This is Paul W.S Anderson’s best film. Now, that’s not necessarily high praise, but the writer/director’s latest effort is far better than his previous films, like Resident Evil and Alien vs Predator. Death Race is a re-make of the 1975 film, entitled Death Race 2000 which was like a combination of The Fast and The Furious and the 80s Arnie actioner, Running Man. David Carradine, who starred in the original has a voice cameo in the newie’s opener.
Starring the chiselled Jason Statham, Joan Allen as the prison warden, and Ian McShane as the aptly named Coach this is a combo of tough inmates and tougher cars. Jason is a man set up for the murder of his wife and is soon enrolled in Death Race, a prison centered, televised sport involving mean men, meaner cars (with big guns) and attractive women. There’s no real surprises here, except the fact that I thought the film was too short. There’s no scenes set outside the prison really, apart from the ending, which is tainted with a schmaltzy and entirely unnecessary voice-over. Anderson uses the biggest budget he’s ever had creatively to ensure the action is maxed out with testosterone, and gory deaths but the film lacks any depth and is a one trick pony. He’s always been a better director than writer and his top notch films are the ones in which he performs the latter role only, like 1997’s Event Horizon. However, Death Race is a pleasant enough distraction, and Statham is the action man of the hour for a reason.
I remember watching the dodgy old American Spider-Man live action TV show in my youth. Sure, Spidey never did any web swinging, or fought anyone other than plain baddies but it was fun for a wide-eyed kid to see one of his heroes in “real life.” Spider-Man also turned Japanese in the 70s, in even less faithful TV adventures. The only similarity was really the costume. The Japanese version had motorbikes and giant robots to make up for it though. See the official press release below, then check out the free TV shows. If the pics below don’t tempt you to glimpse the zaniness, nothing will!
The fabric of intergalactic justice is threatened – until Hal Jordan arrives for his initial mission – in the animated Green Lantern: First Flight, the fifth entry in the popular DVD series of DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movies. A co-production of Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation, the illuminated hero’s first-ever full-length animated film is set for release by Warner Home Video on July 28, 2009. Green Lantern: First Flight will be available as a special edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-RayTM Hi-Def .
IDW Publishing is proud to announce the upcoming release of The Complete Rocketeer by Dave Stevens, collecting the classic series in its entirety for the first time ever.
I missed issue 2 of this series, but thankfully there’s a recap page. I wasn’t too impressed with the debut ish, but could see past its flaws (namely of the artistic variety) to see the epic being built. I’m glad I gave this title a second shot. In a nutshell the premise of this sci-fi tale is this – Samantha Vijaya is an ex-soldier hiding from her past, as a miner in Venus, when the Earth Alliance attacks. When I left Sam she had a tough call to make. Would she face her mistakes and become a leader once more, or would she retreat into the shadows again?
The 1987 film, Lost Boys is a classic piece of genre cinema. It starred the hot actors of the day, like Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric and the two Coreys (Feldman and Haim). The vampire flick was filled with action, humour and class and put director Joel Schumacher on the map, before Batman and Robin took him off it.
Top Cow has done it again. Picking their projects wisely they appear determined to create books that are distinctive in a spandex-driven market. Impaler is their latest high concept book, to use Hollywood slang. The set up is this: blizzard in New York, adrift freighter discovered with dead crew, vampires descend upon the city, cop teams up with ageless vamp killer Vlad Tempes, military struggles to keep up. Thankfully the Cow throw a handy guide in their titles these days, so this is a good place to jump in as any, in case you missed the first issue. This ish begins with two archaeologists arguing over the find of a corpse in a Moroccan dig site, while the object of their discussion seems to stir.
Okay the first obligatory question – what’s Omni all about?
Can you give us a breakdown of the main heroes and what they bring to the team?
What was the motivation for setting up Rejection Press?
Was there any step in the whole process that you weren’t quite ready for?
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