Anyone who’s seen The Rock on Saturday Night Live or late-night talk shows knows that while he may not be DeNiro in terms of acting ability, he’s got a certain charm and charisma that seems like it would translate well to action movies, or a project that wasn’t a dumb Disney movie for your wiener kids where he wears a tutu. (How fake fighting other juiced-out dudes in your underwear pigeonholes you as a family-friendly entertainer I’ll never understand, but I digress…). This new red-band trailer for Faster seems to suggest that this might finally be the non-tutu-movie-for-wiener-kids Rock project we’ve been waiting for. And by that I mean he blows a dude’s brains out in the first 10 seconds.
It comes from director George Tillman Jr., who previously directed the surprisingly-watchable Notorious, and co-stars Billy Bob Thornton, who no doubt thrilled the crew with discussions about where The Boxmasters rank in comparison to The Beatles, or Tom Petty.
Faster follows Driver [The Rock], an ex-con bent on avenging the death of his brother who was murdered 10 years earlier during a heist. Veteran policeman Cop [Thornton] is trailing Driver as he races to settle with those responsible for the murder and Killer, an egocentric hitman, is also targeting Driver.
So… at least you know they didn’t waste time giving the characters clever names. That’s good. I hear The Expendables blew half their silly-name budget before they even shot a frame. Rookie mistake.
"Do you SMEEELL what my glock is cookin'???" ...I am rightly ashamed.
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I think the only way I’m seeing this is if the blond in the bikini is named Hoover.
this looks great! anyone know who the photographer guy is? he looks really creepy
[Crappy repels into room in full SWAT gear, deploys his "Flash Bang" (Use your imagination)]
I’d like a “pitch me
aeting with the character named ‘Cocksucker.’He IS really charming. I don’t understand his career choices either, unless he’s shooting for Gerard Butler-esque coasting.
Although, I can’t lie, I love The Rundown.
The trailer is the whole movie. Who needs to see it now ? fucking retarded
“STOP TRYING TO IMITATE MY EYEBROW MOVE!!!!” pew pew pew
walking tall gives me wood… get it?
ordZn you’re right, the trailer gave a lot away, a lot of kills and fights but I’d still watch this, seems like a good action flick
“Hes going after everyone on list of people he wants to go after”
Brilliant!
If the first few eps of Boardwalk Empire have taught me anything, it’s that you always shoot the guy in the brain.
That shotgun scene needs moar [yaykeanu.tumblr.com]
I think The Rock has made good career moves. He’s played several different roles so he can show his range of talent and willingness to work for the studios. Now he can pick and choose his roles to show off his acting skills. Contrast The Rock’s success with John Cena’s, the Marlon Brando of our time, who has been pigeon-holed playing only action roles.
Shut up, Kevin.
So is his brother’s name Shotgun or Backseat Driver?
I was taught to always put one in the brain by “Miller’s Crossing” back in 1990.
DeFrank… I will not sir.
This is a remake of the great 1978 Ryan O’Neal flick, The Driver.