“Cosmic Sin” is an appropriately titled movie because it is pretty darn bad. It’s a lot like the movie “Doom” but instead of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in the starring role, we have a completely bored Bruce Willis (“Die Hard”, “The Last Boy Scout”).
“Cosmic Sin” is set in the distant future where mankind has been colonising other worlds for centuries. James Ford (Willis) is an ex-military man called out of retirement after aliens are discovered. When they prove to be hostile during the first encounter, Ford suggests destroying them entirely before they can launch a full-scale attack. Would this be an unjustifiable genocidal act or a sensible means of protecting humanity?
I’ve never seen an actor look more bored than Bruce Willis does in this movie. Even Steven Seagal (“Pistol Whipped”) has more enthusiasm in his recent movies. Willis was once energetic and likeable in his movies but here, he seems completely detached from anything and everything that is happening. The other characters are really boring too. Most of the humans wear these stupid space suits that look a little bit like knock-off versions of the ones from the “Halo” videogames. The aliens are rather unremarkable and seem more like zombies.
While some of the ideas in this movie are interesting, it pretty much just ends up being a whole movie of watching Bruce Willis shooting at a few alien zombies while looking like he can’t wait for the movie to be over. The special effects are horrendous during a few scenes. A lot of the movie is just really dark and it can be hard to see what is going on. If you’ve seen the “Doom” movie and any of the recent Bruce Willis movies where he’s incapable of caring about his performance then in your mind, you can pretty much put “Cosmic Sin” together.