The second trailer for The Predator is a marked improvement over the jokey tone of the first look we had at the film (click here). While the Predator is an extremely cool creature, none of the the “classic” films are actually, what’s the word, good. It has a great design and a great concept, but neither of the first two solo Predator films or the Aliens vs. Predator films actually was the kind of great science fiction/horror film the character deserves. The second trailer definitely has more of a horror vibe than the first. Shane Black has made films I really love (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang) and films I really did not love (Iron Man 3), so we’ll have to see how the film is received in three months. The Predator will star Sterling K. Brown, Jacob Tremblay and Olivia Munn. The Predator will open in theaters September 14, 2018.
The Predator may be the coolest science fiction creation that has never actually had a good movie (no not even the original). September (hey something is opening in September!) will see the third solo film for the hunting aliens after they spent their last two outings in wasted opportunities crossing them over with Aliens. The film is directed by Iron Man 3’s Shane Black and will star Sterling K. Brown, Jacob Tremblay and Olivia Munn. For more from Coming Soon read below. Continue reading The Predator Trailer #1 (2018) *It’s Hunting Season Again!*→
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on 4K Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and Blu-ray director Bryan Singer’s film X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, and Nicholas Hoult. The release will be available for purchase on October 4.
Synopsis; OSCAR Winner Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy lead a powerhouse cast in director Bryan Singer’s extraordinary follow-up to X-Men: Days of Future Past. After thousands of years, Apocalypse – the world’s first and most powerful mutant – has awakened to find a world led by humans. Intent on cleansing the Earth of mankind, he recruits a group of mutants to create a new world order. In a desperate race to save humanity, Professor X (McAvoy) leads the young X-Men in an epic showdown – against an unstoppable enemy – that will determine the fate of the world.
Special Features:
Deleted/Extended Scenes with Optional Introductions by Bryan Singer
Gag Reel
Wrap Party Video
Hour long documentary, X-Men: Apocalypse Unearthed
Audio Commentary by Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg
Concept Art and Photo Gallery
4K BLU-RAY TECHNICAL SPECS:
Audio:
English Dolby Atmos
English Descriptive Audio 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
French DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Spanish/French
3D BLU-RAY AND BLU-RAY TECHNICAL SPECS:
Audio
English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
English Descriptive Audio 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
French DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Spanish/French
I have a bad feeling about this film. Three trailers, all feel kind of on the same level of impressive as Independence Day: Resurgence, but these movies are supposed to have plot. This trailer gives away two major spoilers in that Quicksilver reveals he’s figured out he’s Magneto’s son and a certain clawed mutant answers the question of whether or not he’s joining the fray. I don’t know, it just seems like a lot of explosions and not much character focus at all. Hopefully, I’m wrong. Jennifer Lawrence is clearly owning this film, and she and James McAvoy have said they want to do more. FOX is already rumored to be ramping up for X-Men: Dark Phoenix to follow this.
Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.
X-Men: Apocalypse also stars Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, Lucas Till as Havok and newcomers Alexandra Shipp as Storm, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Ben Hardy as Angel, Tye Sheridan as Cyclops, Olivia Munn as Psylocke, Lana Condor as Jubilee, and Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse.
X-Men: Apocalypse is set for release on May 27th, 2016.
I was not a big fan of the first trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse, and I can’t say the second trailer has done much to raise my hopes. Repeating lines verbatim from the first films? The Apocalypse as a god angle; not my favorite interpretation of the character. I don’t like that Magneto is in such a place that he just gives up, and let’s himself be controlled. Archangel is an obvious horseman and I could buy Psylocke, but Storm? This is clearly Mystique’s film among the mutants (coincidentally probably the last Jennifer Lawrence will do), and Wolverine’s cliffhanger storyline from Days of Future Past needs to be resolved. I hope it’s better than it looks. DOFP looked incredible and let down a bit; maybe Apocalypse will be the reverse. Continue reading Trailer Time: X-Men Apocalypse Trailer #2 (2016) *The World Needs the X-Men*→
