Video: The greatest action movie trailer ever made?
posted at 1:50 pm on September 11, 2007 by Allahpundit
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The trailer released in May was gory too but flabby at almost three and a half minutes. This one’s in fighting shape. Good lord, is it ever.
Exit question one: What the hell is he making at the beginning there? A sword? A blunt piece of steel to beat people with? Exit question two: Even more painfully awesome than the painfully awesome “Transformers” trailer? Exit answer: Yes.
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Super, more Dinosaur movies!
Kini on September 11, 2007 at 1:53 PM
I’m thinking one of these.
Slublog on September 11, 2007 at 1:54 PM
You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me.
They couldn’t pay ME to see this dreck.
tickleddragon on September 11, 2007 at 1:55 PM
Eh, Sorry AP,
The trailer is still too gory. If he were in say, “South-Western” asia, kickin’ some a$$, that would be better.
dc84123 on September 11, 2007 at 1:56 PM
Still way too gory a trailer for wide distribution, but I will definately see it. John Rambo. Too cool.
thomashton on September 11, 2007 at 1:59 PM
That is a Rambo Woopin Stick.
conservnut on September 11, 2007 at 1:59 PM
No brokeback potential with this trailer.
- The Cat
MirCat on September 11, 2007 at 1:59 PM
But will there be any action in this movie?
Good chance it will do better business than all 8 (last count) anti-war movies on the docket put together.
Not a bad chance it will do around 50x better box office than REDACTED.
CK MacLeod on September 11, 2007 at 2:00 PM
Wow. This has the potential to be even more ridiculous than the Rambo spoof that Weird Al did in UHF.
So of course I’ll be seeing this with a few friends….
World B. Free on September 11, 2007 at 2:00 PM
No.
BTW, the success of Transformers is bringing more giant 80s robots from Japan to the big screen. There is a Voltron and a Robotech movie in the works.
Queasy on September 11, 2007 at 2:01 PM
First “Rocky Balboa”…
Then “John Rambo”…
Can “Joe Bomowski” be far behind?
MadisonConservative on September 11, 2007 at 2:01 PM
Awesome!
Zetterson on September 11, 2007 at 2:05 PM
I’m hoping for “Lincoln Hawk“.
Queasy on September 11, 2007 at 2:06 PM
I can’t wait for Rhinestone 2 – Electric Boogaloo!
journeyscarab on September 11, 2007 at 2:07 PM
Did you catch that guy smoking a cigarette? That’s dangerous!
RedWinged Blackbird on September 11, 2007 at 2:07 PM
I don’t know if Tobey McQuire will work at Rick Hunter… nor if they’ll be able to fit a full story into 2 hours…
Canadian Imperialist Running Dog on September 11, 2007 at 2:11 PM
I need a tissue.
War porn at it’s finest (I hope).
SouthernDem on September 11, 2007 at 2:12 PM
Damn, that’s some good killin’ right there.
I guess it’s too much to hope for that the real villains won’t be a cabal of American Neocons supporting the Asian military types he’s cutting to ribbons in that trailer.
Dudley Smith on September 11, 2007 at 2:14 PM
It looks like he’s making a machete. You know, for cutting away jungle/bodies.
That’s gonna be just the tip of the iceberg. I see a lot more where this came from….
John Spartan
Ray Tango
and er…Judge Dredd
PaisleyCow on September 11, 2007 at 2:17 PM
Looked like a machete to me.
CP on September 11, 2007 at 2:17 PM
What the feck did I just watch?
Hollywud intellektyools enlighten us neanderthals about the evils of ‘gun violence’…and now this?
Society is becoming more inured and anaesthetized to violence because…anyone?…Bueller?
Ochlan on September 11, 2007 at 2:18 PM
Sorry, bro. No can do.
Jaibones on September 11, 2007 at 2:20 PM
Does it matter? As long as he kills people with it.
As an I told ya so moment…transformers sucked. Hated it. Too many flesh creatures roaming around. Not enough robot action.
Being said, The scorpinok battle with the US troops was, by far, the most emotional and best part of the movie. After that, blech. When the AC130 comes in and starts hammering at scorpinok. That was pure gold man.
lorien1973 on September 11, 2007 at 2:20 PM
That was a dumb trailer. It bounced from scene to scene ever 1.5 seconds without any hint of a plot, reason, or storyline.
“Killing is in your blood” now watch it splatter.
I’d say it looks more like “Hostel”, but, frankly, not that good.
And I’m just talking about the trailer. The director of that movie I gather is a sicko.
Christoph on September 11, 2007 at 2:20 PM
It -is- a rambo movie. You were expecting shakespeare? Killin’ -is- the plot.
lorien1973 on September 11, 2007 at 2:22 PM
Marion “Cobra” Cobretti!
“You’re the disease, and I’m the cure–but…but…you keep coming back like some sort of chronic condition so I’ll have to amputate!”
see-dubya on September 11, 2007 at 2:22 PM
The only soldier that Hollywood likes, cuz he loves his job just a little too much.
I’d see it if he was dismembering Jihadists.
infidel4life on September 11, 2007 at 2:23 PM
why isn’t he fighting jihadis? doing so would at least make the movie semi-realistic
jediwebdude on September 11, 2007 at 2:24 PM
Probably because it makes for stimulating movies and games, which in turn make lots of money.
RedWinged Blackbird on September 11, 2007 at 2:25 PM
I question the gore. This is Hollywood. Is it to highlight the devastation of weapons and war? To what end?
Or is it a marketing reaction to the success of so many gore flicks of late. Is it gore-porn or war-porn.
I think sly is in trouble here. Any interview will have to address the gore – making that what the movie is about. Sly will struggle to say it is about a guy bringing justice.
Is it an anti-war film or a kick the bad guys ass film? I am suspicious.
Any takers on the how long the sympathetic bad guy’s America-bashing mono-log will be? Or will it be the need to be rescued cute native girl who will deliver the America-bashing mono-log?
Agrippa2k on September 11, 2007 at 2:27 PM
Yes, but it makes it crappy. And the first Rambo movie did have a plot.
Christoph on September 11, 2007 at 2:29 PM
Looks like the privileged white aid worker who will be delivering the America-bashing mono-log.
Agrippa2k on September 11, 2007 at 2:31 PM
Errr…that wasn’t my question…nor my point…
Ochlan on September 11, 2007 at 2:31 PM
No, Allahpundit. If he were killing Islamists, then I’d buy tickets for everyone I knew and the DVD as stocking stuffers. And yes it would be more awesome than the Transformers trailer.
Theworldisnotenough on September 11, 2007 at 2:32 PM
Would I rather he fought jihadis? Absolutely.
But are the Burmese warlords and their thug narco-armies begging for some John Rambo lovin’? Absolutely.
It’s actually a bold choice for Hollywood: for once the bad guys are not albino Croatians or British arms traders or Afrikaaner neo-Nazis.
Baby steps, people.
see-dubya on September 11, 2007 at 2:36 PM
Want.
askheaves on September 11, 2007 at 2:38 PM
I still want to see a live action Gigantor – a 300 foot tall, rocket powered flying robot that is remote controlled by a 4 year old kid. Could be worse, it could be remote controlled by a US Government agency.
stonemeister on September 11, 2007 at 2:42 PM
I saw this when it first came out.
My favorite part is where he shoots the non-Vietnam looking guy in a non-Vietnam looking country point blank with a .50 machine gun mounted on the back of the same truck.
In one of the few moments where realistic effects of half-inch diameter pointed cylindrical pieces of metal move through someone at high speeds. Splat.
Weebork on September 11, 2007 at 2:44 PM
By the way, there is a higher-res video out there somewhere. The preview I saw was not on YouTube.
Weebork on September 11, 2007 at 2:46 PM
Ever made? Evah ever? I think Iron Man gives this one a run. And Tony Stark actually does go after the jihadis.
Savage on September 11, 2007 at 2:48 PM
Agreed. Rambo ain’t my cup of tea anyway, so they’d have to come up with some real incentive to get me there. Enjoy it, boys.
Numenorean on September 11, 2007 at 3:09 PM
Uhm, no. Rambo blowing crap up is not better than giant robots that turn into semis or F-22s and Camaros.
And as for Iron Man; Robert Downey Jr.? WTF? That is the worst casting decision since George Clooney as Bruce Wayne/Batman in that disaster called Batman Forever.
Neo on September 11, 2007 at 3:14 PM
The pathos, the cinematography.
This’ll totally sweep the oscars. Totally.
Iblis on September 11, 2007 at 3:15 PM
This is a good trailer, but I think the most painfully awesome trailer out there right now is the one for Iron Man.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
On the down side, it looks like we’re in for a bit of standard-issue Hollywood America-bashing, or at least bashing the military. The trailer seems to veer in that direction, anyway. On the up side, he IS fighting jihadis…
Doctor Zero on September 11, 2007 at 3:16 PM
I like turtles.
The Ugly American on September 11, 2007 at 3:16 PM
Do want.
Although, I think Ironman will be more full of “win” then J/R.
liquidflorian on September 11, 2007 at 3:17 PM
So Rocky just did a movie (Rocky XXXIV), and now he’s going back to ‘Nam to kill some folks? Did he leave his car keys and went back???
Why isn’t he in Syria, Iraq or Iran? I have waited for a movie with sons of Islam getting blown up for two hours straight for exactly six years today. Hollywood has gone out of their way to make sure no Middle East types or Persians get touched since that might be pro-Bush.
Are they at least Islamic Asians getting hacked up and blown up?
Hening on September 11, 2007 at 3:19 PM
This is going to be awesome. I love when they give Stallone a limited budget, because that’s when he does his best work. Hopefully, it bookends the series well.
As a young kid, the Rambo movies were “must see”.
Krydor on September 11, 2007 at 3:24 PM
Despite all the explosions, I counted only one death in the first movie (and it was accidental). Then again, it wasn’t until the second movie he was given a real enemy to fight.
I want something closer to Rambo 2.
frankj on September 11, 2007 at 3:26 PM
That’s not a small favor these days.
Iron Man!
frankj on September 11, 2007 at 3:27 PM
JR is like main lining war porn. Definitely not for the faint of heart. Probably go over big with the special ops folks. Unless of course he’s making tactical mistakes then it becomes a comedy. No doubt he used actual military consultants so as to avoid embarassment. Theres something about the stealthy skill set of stalking with a bow that speaks to me. Sly and Arnold had a sweet competition going on in the making of action adventures.
sonnyspats1 on September 11, 2007 at 3:34 PM
You people are concerned about gore? Bah. This is easily PG-13 material.
Unless it features a topless woman or something.
Queasy:
That’s as maybe, it’s still illegal to for me to purchase a non-butchered Megatron.
Perpetual Student on September 11, 2007 at 3:35 PM
Thanks AP.
Griz on September 11, 2007 at 3:38 PM
Good question, but it’s certainly not as awesome as the Matrix movie trailers (and movies). For a movie to be good, it requires Keanu Reeves in a trench coat.
RightWinged on September 11, 2007 at 3:41 PM
Is Sylvester Stallone going to be in this one?
saiga on September 11, 2007 at 3:49 PM
he’s making a Rambeaux sized knife… like from the other movies… he doesn’t buy them he makes them.
Kaptain Amerika on September 11, 2007 at 3:59 PM
I’m not so interested in what he was forging, I’m just glad he added a scene that’s gonna poke Rosie in both eyes with a melted steel somethinorother. I bet he gets the smelter going by rubbin’ two dried cockroaches together.
Dusty on September 11, 2007 at 4:01 PM
Ok, they want to bring back Rambo, fine. But they could of used this novel as the basis of the story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_%282006_novel%29
Interesting Read for a lazy summer day.
Wuptdo on September 11, 2007 at 4:02 PM
First off, that’s what I’m talkin about right there.
Second on the America bashing, really? Rich white corporate guy hanging out with our troops = hero that fights terrorist bad guys is what I took from it.
Dash on September 11, 2007 at 4:03 PM
I think he’s making his bow. You get a quick glimpse of later in the trailer when he shoots down at someone in a rice field. It appears flat and broad like the metal piece he pounding on at the beginning of the trailer. He’s Rambo he can bend steel, I guess.
ChipDaddy on September 11, 2007 at 4:28 PM
That’s what it looks like, but Gwyneth Paltrow is on board. It’s hard to imagine the thing doesn’t take a hard left turn at some point.
But if so, the trailer is intentionally misleading. I don’t trust it, but it does look good (and Iron Man was my favorite superhero, too!).
Blacklake on September 11, 2007 at 4:39 PM
“gory”
That’s the bizarre thing about this. Rambo looks out of shape, the location looks drab, and it all has the air of a really cheap direct-to-video film, but that’s by-the-by. What really leaps out is the gore, which feels completely out of place. Rambo II, Commando, Death Wish III etc were basically kid’s films with an 18 certificate, the kind you would pester your mum to rent on video, whereas this has a weird atmosphere, as if the director was trying to make a Serious Adult Film for Grown-Ups along the lines of Saving Private Ryan.
Classic 80s action films generally had lots of shooting and action, but not much gore beyond a few blood bags; when people were blown up they flew through the air, and when people were shot they went urgh and fell to the ground. Except for Paul Verhoven films, which had masses of splatter, in which case the gore was supposed to be funny (I’m thinking of Robocop’s boardroom scene, with the malfunctioning robot, or the sequence from Total Recall where the Governor of California uses a corpse as a bullet shield).
And there was Predator, but that was a quasi-horror film, and the gore was supposed to be sinister. It doesn’t work in a Rambo film. It’s not serious enough for the director to claim authenticity, and it’s not cheesy enough for a Rambo-style film. Who is this film aimed at? Kids today haven’t heard of Rambo and won’t care for an old man running through some muddy woodland. Grown-ups will avoid it like the plague. Retro thirtysometimes will be bored stiff.
It’s a shame they couldn’t remake First Blood, which was genuinely good, decently acted for the most part, well-written etc. It would probably be turned into an anti-war tract, but imagine a film in which an Iraq war veteran goes home to find himself being hounded and pushed about by left MoveOn types etc. Stallone might have made that film a dozen years ago but I think he’s going soft.
Apeking on September 11, 2007 at 4:46 PM
Thanks. I think I’ll go watch Pride & Prejudice now to cleanse my palate.
Kimmer on September 11, 2007 at 4:57 PM
Rambo’s a big sissy compared to Jack Burton.
Nethicus on September 11, 2007 at 4:59 PM
I think he was making a “garden weasel.” Or a coconut retriever. Or a large spoon.
robblefarian on September 11, 2007 at 5:00 PM
It certainly doesn’t look like the kind of terror-symp tongue bath that “Redacted” is, but I got the distinct impression that Tony Stark’s lines about “doing things the American way” with “weapons you only have to fire once” are intended to be ironic targets of mockery, not sincere expressions of patriotic fervor. And, there is the Gwyneth Paltrow factor to consider, although she’s such an airhead it’s possible she got tricked into appearing in an honestly patriotic film. Sometimes Hollywood films wind up sending the exact opposite of their intended message, anyway. I always thought it was interesting that George Lucas tried to sell the Star Wars prequels as anti-Bush screeds at Cannes, but the actual stories are a fairly robust validation of the Bush Doctrine. You buys your popcorn and you takes your chances, I guess.
Doctor Zero on September 11, 2007 at 5:12 PM
Billy Bob requested a new slingblade.. and some mustard and biscuits…ummmhmmmmm….
He just ran into trouble trying to deliver it.
GoodBoy on September 11, 2007 at 5:30 PM
.
Wait til you find out that the Mr. Big in this movie is a blonde, blue-eyed German with a monocle. I can remember no war movie where the bad guys were exclusively non-white. But if you can quote an example of one, I am certain that the good guy also has a non-white partner to even out the PC equation.
jihadwatcher on September 11, 2007 at 5:31 PM
This is called “knowing your audience.”
Jim Treacher on September 11, 2007 at 6:01 PM
At least the Iron Man movie takes on the Taliban in Afghanistan. This is another spin on SE Asia and post Vietnam.
Rambo has always been a Jungle fighter. So, how about Abu Saif in the Philippines or Islamists in Thailand?
Egfrow on September 11, 2007 at 6:09 PM
Since we’re on the subject of trailers, anyone else seen the new Alien Vs Predator trailer? It’s better than the entire first movie.
Warning: Gore galore.
http://www.avp-r.com/trailer.html
ticticboom on September 11, 2007 at 6:19 PM
Is that fire melting steel at the beginning? Must be Sly’s first foray into sci-fi. /rosie
baldilocks on September 11, 2007 at 6:20 PM
jihadwatcher on September 11, 2007 at 5:31 PM,
Don’t forget there’s usually an evil and greedy capitalist corporation behind the villainy also. We can go back before the 1950’s and quote a whole bunch of movies that were not so PC. But, you are right, after the 1950’s it’s all PC from there. There are a few exceptions to the rule.
Kim Jong Il and Terrorists – Team America
Simon Pheonix – Demolition Man
Elijah Price – Unbreakable
That’s all I could come up with. There are few.
Egfrow on September 11, 2007 at 6:22 PM
I dare to say that Aristotle would approve of this movie as a source of catharsis capable of purging violent thoughts and feelings, rather than implanting them.
…
Ehh…
It was worth a try.
Mephistefales on September 11, 2007 at 6:24 PM
jihadwatcher,
We can also ad True Lies to the list of brown ememies.
This is the trailer I’m really stoked on. I am Iron Man
Egfrow on September 11, 2007 at 6:29 PM
How many 60, 50, 40, or 30 yr olds can keep up with
Sly . . .? He’s still a draw. Good Luck Sylvester.
Texyank on September 11, 2007 at 6:30 PM
This is true, but that movie took a lot of heat for that. It has never been done again.
In Team America, wasn’t that a movie mocking American patriotism?
In Demolition man, were all the bad guys black, and all the good guys white? That is the litmus test.
Unbreakable is different. That is a one-on-one instance. I am referring to action movies where you have a gang of bad guys.
jihadwatcher on September 11, 2007 at 6:44 PM
It also had a book that it was based on.
Kowboy on September 11, 2007 at 6:55 PM
Rocky Balboa was incredible. Can’t wait!
Mojave Mark on September 11, 2007 at 7:15 PM
I think he’s beating a plowshare back into a sword.
ReubenJCogburn on September 11, 2007 at 7:20 PM
I can’t wait to see this one–I am a kid again!
ColdBore76 on September 11, 2007 at 7:29 PM
Sorry, but the greatest movie trailer of all time was for The 300. Period.
Lancer on September 11, 2007 at 8:03 PM
jihadwatcher,
In general it wasn’t. It pretty much made of of extremism on all sides but was mostly toward the Hollywood Left.
Here’s an interview with Matt and Trey talking about that.
Egfrow on September 11, 2007 at 8:13 PM
Much gore and violence. I feel exhausted from all the killing and will have to watch it again tomorrow.
gary on September 11, 2007 at 8:15 PM
I think his secret is to slaughter, mame, and kill smarter not harder. The yong’ns will just run around and shoot as much and as many as you can. Sly is now all about the quality kill. LOL!
Egfrow on September 11, 2007 at 8:16 PM
jihadwatcher,
That is a hard litmus test to pass. We would have to dig into the 60’s cult films for that.
Egfrow on September 11, 2007 at 8:18 PM
That was….awesome? To each his own I guess…
JWS on September 11, 2007 at 8:35 PM
That trailer tries to see how many bodies can be killing in a minute.
Tim Burton on September 11, 2007 at 8:49 PM
WHAT THE HELL!!!
kara26 on September 11, 2007 at 9:01 PM
It’s a shoehorn because his boots are too tight.
sibobr on September 11, 2007 at 9:39 PM
I think he was making a “garden weasel.”
robblefarian on September 11, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Ha Ha Ha Thats a good one!
sonnyspats1 on September 11, 2007 at 10:56 PM
I hope he’s making a Vietnam tomahawk
jtdavies on September 11, 2007 at 11:13 PM
YESSS!! From the first gory bit, Weird Al’s hilarious parody–and the Hot Shots Part Deux spoof–came to mind (complete with videogame bodycounts on the screen in the latter movie). LOLOL!
inviolet on September 12, 2007 at 7:45 AM
Oscars all around…Best actor, Best picture, Best Best Best!!! It will destroy all the competition!!! LOL!!!
sabbott on September 12, 2007 at 9:14 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOO! Oh, please don’t ruin a movie version of my favorite animated series with this no-chin, lispy, emo wuss.
James on September 12, 2007 at 9:49 AM
ROTFLMAO!
ITmonkey on September 12, 2007 at 10:52 AM
“Unbreakable is different. That is a one-on-one instance. I am referring to action movies where you have a gang of bad guys.”
What was that Steven Seagal film where he took on Jamaican gangsters? “Marked for Death”? The IMDB bio for Seagal starts off with “Steven Seagal is … striking and somewhat boyishly handsome looking”, which is very wrong.
Apeking on September 15, 2007 at 6:46 PM
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