Hello ladies and gentlemen, while the rumors flying left and right over FANTASTIC FOUR and Marvel have no doubt hit your eyes today, almost DOA as far as rumors go, here's the latest trailer for Drafthouse Films most recent acquisition, something that might not be on the front page of every other film blog out there. The film played at Fantastic Fest and unfortunately I wasn't able to attend the screening, so I really don't know much about the project at all. I do know it took the film's director, John Rad, 26 years to build, and by that I mean it was shot/perfected over the course of 26 years, just about the amount of time I've been on this earth. Any project with that amount of passion behind it is rare, something I find incredibly endearing and worth the time to at least casually check out. Drafthouse Films' previous releases, THE TRIBE, ROAR, WRONG, I DECLARE WAR, etc... have all been films that stood out, movies telling wildly different stories, but all containing something unique that attempts to show you something you've never seen before. As I've never seen DANGEROUS MEN, this new trailer is the closest I've come to it and it definitely has my attention. Hopefully it follows in the footsteps of other great Drafthouse aquisitions. It feels like an insanely over the top contained explosion of 80's action. Hopefully it delivers, but we'll just have to wait until it hits theaters on November 13th to find out!
In 1989, Iranian filmmaker John Rad moved to the U.S. to shoot his dream project, a rampaging gutter epic of crime, revenge, cop sex and raw power. Just 26 years later, he completed an American action film masterpiece that the world is still barely ready for today: Dangerous Men.
After Mina witnesses her fiancé's brutal murder by beach thugs, she sets out on a venomous spree to eradicate all human trash from Los Angeles. Armed with a knife, a gun, and an undying rage, she murders her way through the masculine half of the city's populace. A renegade cop is hot on her heels, a trail that also leads him to the subhuman criminal overlord known as Black Pepper. It's a pulse-pounding, heart-stopping, brain-devouring onslaught of '80s thunder, '90s lightning, and pure filmmaking daredevilry from another time and/or dimension. Blades flash, blood flows, bullets fly and synthesizers blare as the morgue overflows with the corpses of Dangerous Men.
If this film is anywhere near the absurdity of MIAMI CONNECTION, then I'm in. If any of you folks were able to check it out at Fantastic Fest (or however you were able to), I'd love to hear your thoughts. It seems to be full of 80's slapstick style action, complete with the most beautiful canned hits and smacks available at the time. It's captured my attention.
- Mike McCutchen
"Muldoon"
Mike@aintitcool.com
