Thursday, November 29, 2012

Upcoming movie musclecar mayhem....

The holiday season always brings a slew of action flicks-I've seen a few good trailers. Tom Cruise brings "Jack Reacher" to the big screen and in the trailers drives a red with black stripes 1970 SS Chevelle. Didn't see the emblems close enough to see if it was a 396 or 454 model, but it looked authentic down to the guages and ( unlike "Faster" at least this one had a 1970 taillights and bumper, not a  71-72 setup ). Sadly, it looks like the car gets wrecked. Even sadder, if you read the books by Lee Child, "Jack Reacher" is 6' 5" not 5' 6".  Maybe they should have cast "The Rock" or John Cena instead of Tom Cruise. It might be worth a look.  Brad Pitt plays a hitman in "Killing them Softly" and drives what appears to be 1971 GS455 Buick Skylark. Its an ugly green color however.  Anyway this one looks ok.  The most promising in my estimation is "Bullet to the Head" starring Sylvester Stallone, the Asian dude from the "Fast&Furious" movies, the uber-sexy Sara Shahi ( "Fairly Legal", "The L Word" ) and directed by Walter Hill ( "48 Hrs", "Last Man Standing", and "Undisputed" ).  Stallone is an aging hitman who wants out of  "The business" and goes on a campaign of  vengance after his partner is murdered; the Asian guy from "F&F" ( I can't remember his name) is a cop whose partner was murdered by the same people. Sara Shahi is Sly's daughter; when the bad guys threaten her; hitman and cop team up to smite them in biblical fashion. Lots of action and "48 Hrs" style reluctant partner-buddy humor. And Sly drives an SRT8 Charger for at least part of the film. The only downer is Shahi is made up to look like Kat Von D ( Jesse James' tattooed slut that he left Sandra Bullock for ). Why I don't know; Shahi has no ink on her flawless bod in real life. Maybe Hill is trying to send a social message-if your dad's a criminal you end up a tattoed whore with a bad attitude. Maybe she at least gets naked, and they couldn't show it in the trailer. ( We can hope; she got naked a lot on the L word )  Anyhow, I'll probably go see all 3 and I'll give a detailed review here for all you musclecar / action movie buffs.  Mastermind          

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