Well, looks like on August 8th (on VOD and in theaters most likely not near you) we will get the first of the long-promised “female Expendables” movies.
The good news: Zoe Bell, Cynthia Rothrock, Vivica A. Fox, Kristanna Loken, and Brigitte Nielsen as the villain (which I’ve been saying they should do for a while, though I guess I hadn’t thought of it when we first discussed this). The bad news: produced by The Asylum. Also, director Christopher Ray (MEGA SHARK VS. CROCOSAURUS, 2-HEADED SHARK ATTACK, ASTEROID VS. EARTH) also has one coming out called PRISON RAID with pretty much the exact same cast, so who knows how much thought and care they might’ve put into either one of them. Or one of them might be all outtakes.
I’ll give it a shot, though. It’s also worth noting that Asylum is about to work with a world class director known for transcending the limitations of his chosen formats. Z Nation is the name of their upcoming 13-episode zombie tv show for SyFy. Sounds like Asylum Walking Dead, which sounds like the worst thing ever, but the pilot is directed by John Hyams. I read somewhere that he was also the show-runner, but the SyFy websight lists some other guy, so maybe not. Anyway, I’m keeping my fingers crossed, which makes it hard to type but I’m doing it.
July 29th, 2014 at 1:38 pm
I have a certain (admittedly not big) amount of respect for The Asylum. From what I’ve heard, anybody can make a movie for them, as long as it can be made with a low enough budget. That’s awesome! And their Mockbusters are a form of exploitation, that we haven’t seen in decades.
Too bad that they have apparently no shame or quality control and their version of “striving for excellence” is “Hey, those guys like our movies ironically, so let’s make even worse stuff for them to enjoy, because we are totally in on the joke”.
But something about this trailer makes me smile. I guess it’s the mid 90s TV look. I doubt it will be good, though.