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Only two serious offerings this week as Hollywood looks to dump a pair of movies that sound good on paper and apparently didn't quite live up to expectations. Might as well sneak them in the week after Catching Fire's release and try to recoup a little money.
Oldboy
Spike Lee remakes a South Korean film from ten years ago. The trailer leaves it somewhat hazy, but we know Josh Brolin has been imprisoned and now released both for somewhat mysterious reasons and now goes on a bit of a revenge tour. If the critics are to be believed, Josh Brolin is seeking to cement his legacy as the rich man's Aaron Eckhart: fantastic in supporting roles (Men in Black 3 - sure, the movie sucked, but he nailed his Tommy Lee Jones impression) and ensemble films (No Country for Old Men), but can't carry a movie on his own.
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I'll be honest: I didn't even bother watching the trailer for this one before writing the next part, but just from the poster and the one line description of a retired DEA agent moving to a small town to spend more time with his daughter, I think I pretty much have the plot locked down. James Franco will be a drug dealer who either threatens or kidnaps Jason Statham's daughter. Ass-kicking will ensue. Sylvester Stallone penned this adaptation of a novel that features an impressive cast, but the early reviews are not very kind to this, and now that I've watched the trailer, it certainly does nothing to dispel the notion that this is a perfectly middling action movie. With Parker and Safe under his belt recently, that is starting to be the calling card of Statham.
Oldboy
Spike Lee remakes a South Korean film from ten years ago. The trailer leaves it somewhat hazy, but we know Josh Brolin has been imprisoned and now released both for somewhat mysterious reasons and now goes on a bit of a revenge tour. If the critics are to be believed, Josh Brolin is seeking to cement his legacy as the rich man's Aaron Eckhart: fantastic in supporting roles (Men in Black 3 - sure, the movie sucked, but he nailed his Tommy Lee Jones impression) and ensemble films (No Country for Old Men), but can't carry a movie on his own.
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I'll be honest: I didn't even bother watching the trailer for this one before writing the next part, but just from the poster and the one line description of a retired DEA agent moving to a small town to spend more time with his daughter, I think I pretty much have the plot locked down. James Franco will be a drug dealer who either threatens or kidnaps Jason Statham's daughter. Ass-kicking will ensue. Sylvester Stallone penned this adaptation of a novel that features an impressive cast, but the early reviews are not very kind to this, and now that I've watched the trailer, it certainly does nothing to dispel the notion that this is a perfectly middling action movie. With Parker and Safe under his belt recently, that is starting to be the calling card of Statham.