I saw "The Doorman", starring Ruby Rose-Batwoman_tv, The Meg; Rupert Evans-The Man in the High Castle_tv, Hellboy_2004; Aksel Hennie-The Cloverfield Paradox, The Martian and Jean Reno-Alex Cross, Godzilla_1998.
This is a low budget-but entertaining-female version of Die Hard. It was filmed in Bucharest, Romania. Ruby plays a Marine veteran serving on a protection detail overseas that goes badly. After being discharged, she returns to New York looking for a job. Her uncle gets her one as a doorman-actually, she should be called a doorwoman-at the hotel he works at. Rupert plays her brother in law that just happens to live in the same hotel-what a coincidence! His wife-Ruby's sister-was killed in a car accident, so Rupert is a single father to 2 kids. The hotel is being renovated so it is mostly empty-only a few couples are still in the building, including Rupert and his kids-and Jean comes looking for something that just happens to be hidden in one of the hotel's rooms. Jean brings henchmen along to help with the hunt and Aksel is in charge of them. Ruby has to take the thieves out one by one and protect her relatives in the hotel, all while looking capable of fighting men twice her size and beating them. It does stretch believability just a tad, but it is entertaining.
It's rated "R" for violence, language and drug use and has a running time of 1 hour & 37 minutes.
I enjoyed it enough that I would buy it on DVD.
Review of The Doorman
