Death Sentence
When I first saw the trailer for this Kevin Bacon thriller, I was astounded by how excited I was to see the star of Footloose morph into a vengeance-seeking bad ass. In the film, an unfortunate tragedy occurs when Bacon's son is murdered during a gang initiation. Justice is not served, so Bacon does what every parent whose child has been a victim of gang violence wished they could do. He kills them all. Starring opposite him is newbie Garrett Hedlund (Friday Night Lights), who has been really trying ever genre since his feature debut in Troy--from sports to drama (Four Brothers) to fantasy (Eragon) to romantic comedy (Georgia Rule) and now a thriller.
Balls of Fury
Christopher Walken--in my generation--has always been thought of as that crazy old guy who danced throughout the entire Fatboy Slim "Weapon of Choice" video like he was in a Broadway musical and not 58 years old. Whatever happened to that bad ass who made you forget your name when you locked eyes with him? Well, wherever he is he won't be watching this pathetic attempt at mocking professional ping pong players--yes, they exist--with a supposedly comical addition of action sequences. Newcomer Dan Fogler (School for Scoundrels) stars as a player who is recruited by the FBI--George Lopez just trying to pay the bills--to enter a tournament and get evidence against his father's murderer (Walken). Sounds riveting.
Halloween
It's a never ending saga. They just won't let Mike Meyers die. Rob Zombie chose to remake John Carpenter's legendary horror flick, a story about a 17 year old psychopath who is accidentally released from the insane asylum he was institutionalized in since he was 10. Let the mayhem begin.
The Nines
Ryan Reynolds is trying his hand at a little less comedy and "action" for an indie mystery/horror/thriller that's basically a puzzle. It consists of three short films that feature the same actors in different roles. One is about a house-arrested TV star who questions whether two women are deceiving him about the nature of his incarceration. The second is a behind the scenes documentary on the production of a reality show. And the third is about a video game designer stranded in the woods with his wife and daughter, who discovers secret info that'll lead to a difficult decision. The stories are intertwined to examine the relationship between creator and creation. What the number 9 hast to do with anything? I don't know. It seems deeply philosophical for an end-of-summer flick. Also starring in the film are Hope Davis ("Six Degrees"), Elle Fanning (Babel), and Melissa McCathy (Sookie on "Gilmore Girls").
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