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Fantastic Fest Review: ‘Elite Squad 2’ A Sprawling, Exciting Look At The Depths Of Corruption > The Playlist

If ultimately your reaction to “The Enemy Within” is “wow, Brazil is a really dangerous, ****ed-up place,” you probably wouldn’t be wrong, since Padilha gives his story a sense of authenticity that disappointingly few other political thrillers share. But like Scorsese does in “Casino,” Padilha creates an oddly universal sort of emotional identification with most of his main characters, so that when they go to the extremes of human behavior we understand them completely, and we’re surprisingly gratified by their actions, even when they’re only questionably appropriate. As a whole, “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within” works because it devotes as much attention to the microcosm of the characters personalities as the macro of their environment and circumstances, creating a tense, engaging opus that both shines a light on a sophisticated world, and shows how the individuals within it survive. [B+]

Take note! I am going to shove this ****ing movie down your throats when it gets near it's release date out here!

‘Fast and Furious’ Franchise May Have Found Another Bald Headed Ass-Kicker Capable of Driving a Stick | Film School Rejects

‘One Shot’ Adds Michael Raymond-James, From ‘True Blood’ and ‘Terriers’ | /Film

WAAAAAAAAA I miss Terriers!!!!!!!!

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I was just listening to my fave sports show, The Jim Rome Show, and b/c of Rome's love for all things John McClane, Tom Rothman of FOX Entertainment came on his show to announce the title and set-up for Die Hard 5. It will be titled A Good Day To Die Hard and it will involve John heading to Russia to sweet talk some cops into letting his apparently-wayward son out of jail for something he did....but when he gets there, as you can imagine....things surrounding his son's arrest are not as they appear and world-threatening terrorist hijinks ensue. The role for John McClane, Jr. will be highly coveted in the next couple of months. It goes before cameras in January, and they are going to release it on February 14th just in time to buy the lady some roses and chocolate and then take her to see some terrorists get their asses handed to them McClane style!!!!

Yu Nan in "The Expendables II" to be First Chinese Actress to Lead in Western Action Film

Recently, the makes of action movie "The Expendables II" confirmed that Chinese actress Yu Nan will be involved in the movie and take on the role of lead actress, marking Yu Nan as the first Chinese actress to lead in a Hollywood action movie, tom.com reports.

The film "The Expendables" directed by Simon West, had a star-studded cast led by Sylvester Stallone. The cast included Jet Lee, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, and Randy Couture. The sequel will add Jean-Claude Van Damme to the cast list, where he will play a role as a villain. The movie will be shot in both China and Bulgaria.

Yu Nan's role in "The Expendables II" will be a woman of Chinese descent named Maggie. From the picture taken during shooting site, Yu Nan is likely to join the fight scenes.

Thumbs up!

Johnny Knoxville & Forest Whitaker Round Out Cast Of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘The Last Stand’ > The Playlist

Johnny Knoxville, Forest Whitaker and the always awesome Harry Dean Stanton are rounding out the cast on the film, though their roles haven’t been specified. Penned by first-time writer Andrew Knauer and veteran Jeffrey Nachmanoff—and recently rewritten by George Nolfi—the story follows a disgraced LAPD cop in a new job in a small town, who is trying to stop a drug cartel leader, Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), who has just busted out of prison and is trying to make it across the border with $400 million bucks. Jaimie Alexander, Zach Gilford and Rodrigo Santoro are the team of cops on the small town force working with Ahnuld, and together they will team up against Peter Stormare who works for Cortez.

This is looking pretty good on paper.

Originally Posted by adgy-san

Johnny Knoxville & Forest Whitaker Round Out Cast Of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘The Last Stand’ > The Playlist



This is looking pretty good on paper.

I dunno. Knoxville was in the Walking Tall 'reboot' and Forrest Whittaker ain't known to be picky either. Then again maybe politics have improved Ahnolds acting abilities.

Originally Posted by jerseydevil

I dunno. Knoxville was in the Walking Tall 'reboot' and Forrest Whittaker ain't known to be picky either. Then again maybe politics have improved Ahnolds acting abilities.

Well, I'm much more interested in it being Kim Ji-woon's (I Saw The Devil, A Tale Of Two Sisters) American debut. And crossing my fingers.