Archive for March 23, 2012

Mel Gibson’s next movie won’t be one you see in theaters (at least in the U.S.), as the star actor/director/controversy magnet will try a new distribution model out by debuting his new starring-vehicle, Get the Gringo, on Video On Demand.

Today we have the trailer for Get the Gringo to share, and it looks like Mel may be back in Lethal Weapon and Payback mode, with this new action/comedy from first-time feature director, Adrian Grunberg.

In the film, Gibson plays a character billed only as “Driver” (no relation to Ryan Gosling’s character in Drive), a crook who gets his hands on a fat stash of cash, and tries to abscond with it over the border into Mexico. Unfortunately, Driver’s border crossing is less than pleasant, and his reception by ...

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If you haven’t read my five-star review of The Raid: Redemption, let me just say: it’s one of the best action movies that I’ve seen in years. While the film itself is an entertaining experience, the story of how The Raid came to be is pretty intriguing in and of itself.

That story begins with a virtually unknown director named Gareth Evans, a trip to Indonesia that became a life-changing experience, and some truly great innovative action filmmaking born out of working with a bare-bones budget. Best of all: the story has a happy ending in the form of a truly fantastic – arguably classic – action/horror film (more on that genre combo later).

We sat down with Evans during the press day for The Raid: Redemption, to pick ...

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