Detective Knight: Independence
Seen it?2023 | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office loss and a lukewarm 5.3 out of 10 from audiences, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 32 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
Detective James Knight 's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race to stop an unbalanced ambulance EMT from imperiling the city's festivities. The misguided vigilante, playing cop with a stolen gun and uniform, has a bank vault full of reasons to put on his own fireworks show... one that will strike dangerously close to Knight's home.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesBelow par
5.3 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$36K worldwide on a $2 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 63K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Edward Drake
- Bruce WillisDet. James Knight
- Lochlyn MunroFitzgerald
- Jimmy Jean-LouisDet.Godwin Sango
- Jack KilmerDezi
- Willow ShieldsAlly
- Dina MeyerCharlotte Burnham
- Timothy V. Murphy
- Lorenzo AntonucciGeorge
- Joe MunroeRobin
- Dax CampbellCillian Rawson