Friday, September 20, 2024
The Doorman
This is a poor man’s “Die Hard” when a decorated ex-marine Ali (Ruby Rose) gets hired as a new doorman at a building being renovated during the Easter holiday. With most of the tenants relocated during construction, disguised thieves entered the closed establishment in search of hidden valuable stolen art. Can you say “Yippee Kai Yay”? Ali is John McClane, the fly in the ointment. Jean Reno plays Mr. Dubois aka Hans Gruber. The Carrington Hotel is this film’s Nakatomi Plaza. Ali wanders around secret passages within the building to allude the bad guys. Ali is trying to save her loved ones being held hostage. Time is ticking as the safe is being cracked & the henchmen are being taken down one by one. It is nothing that we haven’t seen before & is predictable, but it is still fun to watch. There is no honor among thieves. The final bad guy meets his demise in a predictable fashion but with an almost comical result.
Alien gives it 2½ “Apartment 10C” stars out of 4.
