in the Detective Knight trilogy as well as one of the last movies Bruce Willis worked on before retiring from acting.
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      Referenced in OWV Updates: The Seventh OWV Awards - Last Update of 2022 (2022)

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    2/10
    At this point, you have to feel sorry for Willis.
    You can't blame him for constantly being cast by a lousy filmmaker, a paycheck is a paycheck. This is the third, and thankfully, final entry of writer and director Edward Drake's Detective Knight trilogy of films. Of the three films, this one actually had the best story premise, but sadly, was the worst directed of them all, and the screenplay was riddled with plot holes, cringeworthy dialogue, and unrealistic nonsense sub-narratives. I'm baffled how any filmmaker can get worse with the more films they make, instead of better.

    This had the usual amateur-hour Drake trademarks of blurry scenes, poorly executed color contrast effects, fade in and outs, as well as shaky cam footage. To make matters worse, Drake added annoying split-screen shots - like a five year old discovering gravity, as well at attaching GoPros to props, all of which were failed attempts at any improved filmmaking. Even at a normally comfortable 91 min runtime, this film felt never-ending, even with the fairly decent pacing, due to long dragged out and unnecessary scenes, mostly rubbish with cringeworthy dialogue. There was no coherent or cohesive fluidity to the scenes, and they seemed to clumsily appear in and out between random narratives. I sure hope Willis has fulfilled any contractual obligations to be in any more Drake dreck dumpster productions, he deserves much better.
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    • Release date
      • January 20, 2023 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 俠探特攻:驚爆獨立日
    • Production companies
      • BondIt Media Capital
      • Buffalo 8 Productions
      • Lionsgate
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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $36,171
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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