I think Ruby Rose is a beautiful lady and I really want her to succeed in the world of movies and tv. Okay, she is no Meryl Streep but she at least has great presence. Her first project after her leaving Batwoman is this Die Hard-like action movie The Doorman. Ruby can do action flicks - that's clear. Her fighting skills are convincing. But for the rest The Doorman is a film that runs out of fresh ideas fast and suffers from a bad script.
The problem with The Doorman is that it starts out rather well. Ali (Rose) is a soldier who has to protect an important ambassador's family in a foreign country and can get along fine with the young daughter. But tragedy strikes: during a routine trip the convoy with the family is attacked and everybody dies except Ali. Desillusioned and bitter she quits the army and goes back to New York where she accepts an easy job as a doorman. Too bad she picked the wrong weekend to start, because a group of thugs take control of the almost empty building. She's the only one that can take them down. That's where it all goes downhill, though. When the film is over you realize that you again were tricked into watching a bad and forgettable movie.
Having seen many Die Hard inspired action films it's a good thing that we finally see a woman battling against the bad guys. Too bad the story is filled with so many illogical behaviours that as a viewer you can't take the film seriously. For instance there is a scene where Ali manages to stunn her opponents by using a fire extinguisher. She even succeeds in grabbing one of their rifles. But what happens next? Instead of taking this opportunity to shoot them to bits she just runs away.
Most of the fight scenes look like Streetfighter or Tekken-like videogames: although you punch the hell out of your opponent they won't go down. That's pretty irritating. The end result of The Doorman is never in doubt. The Doorman also hasn't got the best dialogues either. There's a strange subplot as well where it is explained that Ali once had an affair with the husband of her deceased sister. Ruby Rose is so openly gay though, that for us viewers that dramatic element is hard to believe.
The Doorman proves that Ruby Rose can handle action movies and can certainly handle being the lead in a film. But for her and her many fans I hope her next project will have a much better script and a much better director. Because if she's given a good script and a great director Ruby Rose can turn into a big moviestar.
5/10
The problem with The Doorman is that it starts out rather well. Ali (Rose) is a soldier who has to protect an important ambassador's family in a foreign country and can get along fine with the young daughter. But tragedy strikes: during a routine trip the convoy with the family is attacked and everybody dies except Ali. Desillusioned and bitter she quits the army and goes back to New York where she accepts an easy job as a doorman. Too bad she picked the wrong weekend to start, because a group of thugs take control of the almost empty building. She's the only one that can take them down. That's where it all goes downhill, though. When the film is over you realize that you again were tricked into watching a bad and forgettable movie.
Having seen many Die Hard inspired action films it's a good thing that we finally see a woman battling against the bad guys. Too bad the story is filled with so many illogical behaviours that as a viewer you can't take the film seriously. For instance there is a scene where Ali manages to stunn her opponents by using a fire extinguisher. She even succeeds in grabbing one of their rifles. But what happens next? Instead of taking this opportunity to shoot them to bits she just runs away.
Most of the fight scenes look like Streetfighter or Tekken-like videogames: although you punch the hell out of your opponent they won't go down. That's pretty irritating. The end result of The Doorman is never in doubt. The Doorman also hasn't got the best dialogues either. There's a strange subplot as well where it is explained that Ali once had an affair with the husband of her deceased sister. Ruby Rose is so openly gay though, that for us viewers that dramatic element is hard to believe.
The Doorman proves that Ruby Rose can handle action movies and can certainly handle being the lead in a film. But for her and her many fans I hope her next project will have a much better script and a much better director. Because if she's given a good script and a great director Ruby Rose can turn into a big moviestar.
5/10