Bruce-willis

Bruce Willis has appeared in everything from action movies to romantic comedies, but how do his many film franchises rank alongside each other?

Sadly, Live Free Or Die Hard and A Good Day To Die Hard were vapid blockbusters that misunderstood the appeal of the series, but overall, Die Hard is the defining Bruce Willis Franchise. [Unbreakable](https://screenrant.com/tag/unbreakable/) series (AKA the Eastrail 177 Trilogy) are subversions of superhero cinema that eschew big-scale battles to get into their character's psychology instead. [Unbreakable was always designed as a trilogy](https://screenrant.com/unbreakable-split-glass-movies-ranked-worst-best/), but 2016's [Split](https://screenrant.com/tag/split/) was released as a stealth sequel following the origin of a new supervillain with Willis making a cameo. Fun as it was to see Willis trading barbs and machine gun fire with Stallone and Arnold, they all deserved a cooler vehicle than [The Expendables 2](https://screenrant.com/tag/the-expendables-2/). [The Expendables](https://screenrant.com/tag/the-expendables/) was created by Sylvester Stallone as a way to unite action cinema's biggest stars together in one movie. [Sin City](https://screenrant.com/tag/sin-city/) was one of the coolest movies of 2005 and saw Robert Rodriguez adapt the cult Frank Miller comic series. In the original, former [box-office rivals Willis and Schwarzenegger](https://screenrant.com/stallone-schwarzenegger-willis-80s-action-movies-box-office/) camoed, with both returning for (slightly) more substantial roles in the sequel. [the Die Hard movies](https://screenrant.com/die-hard-movies-ranked-worst-best/), the star tended to avoid franchises until later in his career, but during the 2000s, he frequently began to appear in sequels to his own work. Red 2 attempted more of the same, but the comedy felt forced compared to the original, while its leading man - and most of the returning cast, in fact - looked like they were there to cash a cheque and nothing more. Towards the end of his career and before his aphasia diagnosis was made known, Willis embarked on a series of low-budget action projects for production company Emmett/Furla Oasis. They cast Willis as the titular rule-breaking cop, and at least compared to the Fortress saga, they possess some energy and half-decent action setpieces. While some action stars may have struggled with roles outside the genre, Willis was able to switch between drama, comedy, romance and everything in between with ease.