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THE MECHANIC's Red Band Trailer is a movie I want to see!
Hey folks, Harry here with a pretty killer trailer for the remake to the rather awesome Charles Bronson original. Now I love me some Jason Statham, but he's a different kind of onscreen badass than Bronson. Bronson's eyes did everything. The creases in his face. There was a tired brutality to him. And that brutality was often implied. Statham is about physicality and wit. You don't get quiet consideration with him, you get sweat & blood. And I'm fine with that, and from looking at this Red-Band trailer - you can already see the differences in the adaptation of material - and I'm excited as all hell to do tequila shots with this film. Right? Doesn't that feel like the right inebriant of choice with this flick? Here ya go...
here's Bronson's original trailer - don't they both look like movies you'd want to see?
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What do you think of the RedBand MECHANIC trailer with Jason Statham?
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Must you see EVERYTHING?
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He's a great character actor. He needs to start getting some leading roles!
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For the Charles Bronson version of this film made absolutely no sense. I had no idea what the movie was supposed to be about after watching it.
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Good to see Statham in what looks to be a very good action flick as opposed to the dreck he ussually signs up for. I saw the original as a kid-cold-knew nothing save for it was a Sat and needed something to do. Man, it was one of the top 5 Bronson flicks (He did his share of crap too). This looks over the top in a good way.
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Love that film! It has a very cool opening sequence. Not a line of dialogue is spoken for like a dozen minutes. Everything told purely through visuals. It's a scene that should be studied
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and it was filmed in Nola, can't go wrong with that.
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There was something about the original Mechanic in its tone, pacing, music and of course Bronson's presence. Of course, I was a kid and saw it in the theater and it was one of the stand out Bronson movies of the early 70's for me until Death Wish hit. I still love the scene of Charlie climbing aboard that boat at dawn in that black wetsuit. There is just some classic imagery in that movie.
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a badass now?, FUUCCCCKKK YOUUUUU!!!
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I don't know if you were being serious or not, but that is not Screech from Saved by the Bell. How dare you insult Ben Foster like that.
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Funny comment..he does look a little like Screech. Foster's a really good actor though, I suggest you check out the film "The Messenger", he is fantastic in that and he puts Screech to shame.
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Awesome. Definitely checking out the original. Maybe the remake too.
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The supervillains who hire the best assassins in the world ALWAYS betray them? Such an old, tired plotline...
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...besides the Messenger, he plays a badass in Hostage, 3:10 to Yuma, and especially Alpha Dog. He doesn't strike me as a tough guy to look at him, but in alpha dog, he terrorizes a whole room full of partygoers, some of them some pretty big guys. But he's a good enough actor than he had me convinced. And while the original trailer is vague, that's how movie trailers used to be. I rmember years ago, trailers like The Exorcist and The godrather were nothing more than a black title card with a voiceover saying "The Godfather is now a movie". You really didn't need much more than that. Todays trailers seem more like Castle Film(remember them?) versions.
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Jan. 3, 2011, 10:52 p.m. CST
I will Netflix queue this to see that chick ride em cowboy...
by Toruk_Makto
aside from that...meh.
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Had it in my instant streaming q after reading about this remake. It's pretty cool. Def not "meh".
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but, as much as i enjoy sex scenes in movies, that snipet in the trailer made the whole thing look desperate.
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Looks like all the other shit he has signed up for. If you like the guy, nothing wrong with that. But it looks like transporter 4 to me.
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I'm banking your right that it's better than this remake.
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Jan. 4, 2011, 5:45 a.m. CST
After watching the red band, I actually want to see it now...
by LaneMyersClassic
The original trailer (for the remake) sucked. The Bronson version was pretty good, but Jan Michael Vincent was so terrible in it, his performance alone prevented it from achieving greatness.
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there's some movies that should just be seen in the theater in full thx and this looks like one of them for sure.eustisclay i agree withyou about foster that kid can act.that scene in alpha dog was crazy and beleivable.i'd liketo see statham get back to some solid charachter acting then constant barage of action flix.Jesus how stupid was crank 2?i still think his role as turkish in snatch was one of the best ever.he fucking cracked me up the whole movie with the sarcastic english wit
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and let's face it, at this point you either like him or you don't - rent "The Bank Job". The film seems to have been marketed to capture his action status demographic. The DVD cover doesn't really fit the film.
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Definitely an improvement there. He was awesome in 3:10 to Yuma.
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Ben Foster is usually brilliant. I can't stand the confusion in my mind.
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why?
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I want me some of that! And Foster is shaping up nicely. I first noticed him as a fucked up druggie in some lame Bruce Willis film which he more than stood out in, then he was stone cold in 3.10 to Yuma. I'll give him a pass for the shite-fest that was X3.
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I want me some of that! And Foster is shaping up nicely. I first noticed him as a fucked up druggie in some lame Bruce Willis film which he more than stood out in, then he was stone cold in 3.10 to Yuma. I'll give him a pass for the shite-fest that was X3.
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and I actually want to see it. Looks, cool, old-fashioned and the pairing of Statham and Foster looks inspired. Foster brings a magnetism and charisma just from the trailer. Looks fun.
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(other than money, always a factor with studios) is that actors and directors are hungry for good roles. Stage actors and directors don't just seek new plays--they look at old plays and think: "boy, I'd love to do my interpretation of that." I see no reason to believe screen actors/directors are some totally different breed. Take money totally out of the equation, and they'd STILL remake old favorite movies. Re-telling old stories has been a part of human culture since the beginning.
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Jan. 4, 2011, 3:47 p.m. CST
Original trailer makes no sense...isn't really a trailer
by detectivesoap
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"Stage actors and directors don't just seek new plays--they look at old plays and think: "boy, I'd love to do my interpretation of that." - I never heard that argument before, thank you.
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Is a great young actor.
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But that trailer doesn't make any sense...
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At the end, they'll probably ride off into the sunset working for the government. Hollyweird, could you produce something tough? No? No, apparently not. Same old weakness, same old softness.
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That is all.
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...you dumbass.
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