Last year the Alamo Drafthouse started a film distribution arm, Drafthouse Films (its first release was Chris Morris’ Four Lions). They recently announced that the new director of Drafthouse Films would be none other than Evan Husney, a guy who’s been feeding FilmDrunk exclusive clips from the strangest films you can imagine for a few years now. I have no idea how he finds the stuff he finds, but I know that if there’s one guy you want running a distribution arm specializing in films with cult potential, it’s Evan. One of the first films Drafthouse acquired under their new director is Brandon and Jason Trost’s The FP, a twisted homage to The Warriors which premiered at SXSW and whose must-watch trailer is below. Check out this synopsis:
“Set in a near post-apocalyptic future, THE FP centers on two rival neon-clad gangs raging an underground turf war for dominance of Fraizer Park (“The FP”) in the deadly arena of “Beat-Beat Revelation” – a competitive dance-fight video game. THE FP is a nod to ‘80s sci-fi/action genre fare and is directed by brothers Jason and Brandon Trost (Cinematographer, CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE and the upcoming GHOST RIDER 2: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE), and Executive Produced by Jason Blum and Steven Schneider of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY and INSIDIOUS fame. A limited theatrical release for the “rare ready-made cult hit” (Moviefone) is planned for Q1 of 2012.” [Movies.com]
“Beat beat revelation” is top three entries on all my to-do lists. You can check out the trailer from SXSW below, and aside from the magnificently over-the-top production design, it has some of the finest brilliant-dumb one-liners I’ve heard since Hobo with a Shotgun, and frankly, this looks like it goes one better.
(NSFW for language and ever-so-brief nudity at the 2:10 mark)
“Ill be backing your sh*t up to the end.” “For reals?” “For reals.”
“Damn, Sno-Co! What are you for Halloween, a bitch?”
“He wasn’t expecting the unexpected! But it sure as f*ck expected him!”
“Any man can be a nigga. N, I, G, G, A. Never Ignorant at Gettin’ Goals Accomplished!”
“Dance with your mind, not your feet!”
“Now you use that sh*t, J-Trow. You be all the nigga you can be.”
And… was that a Dance Dance Revolution-inspired training montage, complete with tire jumps and a punching bag? MY. GOD. At the risk of falling into easy hyperbole, this looks like everything I have ever wanted in a movie. It’s like my eyeballs never knew their true purpose before.
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J-Trow….come out to daaa-y-ance…
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“Gee, I’ve always wondered what West Side Story would have looked like if Steven Sondheim and Jerome Robbins were meth addicts.” - nobody, ever.
Be all the nigga you can be
I’ll take “Rejected Black Panther Party Slogans” for $1200, Alex.
The road to Fraizer Park is paved with tossed salads and scrambled eggs.
Be all the nigga you can be
I’m confused. Is this an update to the Tuskegee Airmen post from earlier?
Is a Zoolander breakdance fighting reference too obvious?
Too late.
Any movie featuring a protagonist with an eye-patch is a winner in my book.
“rare ready-made cult hit” means a it’s a shitty movie some people will like, but most will not.
Furthermore, I never went to see a cult classic because it was dubbed a “rare ready-made cult hit” by the people who made it. I see a cult classic because I failed to see said movie in the theater and my friend was like, “Hey, you should really see this movie.”
of course there’s a Ford Taurus wagon at 1:37 BEE-ITCH!
“CAAAAAN …. YOUUUUU …. STEP TO ITTTTTTTT?”
The only thing this movie is missing is the sideways mohawk.
Also, Titties!
It’s like C-Tates and Snake Plissken had a baby gamer. I shall henceforth call him C-Snakes.
Step down, homes. I gradgeeated from gladiator academys like the Galleria and Yogi’s Amusement Center & Arcade. I once took on five rockettes… and lived to tell about it. Arthur Murray is my bitch!
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That is f’n beautiful. If I could find the page to nominate that post I’d do it.
I link it every damned morning at the bottom of morning links.
[filmdrunk.uproxx.com]
I saw this at SXSW and it is fucking amazing. I can’t even give you a proper review of the film… you’ve just got to see it.