![]() ![]() Instead the film harkens to a time before streaming, and certainly long before the virtual theater platforms distributors are employing to connect with moviegoers during the coronavirus crisis, when “straight to video” was nearly an epithet. But not because of Willis’ being cast as a one-time lawman with a family under duress. The on-demand release of “Survive the Night” signals a kind of Throwback Friday. The upright (and self-disgraced) doc can’t catch a break from his judgmental dad and is having an equally hard time mollifying his angry wife. With wife Jan (Lydia Hull) and daughter Riley (Riley Wolfe Rach) in tow, Rich is back living with his sympathetic mom (Jessica Abrams) and a sternly denigrating Frank. Chad Michael Murray plays Rich, who’s in the process of rebuilding his life after a malpractice suit ended his burgeoning medical career. Not long into the action, a grimace becomes the only appropriate response to this try-hard flick, directed by Matt Eskandari and written by Doug Wolfe, about what happens when two brothers on the lam violently enlist the surgical services of Frank’s son. After a run-in with the movie’s two baddies, the retired sheriff will be hurting physically, too. Emotionally, Frank’s estranged from his son. When the actor’s mouth tightens and his eyes squint in “ Survive the Night,” you’d like to think it’s because his character is feeling the pain. It’s almost as much a trademark as his smirk. ![]()
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