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Madison Taylor (Nicky Whelan) is a waitress in Puerto Rico. She takes care of her younger sister by herself. She gets shot by two killers. She is brought to the hospital and police Det. Wakes (Bruce Willis) puts her in isolation for her protection. The killers arrive to retrieve the bullet which could be tracked back to them.

The premise is simple enough. The acting is nothing to write home about. Willis barely cares nowadays. This movie never had a hope with so many little flaws. It starts with the bullet in her leg. That's not the only bullet out there and the bad guys don't spend enough time at the scene to be sure that all their bullets shattered. Quite frankly, it's a silly flaw that could be solved by announcing that they have to kill a witness. Locking her in isolation leaves the issue of the medicine. She would need doctors and nurses but nobody is allowed to see her. There is no monitoring of her. There's nobody on the floor other than one policeman. She pulls the fire alarm but it's a weird fire alarm which doesn't alert anybody outside the floor. What kind of scrub area would be bulletproof? They don't need to do that. Even if they shot out the window, they can't reach the inside handle. She can still shock them. The fact is that these flaws keep happening and they could all be solved. I don't know why the elevator only goes down one level. I don't know why that janitor screams like a little girl who has seen a ghost. I don't know why Madison doesn't talk to that nurse in the morgue. I don't know why security isn't crawling all over the hospital. The bad guy who dropped the chip has no way of knowing that Madison has it. A lot of this movie doesn't make sense if one digs too deeply. It makes no sense that Madison wouldn't shot once to make sure the bad guy is dead. The final confrontation looks stupid with the bad guy taunting Madison. The list goes on and all the little flaws add up.

This movie is OK but Bruce Willis' acting is very ham. I have no idea why all of a sudden he seems to have lost the ability to portray a believable character.

Apart from that, Nicky Whelan carries this movie from start to finish with superb acting. Unfortunately, the story is a bit sparse in depth.

OK to watch if it comes on telly, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see this again.

Very catchy story, several nail biting moments waiting for the "shock" that nearly knocked me off the couch, but this is by far THE most awkward acting from Bruce's side, felt the character were misplaced compared to many of the past great movies he attended / roles he played. Where'd the spark go?. However it won't change the way I see Bruce as a God talented actor.

WHAT happened to Bruce Willis and his acting?! This was a disaster from start to finish.

This would have to be the worst Bruce Willis film I've ever seen in my entire life half the time while he's trying to act he sounds like he's on drugs and spaced out or acting like he's slow or something. He seems to be on something during the filming of this movie because it is completely different to a lot of his other acting and its absolutely bloody terrible. The amount Of plot holes are unbelievable And some of The situations this film portrays are so far-fetched and downright ridiculous. If I can stop one person from watching this film that would be a Small success! You can watch anything else that's out at the moment and I can guarantee you it would be 100 times better than this garbage movie . It's such a shame because this could've been a Great film And done so much better but clearly they're trying to Cruise through dropping certain names on this film when clearly it's a money grab and hopefully they won't get rewarded for such a bad script

This movie is badly made, all actors and actresses are not performing, they are just reading their lines. The movie is full of errors, flaws, contradictions and exaggerations. It seems like it was directed by 10 years old kid.

For being set in Puerto Rico, they have an astonishing lack of Puerto Ricans. In fact, I counted ZERO Puerto Rican's. Bruce Willis is terrible. Steve Gutenberg is creepy as a doctor and I'm pretty sure he forgot he was filming a movie and started to hit on the lead actress. For having a detective shot down in cold blood, they apparently didn't have much respect for him in the force because only Bruce Willis showed up to check on the officer and I guess that's because it was his partner. For the only witness to a murder of a cop, they put one nerdy, fresh out of the academy cop to guard her. Apparently, no one gets sick in Puerto Rico either, because the hospital is empty, sans for one case of an asthma attack that requires a 3 night stay in the hospital. Oh, and for the actress who was the witness and was shot as well? They told her they couldn't take the bullet out of her leg that's "an inch below the skin" for several days because the surgeons were off-duty! I kid you not! Good thing she wasn't shot in the head. Maybe that's why the detective didn't make it? I'm pretty sure Bruce Willis filmed in between happy hours. Where are all the nurses that wake people up every 15 minutes like in real hospitals?

It is truly unbelievable how this movie managed to get released. It is with all honesty really really bad. The acting was probably the biggest disappointment. While turning on this movie I didn't have many expectations. It was supposed to be the movie you play in the background while doing something else. But this movie could not even fulfill this role. It was cringe worthy and honestly just sad to look at.

Trauma Center is your basic Die Hard in a hospital with the John McClane character being replaced by a waitress (Nicky Whelan), and the terrorists are replaced by some corrupt Vice cops (Texas Battle & Tito Ortiz).

The Good....this film is only 87 minutes, and the story moves along at a decent pace if you find yourself quarantined with a rain storm outside. Nicky Whelan also gives a damn about creating a compelling character that one can cheer for.

The Bad...the corrupt cops played by Battle and Ortiz. The circumstances of why they have to chase down this waitress/witness is almost laughable. The two lunk heads clog around the entire film in moronic fashion. Battle attempts to portray a charismatic villain, but can't due to the fact that he has to lower his acting ability to balance out Ortiz. There are portions throughout this film where I thought these two guys were doing their best Three Stooges imitations.

And Finally The Ugly.....Bruce Willis. Trauma Center is the 1st of a three picture deal that Willis signed with MoviePass film, however I can not find an exact figure for the deal. Hopefully MoviePass will get some acting out of Willis for the final two films of the contract. His supposed acting in this one was cringe worthy. I understand from reading about past film sets that Willis can be very difficult and it translates to "I don't care" performances, but he certainly takes it to another level in Trauma Center. I can almost bet that he never read the script, never studied his lines, sat in his plush trailer drinking and counting down the days till the end of the shoot.

His performance comes across as someone who told Director Matt Eskandari that he (Willis) was obligated to do only one take and had his assistant (who was responsible for studying all of his lines) just off screen telling him his lines for the 1st time. No magic editing can fix that.

Bruce Willis has never been thought of as a great thespian, but when the best performance that you can muster in Trauma Center is standing behind a shot up unmarked police car holding a gun in silence...the movie viewing public deserves better.

The film starts of bad and only gets worse. Terrible story, shoddy directing and a actor who has forgotten how to act.

The final straw for me is at the point when one of the police officers just realises he's lost a micro SD card. It is the biggest load of drivel I have ever seen.

In a future where Puerto Rico became the 51st state and everybody speaks English, a woman with a bullet in her leg due to doctor negligence must survive with the help of a drunk detective (Bruce Willis) against a guy who really hates doors and some other pathological liar.

Sort of reminded me of those old school 90s Die Hard in a "insert xxx place" scenarios. This one is a female waitress on the run from two corrupt cops in a hospital. Lots of tension/suspense set pieces that were well executed for the limited location and were the highlight of the film. If you're gunning for Bruce he's not in it much but the few scenes he's in there's some decent chemistry between him and Madison(played by Nicky Whelan) Worth a check out if you're into a cool/tense action programmer.

This film was clearly a 'very' low budget B-grade film based on the few location sets, but had a fairly decent supporting cast for a change. Good to see Tito Ortiz and Steve Guttenberg, but Nicky Whelan definitely stole the show. I'm not sure why Willis was even in this film, but at least he didn't seem bored or falling asleep in this one compared to the previous bunch I've seen him in.

Novice director Matt Eskandari was fairly decent behind the camera, but needed to direct his cast better. The writing by newb Paul Da Silva was atrocious. Sure it was his first writing credit, but out of the almost 30 producers, you'd think at least one would've suggested a read-through by a seasoned screenwriter before going to action.

The 87 min is normally a decent runtime, but to have that time in such a plot-riddled nonsense seen-it-many-times-before unnecessarily long dragged out scenes wannabe Die Hard in a hospital *finally takes a breath* story, made me begging for the ending many times. As predictable as it was, I was hoping at least for a fun twist or something, but instead, we got Willis a role for a character that wasn't really even needed.

For an amateur extremely low budget B-grade film, it still had its moments. It's a generous 6/10 from me, and certainly undeserving of all these 1's and 2's, especially considering some new filmmakers gave it their best.

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Has to be one of the worst movies ever made. Don't waste any of life's precious minutes on this loser show.

But after making this film, just retire...

It looks like you've forgotten how to act Bruce (not that you were a good actor anyway), and those idiot cops who can't even talk properly are just as bad.

How can you pat your jacket and realise an SD card is lost? Ha! This film is a joke from start to finish. In fact, just as bad as those balloon lips on Madison's sister.

OMG - dreadful, simply dreadful!

The lack of effort put into this film is dizzying to say the least. Every cliché from any action movie that you've ever seen is deployed and deployed poorly. You never begin to engage with any of the characters even the once mighty Bruce. This is lazy writing, directing and acting at its zenith. Unless you are in prison and have no other options available avoid at all costs.

Don't believe any rating over 3/10. This is a really bad movie. Bruce seems to be phoning in his performance. Poor script, inept direction, the list goes on.

Good God that was horrible...from the plot to the acting and everything in between. What happened to Bruce?! Even with the terrible lines, he still could have acted!

This isn't a comedy, but the premise is the same as Home Alone, in that someone is completely isolated as danger lurks.

In this case, a young woman (Nicky Whelan) witnesses a murder and as she tries to get away, is shot in the leg. She winds up in the hospital, where, under the supervision of a police officer (Bruce Willis) she is isolated in an empty unit for her own safety. Unfortunately, the two guys after her are police officers and don't have much problem getting into the unit and killing her guard. Nicky claims she didn't see anything, but they don't care - they want the bullet that's in her leg.

Very tense with a terrific performance by Nicky Whelan.

To tell you the truth, the movie seemed a little cheap - the sound had an echo. Bruce Willis wasn't the usual Bruce Willis - he was sluggish and spoke slowly. The police officers were appropriately menacing.

Standard entertainment with some clever touches and gory scenes.

Did you loose a bet? One of the worst films I've ever seen.

Movie sucked. I wouldn't recommend wasting your time watching it.

Great acting, well shot and nice use of the hospital location to create atmosphere and suspense. Fun thriller to throw on for a rainy day.

The story has been told many times and the script is simplistic, bordering on clichés - but with some deft direction, camerawork and a great lead actress to anchor it all, it gels nicely into a tight 80 min thriller. Don't expect a Bruce Willis star vehicle, he's not in much and probably would have done without but that's not how these movies get made. The Puerto Rico vibe added some fresh environments to it as well. Overall, I'd say this was a decent thriller that hits all the right notes for a bread and butter genre fare.

The story is as if 4th-grade children wrote it... complete disrespect for common logic and common sense.

I am worried that this is the end of him...