Friday, 29 July 2011
Red Tails Trailer Lands
'To the last man.... We fight!'The George Lucas-produced World War Two aerial combat pic Red Tails feels like it's been on the way since shortly after the end of the war itself, but the first trailer has finally arrived and from the looks of the air action alone, it could really be something. Take a gander at the promo below. With Anthony Hemingway calling the shots, Red Tails focuses on the Tuskegee Airmen (AKA the 322nd Fighter Group), who were the first African American pilots to complete training for an air force that was still bogged down in racist attitudes. Despite the fact that America's bombers were being shot from the sky, they were denied the chance to fight until they were desperately needed. And fight they did!Tails boasts a cast that includes Terrence Howard, Bryan Cranston (cast long before he was offered every role going) Michael B Jordan, Andre Royo, Ne-Yo, Method Man, David Oyelowo and Cuba Gooding Jr, who seems to flourish in the World War Two atmosphere (as Team America taught us, he was way better than Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor). While a few elements here seem like typical World War Two clichés (the speeches, the soaring music), there's no denying that the combat shots are stunning. Now we're glad they took their time...The trailer announces a US release of January 20 next year and while there's no official UK date set yet, we're hopeful we won't have to wait too long after that to have the movie fly over here.
Friday, 15 July 2011
I Am Legend
In December 2009, military virologist Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville (Will Smith), lost his wife Zoe (Salli Richardson) and daughter Marley (Willow Smith) in a helicopter accident during the chaotic quarantine of Manhattan. K.V. (Krippen Virus), a genetically-engineered variant of the measles virus meant as a cancer cure, mutates into a lethal strain and spreads throughout the world, killing 5.4 billion people (90% of humanity). In September 2012, Neville is the last healthy human in New York City. Of the 600 million survivors worldwide, only 12 million were naturally immune to the virus. The rest degenerated into hairless, aggressive beings referred to as "Darkseekers,"[4] who hunted the immune humans as prey. The "Darkseekers" are so named for hiding during daylight due to a painful intolerance to UV radiation. The infected show increased speed, agility, aggression and strength. They also have an increased metabolic rate, which consumes the infected with an overwhelming hunger, making them resort to cannibalism. Despite their primal behavior, the Darkseekers display some basic problem-solving intelligence and the capacity for organization.
Neville's daily routine includes experimenting on infected rats to find a cure for the virus and trips through a decaying Manhattan to collect supplies from abandoned homes or hunt for the deer that have moved into the city. He also keeps vigil each day for a response to his continuous recorded AM radio broadcasts, which instruct any survivors to meet him at midday at the South Street Seaport. Neville's isolation is broken only by the companionship of his German Shepherd Sam and interaction with mannequins he has set up as patrons of a video store.
When one of his rat experiments shows a promising treatment, Neville sets a snare trap and captures an infected woman. An enraged Darkseeker alpha male of the pack, attempts to rescue her, but is driven back by the sunlight. Neville notes this unusual behavior in a daily video log he records. Back in his laboratory, in the basement of his heavily fortified Washington Square Park home, Neville tries the new serum on the infected woman without success.
The next day, after finding one of his mannequins out in the street in front of Grand Central Terminal, he is caught in a snare trap and passes out. When he regains consciousness and manages to get free, it is dusk and Neville and Sam are attacked by a pack of infected dogs who have been sent by the darkseeker alpha male as he is shown releasing them. Although Neville and Sam manage to kill the dogs, one bites Sam during the fight. Although dogs are immune to the airborne virus strain, they are susceptible to the contact strain. Neville brings Sam home and attempts to save Sam by injecting the dog with a strain of his serum. Neville sees a piece of Sam's fur fall, pupils fully dilate, and gums become inflamed. Neville is forced to strangle Sam when the virus takes over and the dog attempts to bite him.
The next night, overcome by grief and rage after burying his only friend, Neville attacks a group of the infected with his UV light equipped SUV. He attempts to end his life in this suicide attack, while taking as many of them with him as he can. Despite killing a large number of Darkseekers, they overwhelm Neville and nearly kill him before he is rescued by a pair of immune humans, an adult woman named Anna (Alice Braga) and a young boy named Ethan (Charlie Tahan), who followed his radio broadcasts. Anna and Ethan take injured Neville back to his home, where Anna explains that they are making their way to a survivors' camp in Bethel, Vermont.
The next night, the alpha male leads a mob of infected Darkseekers in an attack on the house. Anna was unaware of Neville's precautions in covering his scent outside the house, inadvertently allowing the Darkseekers to follow their trail and discover Neville's home. When the Darkseekers charge the house, Neville uses strong UV worklights to push the mob back, but the infected easily shatter the lights and continue their attack. Neville then uses claymore mines and manages to kill the first wave. However, Neville has no more defenses against the second wave of Darkseekers. Neville tries to find Anna and Ethan, but before he can, the alpha male enters and attacks Neville. After managing to force the alpha male into retreating, Neville realizes it was just a distraction as another Darkseeker gained entry and began tearing a hole in the roof so other infected can get in.
After Neville saves Anna and Ethan they hear the infected climbing the house, so they retreat into the basement laboratory. They seal themselves in a reinforced plexiglass room with the infected woman, where they discover that Neville's treatment is working: the subject looks much more human. The infected break in and the alpha male starts throwing himself against the plexiglass separating them, cracking the material. Realizing that the last treatment has been successful, Neville draws a vial of the infected woman's blood and gives it to Anna before shutting them inside a coal chute hidden in the back of the lab. He uses an M67 hand grenade to wipe out the attackers at the cost of his own life and the healed woman's.
Anna and Ethan are later seen driving in Vermont and stopping at the gated entrance to the survivors' colony, where Anna hands over the cure. In a voice-over, Anna claims that the survivors are Neville's legacy, as his fight for a cure became legend.
Neville's daily routine includes experimenting on infected rats to find a cure for the virus and trips through a decaying Manhattan to collect supplies from abandoned homes or hunt for the deer that have moved into the city. He also keeps vigil each day for a response to his continuous recorded AM radio broadcasts, which instruct any survivors to meet him at midday at the South Street Seaport. Neville's isolation is broken only by the companionship of his German Shepherd Sam and interaction with mannequins he has set up as patrons of a video store.
When one of his rat experiments shows a promising treatment, Neville sets a snare trap and captures an infected woman. An enraged Darkseeker alpha male of the pack, attempts to rescue her, but is driven back by the sunlight. Neville notes this unusual behavior in a daily video log he records. Back in his laboratory, in the basement of his heavily fortified Washington Square Park home, Neville tries the new serum on the infected woman without success.
The next day, after finding one of his mannequins out in the street in front of Grand Central Terminal, he is caught in a snare trap and passes out. When he regains consciousness and manages to get free, it is dusk and Neville and Sam are attacked by a pack of infected dogs who have been sent by the darkseeker alpha male as he is shown releasing them. Although Neville and Sam manage to kill the dogs, one bites Sam during the fight. Although dogs are immune to the airborne virus strain, they are susceptible to the contact strain. Neville brings Sam home and attempts to save Sam by injecting the dog with a strain of his serum. Neville sees a piece of Sam's fur fall, pupils fully dilate, and gums become inflamed. Neville is forced to strangle Sam when the virus takes over and the dog attempts to bite him.
The next night, overcome by grief and rage after burying his only friend, Neville attacks a group of the infected with his UV light equipped SUV. He attempts to end his life in this suicide attack, while taking as many of them with him as he can. Despite killing a large number of Darkseekers, they overwhelm Neville and nearly kill him before he is rescued by a pair of immune humans, an adult woman named Anna (Alice Braga) and a young boy named Ethan (Charlie Tahan), who followed his radio broadcasts. Anna and Ethan take injured Neville back to his home, where Anna explains that they are making their way to a survivors' camp in Bethel, Vermont.
The next night, the alpha male leads a mob of infected Darkseekers in an attack on the house. Anna was unaware of Neville's precautions in covering his scent outside the house, inadvertently allowing the Darkseekers to follow their trail and discover Neville's home. When the Darkseekers charge the house, Neville uses strong UV worklights to push the mob back, but the infected easily shatter the lights and continue their attack. Neville then uses claymore mines and manages to kill the first wave. However, Neville has no more defenses against the second wave of Darkseekers. Neville tries to find Anna and Ethan, but before he can, the alpha male enters and attacks Neville. After managing to force the alpha male into retreating, Neville realizes it was just a distraction as another Darkseeker gained entry and began tearing a hole in the roof so other infected can get in.
After Neville saves Anna and Ethan they hear the infected climbing the house, so they retreat into the basement laboratory. They seal themselves in a reinforced plexiglass room with the infected woman, where they discover that Neville's treatment is working: the subject looks much more human. The infected break in and the alpha male starts throwing himself against the plexiglass separating them, cracking the material. Realizing that the last treatment has been successful, Neville draws a vial of the infected woman's blood and gives it to Anna before shutting them inside a coal chute hidden in the back of the lab. He uses an M67 hand grenade to wipe out the attackers at the cost of his own life and the healed woman's.
Anna and Ethan are later seen driving in Vermont and stopping at the gated entrance to the survivors' colony, where Anna hands over the cure. In a voice-over, Anna claims that the survivors are Neville's legacy, as his fight for a cure became legend.
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