I’m afraid that it’s been a long day and my energy reserves are running on zero, so I’m going to get right to the point (STOP CHEERING!). This Sunday, there will be a football game played in Miami and during that game a new trailer for THE LAST AIRBENDER will be debuted. In anticipation for this new trailer, the studio has released a trailer for the trailer. Gander away.
That’s a pretty sweet looking commercial. I’m actually pretty impressed that the effects looked as good as they did considering that they’re probably not finished yet. And the best part is that when the movie is over, we can all sit around and act like we all knew what the twist was before it happened! Good times.
For days now, the internet has been crying for; nay, demanding more video footage from the upcoming film titled KICK-ASS. And from upon high, descends the following R-rated trailer. Enjoy it if you are of age.
This is the third trailer/clip from this movie that I have posted which I feel is more than enough for any one movie, especially one that I’m not really looking forward too. So…yeah, that’s that.
I should be fair though; this was definitely the best trailer yet for this movie, especially the beginning. It wasn’t trying to be overly jokey and seemed to take itself at-least a little seriously, but (there’s always a “but”) then the second half kicks-in and it all falls apart. As soon as Hit-Girl appears, we’re assaulted with gimmicky and non-sensical action that tears down all my good feelings. Thanks a lot trailer, I didn’t want those good feelings anyway. I guess I’ll replace them with potato chips; like usual.
If you enjoy watching people get hit, then you’re probably a fan of Tony Jaa. Thanks to there not really being any new or good martial arts stars, Tony has become the go-to guy for fisticuffs. After recently making ONG BAK 2, he’s broken the mold by making a trilogy as evidenced by this teaser for ONG BAK 3. Way to be different Tony.
After a few very positive “articles” in a row, I should have known that a turd was going to eventually float up the bowl. And lo and behold, here it is. The movie may not suck, but that was one of the worst trailers I’ve ever seen for a martial arts movie. The opening part where it explains his motives and shows the effeminate villain is pretty good, but once it actually starts showing fights, it is awful. None of the moves that are shown are interesting (possible exception being the elephant swing, but all credit for that has to go to the elephant) or powerful looking, the stages are bland and the sound effects were…I can’t even believe what I heard. EVERYTHING USED THE SAME SOUND EFFECT! EVERYTHING! All the punches, kicks, knees, bodies hitting elephants, bodies hitting the ground and even the damn words falling onto the title cards! Thud, thud, thud, thud; geez guys, branch out a little bit; try breaking celery in half. I know it’s just a teaser and that audio will (hopefully) change, but really, if that’s what you’re going to put in front of people to get them excited for your movie you must not think very highly of your audience or you just don’t give a crap.
If you’re like me, you miss the good-ole days. You know; back when the world was simpler, polar bears weren’t endangered and Mel Gibson starred in movies that involved shooting and high-kicking people in the face. Well, the polar bears might still be screwed, but at least Mel seems to be coming around! The small victories are sometimes the most important.
After his recent turn as a cop who beats up people in EDGE OF DARKNESS, Mel is also looking to star in a new spy movie called COLD WARRIOR. I know what you’re thinking:
This movie is actually about an ex-Cold War spy (that’s Mel) who must come out of retirement and joins forces with a younger (i.e. lamer) spy to thwart a terrorist threat.
This is the kind of stuff that I really dig! It’s a simple premise that is basically just an excuse to have Mel Gibson beat-up terrorists. I personally don’t think that Mel really needs an excuse, but I’m not his publicist. Anyway; the movie is also being directed by some dude named Shane Black who also wrote LETHAL WEAPON. This is a good sign.
It’s “new trailer” time! Are you excited?! Because I sure as hell am! Woo! I love watching pictures move!
This latest offering designed to incite anticipation for a little known release is for THE LOSERS. It’s my understanding that it is based on a comic-book, but don’t get yourself all psyched up like I did; it doesn’t involve spandex. It’s more like THE A-TEAM but with a smaller budget. Fill your eyes!
I’m in a particularly good mood right now (ROCKY IV soundtrack always gets the blood flowing) so maybe this movie just caught me at the right time, but this actually looks pretty good. Perhaps it’s a little to jokey, but not everything has to be all serious all the time. We here at Action Pants do condone the use of humor sometimes if it is used to expand upon a characters awesomeness. The pants-dropping thing in the elevator was a little much, but everything else hit the right spots. Good job THE LOSERS, keep up the losing!
If you hadn’t realized because you’re just too darn cool; a movie version of SHERLOCK HOLMES was released recently. It was directed by Guy Ritchie, did pretty well at the box-office and on a more important note: I enjoyed it a lot.
Travel with me now to the distant past, September of 2009 to be precise! That was the time that we learned that Guy Ritchie had been chosen out of, what I’m sure was, at least tens of other people to direct the movie based on the comic-book character LOBO. Now The L.A. Times is saying that because SHERLOCK HOLMES 2 has been put into the fast lane by the studio, Ritchie has had to drop out of LOBO. Awwwwwww.
I’m hoping that following this news will be the report that the LOBO movie has been junked completely because the synopsis that they gave was awful. And not like regular “someone beefed” awful either, I’m talking really awful.
For what feels like a million years, there has been talk of rebooting the video-game turned movie MORTAL KOMBAT. Well, the talks continue, at least that’s what Bloody Disgusting is saying. Someone named Oren Uziel is being asked to write it. You’re probably having the same reaction to this news that I did, that being “they’re actually going to have a script this time?” Comedy is something you either have or you don’t; no need to be jealous.
Being serious for a second, I actually have fond memories of the 1995 movie starring…umm; I guess you could say it starred Christopher Lambert? I was right at that time in my youth where anything involving over-the-top fighting caught my attention. Though Sub-Zero had one of the lamest deaths in movie history, especially considering he’s probably the most popular character in the franchise and I’m not talking about the Sub-Zero in the clip below (who had an awesome death and a great final insult placed upon him).
I always thought that there was a great movie to be made with MORTAL KOMBAT, but they should really aim for more of an ENTER THE DRAGON than a STREET FIGHTER. By that I mean, it all has to start with the creators taking the subject seriously and making a conscious effort to not make crap. It would also help if they knew how to properly choreograph and film a fight.
I (like all humans who love freedom) am a HUGE fan of Sylvester Stallone…as I’m sure the reader of this site is already aware. Because of the lack of interesting news to report about, I decided to see what the Master of Action was up too since THE EXPENDABLES finished filming. And wouldn’t you know it, I learned some stuff that I didn’t know before (and knowledge is power!).
I will start with the strange, yet awesome, news that I found at Daily Mail. It appears that Stallone is not only an artist with a fist, but also with a paint brush. Click the link that was posted in the first sentence and you will be shown many of Sly’s pieces that were displayed at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair and a few of them even sold…for money! If you saw them, they’re very expressionistic and what-not, not exactly my cup-of-tea, but I will say that Sly looks damn good in this suit.
Somewhere in the world, a ninja is having a nightmare that looks just like this photo.
The other piece of information that I found came courtesy of some lady named Sheryl Main and her blog. Apparently, after shooting finished for THE EXPENDABLES Sly went into the hospital to have an operation performed on his neck. Let’s just hope that the doctor didn’t do the surgery the “Rambo way.”
No autographs!
Here is how Miss Main described the surgery:
From what he told me it was complicated and involved moving his trachea, putting in a metal plate and some very delicate maneuvering by the surgeon – the slightest mistake could have resulted in paralysis.
She isn’t too sure at which point during filming Stallone got himself injured, but it must have been quite the Karate chop to wound a neck that thick. Here’s hoping for a speedy recovery.
It seems like forever since I posted something related to the world of action cinema, but this time it isn’t my fault…really. Honestly, there just hasn’t been anything happening. I mean, things are so bad right now that I decided to come onto the internet to type up a report about this story from Variety, which says that a book named DARK LIFE will be turned into a movie by some people who call themselves The Gotham Group. We’ve fallen on hard time’s people.
I have never read or heard of the book in question, but thanks to my extensive research I have learned that it is some global warming book about people living on the ocean floor because glaciers melted, everything flooded, polar bears lost their habitat and etc. There’s also a government conspiracy about something and it can only be brought to light by a teenager from the ocean floor and his love interest who happens to still live on the surface. Will they succeed and save the world from certain misinformation?! We’ll just have to tune in to find out…but the answer is “yes.”
This sounds like TOTAL RECALL to me, only you’re replacing Mars with the ocean floor and Arnold Schwarzenegger with some scrawny kid. I don’t find either of those trades worth my time. Your mileage may vary.
It is late right now and I’m afraid that the large amount of caffeine that normally sustains me is beginning to wear off. With that said I’m going to cut right to the chase. Some dude over at Deadline Hollywood has broken (and then pieced back together and distributed) the news that some-guy-I-don’t-know named Jason Momoa will be playing Conan the Barbarian in the remake of CONAN THE BARBARIAN. To put this signing into perspective, I have enlisted the help of the internet and together we found this picture of Mr. Momoa:
You got a daugher?
…thanks for nothing internet.
I looked through a few of the pictures that were presented to me and I honestly couldn’t find one where this guy didn’t look like a surf-bum or like he was high. Does this bode well for the King of Aquilonia? I’m going to say no, but who knows; they can do amazing things with computers these days.
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