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The first day of a new job is usually just a bunch of instructions and formalities: touring the building, learning the daily routines, and figuring out where to hang your coat. But in the thriller Wire Room, a federal agent’s first day on the job quickly turns into a crisis.
Wire Room stars Kevin Dillon as Justin Rosa, a Homeland Security agent who’s just taken a new position manning a wire room—the place where court-approved wire taps are intercepted and monitored. The case that Justin has been assigned is supposed to be simple—even dull: monitoring a former arms dealer turned cartel middle man. But when two black SUVs loaded with armed gunmen arrive at the target’s home, Justin has to make some quick decisions in order to try to keep the wire active and the target alive.
It isn’t long before this rather arrogant new agent loses a little of his swagger. When Justin arrives (late) for his first shift in the wire room, he’s clearly confident in his ability to take on any task. He’s even a little disappointed when the case lead, Shane Mueller (Bruce Willis), tells him that his job is just to follow a few basic rules and to keep the place from burning down. But when the target unexpectedly ends up in danger, Justin starts to panic, breaking most of Shane’s unbreakable rules as he scrambles to find a solution to the problem. In fact, he makes a couple of moves that don’t make a whole lot of sense for an agent with 18 years of experience—and viewers may find it frustrating that those unlikely moves end up directing the action for the rest of the film.
Fortunately, the story that plays out in both the wire room and the target’s home offers plenty of action. Both Justin and his target end up arming themselves to take on assailants who are determined to keep some important information hidden. Still, the plot here feels pretty generic, and the acting is far from award worthy. This definitely isn’t summer blockbuster material—but if you’re in the mood for some brainless action, you’ll at least get plenty of that here.
With its wild range of bad acting and its basic action plot, Wire Room isn’t the kind of movie that you need to race out to see in theaters. And if you happen to come across it on a lazy Friday night, don’t expect anything more than background noise and some of Bruce Willis’s signature surliness.
Look for Wire Room in select theaters and on demand starting on September 2, 2022.
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