Action-thriller ‘PARADISE CITY’ features a ‘PULP FICTION’ reunion, director and star talk Willis-Travolta showdown

Preston Barta // Features Editor

Do you need more diehard devotion to iconic leading man (and the recently retired) Bruce Willis? How about a new action movie where bullets and playground insults are fired between him and John Travolta?

Well, welcome to the party, pal!

Co-written and directed by Chuck Russell (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and The Scorpion King), Paradise City is a new cinematic adrenaline rush. It tells the story of a bounty hunter named Ian Shaw (Willis), who is shot and presumed dead following a seaside firefight. Following his disappearance into the blue waters of Maui, Ian’s son, Ryan (Everybody Wants Some’s Blake Jenner), and former partner, Robbie Cole (Stephen Dorff), team up with local detective Savannah (Praya Lundberg) to track down the killers. But the trail is becoming more stained in red with a ruthless power broker (Travolta) on their heels and throats. But, hopefully, the grass is green on the other side of Paradise City.

To celebrate the film’s release in theaters and on digital/on-demand, Fresh Fiction had the opportunity to (virtually) sit down with Russell and Jenner. In the below video interview, we discuss the Pulp Fiction reunion with Willis and Travolta, the secret of nailing action movie dialogue, and Russell’s thoughts on Jordan Peele’s big Scorpion King reference in this year’s Nope.

Chuck Russell (director/co-writer)

Blake Jenner (“Ryan Shaw”)