[Ed note: TrailerAddict.com was forced to remove this video. Luckily for us, Russia hates copyright law. So, here is the video again, presented by rutube.ru. And yes, "ru" stands for "Russia" so that's like "RussiaTube.Russia"]
Sylvester Stallone. Jason Statham. Jet Li. Mickey Rourke. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Randy "The Natural" Couture. Dolph "Ivan Drago" Lundgren. Terry "President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho" Crews. Eric "I'm Julia Roberts' Brother" Roberts. Cameos by Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Calling all tough guys (and Eric Roberts)! We need you to make what appears to be a really, really bad movie!
By now, the upcoming movie, The Expendables, is probably something of which you are already well aware. It's that movie that stars everyone who has ever been in an action movie in the past twenty years. The notable exceptions are Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Wesley Snipes, who all turned down roles in this movie showing surprisingly astute judgment for a group of guys whose filmographies include The Glimmer Man, Street Fighter: The Movie and The Art of War II: Betrayal.
MLR and I saw this trailer and immediately got excited. This movie looks historically bad. If you aren't convinced--if you think that it actually looks good--consider this: The Expendables has a budget of $70 million. That's down over $30M from an original budget of over $100M. Normally, a really great movie doesn't get its budget slashed by a third during production. And guess where that money is coming out of. I'll give you a hint, it's not coming out of Jason Statham's paycheck.
That's right, it's coming out of special effects, editing, running time and production value. Not only is this movie going to be full of dudes chewing up the scenery but we won't even get the explosions, action sequences and stunts that we've all come to expect from all of the previous movies that these guys have been in. That's leaves lots and lots of room for phenomenally bad dialogue. Just to give you an idea, Mystery Men was shot for about $70M. Expect worse than that because in 1999, $70M went a heck of a lot further than it does today.
I'm stoked about the potential of The Expendables, not just for how bad it's probably going to be but also for the ridiculous promotional campaign still to come. Think about it: Letterman will probably have one of the stars on every night for two weeks! Some of them, who still have careers ahead of them, will lie their asses off and talk through fake smiles about how awesome the movie is going to be and fake their excitement while they sweat through their shirts about the upcoming backlash. Others, who no longer give a f***, will just sit there like hollow, plastic dolls while Dave tries to get them to say anything remotely good about the film. "Let's just roll the clip, Dave," is something I anticipate hearing more than once.
2010 is already shaping up to be a great year! What do you guys think?
2 comments:
I'm so freaking pumped I can't even tell you. I've been trolling my normal movie blogs for months in anticipation of this trailer and here it is!
As a devoted follower of the cult of 80s action movies (btw, this is a great site http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/the-ruthless-guide-to-80s-action/) I think we should reserve judgement and hope for something along the lines of Assasins + FiftyFifty + The Italian Job + Lethal Weapon 4. If that isn't a winning formula I don't know what is. Plus, can it be worse than Tucker Max?
If you saw that the trailer for The Expendables was down today, don't worry, we've found a perfect (albeit, probably illegal) replacement.
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