Watch the official trailer for The Fall Guy below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

A battered and past-his-prime stuntman, Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling), finds himself working on a movie set with the A-list star for whom he doubled long ago. When the star goes missing, and the film,. which is being directed by Colt’s ex-girlfriend, Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt), is in danger of being shut down, he volunteers to investigate the disappearance and find the missing actor.

2024 is shaping up to be a very big year for cinema fans, and bringing the action is David Leitch, Hollywood’s go-to director for big bombastic action done right! And with a list of credits including Deadpool 2, Hobbs and Shaw and Bullet Train, they’ve found the right guy for the job with The Fall Guy. What makes this an even bigger thing for Leitch is that he himself is a former stuntman and a principal at 87 Eleven, the action madhouse stunt production house that is re-writing what film action is, and you know he wants to make The Fall Guy authentic. Leitch has doubled for some of the biggest names in the business, including being the principal stunt double for Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, and from this first trailer, he’s really cranked things up for The Fall Guy.

Leitch has given the film a crazy level of on-screen realism, and make no mistake; everything has been captured in frame here. There’s no mincing about with complex CGI work, nope, Leitch and his team take us back to the good old days of noted stunt legends Hal Needham and Terry Leonard and make this an absolutely crazy watch. But mixed in with the fist fights, car wrecks, and multiple explosions is a narrative with real character work, laugh-out-loud comedy, a spot of romance and plenty of heart. It’s clear that The Fall Guy will be a film that audiences will absolutely applaud.

Ryan Gosling is in his element as past his prime stuntman Colt Seavers, and he’s having a blast with the material. Gosling mixes it up with a performance that is a mixture of laid-back surfer cool and impromptu class clown, and Colt sure does get put through the ringer in this one. Matched up to Gosling is the delightful Emily Blunt as the whip-smart Jody Moreno, a young woman who is set to be Hollywood’s next big thing, and she gets taken on one crazy ride thanks to Colt’s antics.

The Fall Guy looks like it will be a straight-up blast of fun for cinemagoers, so brace yourself for things to get wild when it arrives in cinemas on February 29.

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Trained killer Ladybug (Brad Pitt), who wants to give up the life of an assassin, but is pulled back in by his handler Maria Beetle (Sandra Bullock) to collect a briefcase on a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Kyoto. Once onboard, he and the other competing assassins onboard discover that their objectives are all connected.

Let it be said that stuntman turned director David Leitch is a force of nature when it comes to the action genre. With a list of stellar credits to his name, he’s a filmmaker who knows and understands the beats of the action genre succinctly and better yet is a proponent of what I like to call ‘action as narrative’, with the film’s action rhythms driving the force of the narrative. And that’s exactly what he gives us with Bullet Train. He takes a menagerie of deranged assassins, places them on a speeding bullet train and starts the clock! And it’s one hell of a riot.

Looking to rev things up with a solid mix of action-comedy, Leitch draws on his years of experience as a stuntman and principal at Eighty-Seven 11, the renowned action stunt-house that has revolutionized action cinema, when it comes to realising the experience of Bullet Train. This life as a stuntman gives him a unique eye for performance and the movement of this film, and Leitch’s narrative, doesn’t stand still. He has fun with the premise of packing a host of despicable bad guys into a small confined space, where there’s nowhere to escape and simply lets them have at it. He then turns the speed, volume and velocity up and this result is a crazy cocktail of action fun.

Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt is front and centre in Bullet Train as the film’s central character, the embittered, accident-prone SoCal assassin Ladybug, and Pitt has the time of his life with this very distinct character in this full-on movie. Pitt’s performance as Ladybug has a quality that I can best describe as ‘imagine if The Dude from The Big Lebowski decided he wanted to be an assassin’. Laid-back and looking for good vibes only, Pitt’s Ladybug is a character who is trying to make the most of his new zen-outlook on life. What should be a simple ‘snatch and grab’ turns into a desperate fight for survival as Ladybug tries to stay out of trouble, and well, alive, as he contends with a host of dangerous and deranged villains who are ready to take him out. And the complexity only builds for Pitt as the train moves down the line.

Adding to the fun of Pitt’s involvement is the meta-ness of his and director David Leitch’s partnership as once upon a time Leitch served as Pitt’s stunt double. It’s an intriguing fact that adds to the fun and appeal of Bullet Train and you feel the shorthand between Pitt and Leitch through the making of the film. Along with his zen persona, Pitt also jumps headfirst into the action, and he’s certainly put through the wringer in this one. Pitt also gets to flex his considerable comedic timing with Ladybug, especially concerning the character’s accident-prone, bad-luck nature, and he’s a hoot to watch because of it.

Providing a key level of support to Bullet Time are Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry as Tangerine and Lemon, a pair of fraternal assassins who have a job to take care of, but who in the process get mixed up with Ladybug before it all goes to hell. Taylor-Johnson brings a whipsmart cockney style as Tangerine, who’s snappish and energetic in a Mick Jagger kind of way, while Henry is the more astute of the pair and has a very ‘unique’ frame for reading people that is sure to get a few giggles out of the audience. They make a killer pair on screen and get their share of the action, and it’s a lot of fun watching them bounce off one another.

Bullet Train also sees some great performances courtesy of rising newcomers Joey King and Andrew Koji. As sociopathic schoolgirl The Prince, King has a glee and glare to her character and this calculating psycho is a tremendously dangerous adversary who has all the angles worked out. Then there’s Koji who made a solid impression on audiences thanks to his work in Warrior, and who takes on the role of distraught father Kimura, who is forced into a situation he can’t escape from. And a desperate man will do anything to keep his family safe. King and Koji add considerable edge to Bullet Train’s cast of characters, and their presence and part in the narrative will keep audiences on their toes.

As an action cinema experience, Bullet Train is a product of the Eighty-Seven 11 school. And it shows. From beginning to end, this film is wild in its gunplay, fight scenes and just general, uncontrolled chaos that is brought to the big screen. It’s simply a riotous bit of fun! The focus of Bullet Train is embedded in the action-comedy genre, and Leitch and his team take a lot of inspiration from the great Jackie Chan in their presentation of this movie. The action is cartoonish, with an almost ‘live-action anime’ style, and minute by minute something daring and new flashes before your eyes. There’s also a good level of distorted gore thrown onto the screen, and this heap of blood and guts adds to the comedy, and seriousness of the action.

From the start of the line to its final stop, Bullet Train is a massive rush and audiences looking for a zany cinema experience will be rewarded. This is a straight-up bit of fun, and it’s cool to see Brad Pitt play with new material and try something different. In short, buy a ticket and take this ride, because there’s so much to enjoy with this one.

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Watch the all-new trailer for Bullet Train here:

Here’s the official synopsis:

Trained killer Ladybug (Brad Pitt), who wants to give up the life of an assassin, but is pulled back in by his handler Maria Beetle (Sandra Bullock) in order to collect a briefcase on a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Morioka. Once onboard, he and the other competing assassins onboard discover that their objectives are all connected.

Building off of the first teaser trailer which was released back in May, this new trailer for Bullet Train takes audiences into this crazy, twisting story of freelance assassin Ladybug, who has a way of finding himself into plenty of trouble and what happens when a routine job goes sideways and he suddenly has to deal with a host of psychotic killers on the famous bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto.

Director Dabid Leitch who changed the game with his all-out action movies Deadpool 2 and Fast and The Furious: Hobbs & Shaw goes to town here with Bullet Train, and not only delivers on his trademark all-action action set pieces but dials the comedy and hijinks up a level as well. Pitt appears to be having a blast as mysterious assassin Ladybug, and he’s certainly in for a wild ride in Bullet Train.

As one of my most anticipated films of 2022, Bullet Train looks like it ticks all the boxes and this is one cinematic experience that is about to take crazy to a whole new level! Prepare for the action rush when it arrives in cinemas on August 5.

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Watch our full trailer reaction for Bullet Train below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

Trained killer Ladybug (Brad Pitt), who wants to give up the life of an assassin, but is pulled back in by his handler Maria Beetle (Sandra Bullock) in order to collect a briefcase on a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Morioka. Once onboard, he and the other competing assassins onboard discover that their objectives are all connected.

As one of my most anticipated films of 2022 I’ve long been awaiting the release of the first trailer for Bullet Train and this trailer does not disappoint! Jammed full of almost live-action anime action, a good dose of uncontrollable carnage, strikingly stylized visuals and some laugh-out-loud comedic moments, Bullet Train is shaping up to be a totally unique piece of action cinema and plays in perfectly with Leitch’s genre-pushing directing style and ‘action as narrative’ storytelling direction. In short, it’s utterly mental and so much fun!

Academy Award-winning actor and Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt jumps headfirst into the fray as Ladybug, a highly proficient and respected international assassin who while in Japan on a mission discovers his tranquil-zen side and decides to chill out a bit and just go with the flow. And that’s then when things immediately kick off on the bullet train line that he’s just crossed onto and it becomes clear that the mysterious package that he’s guarding has significant implications and a group of independent killers is now on the hunt for him. With nowhere to go and this group of crazed killers converging on him, Ladybug can only do what he does best, and that means it’s time for some utter chaos to be unleashed.

Not only does Pitt handle the film’s in-your-face action elements and we see him go to town with an assortment of guns, knives and his own fists, but he also brings out this hilarious quippy comedic style to Ladybug as this chilled-out dude who kind of just wants to exists in the moment, and not have to deal with mowing throw people. It’s really fun to watch, and Leitch knows how to get the best out of his lead performer and the resulting images in the trailer speak for themselves.

Set to a Japanese rendition of the classic boppy beats of The Bee Gees ‘Staying Alive’, this trailer for Bullet Train is an utterly zany ride and the action and suspense is very fun to watch. Stylistically cool for all the right reasons, Leitch brings an almost live-action, hyper-real anime quality to the film’s visuals and it’s a hell of a lot of fun to look at. Visually striking and dynamic, with great comedic timing and bone-splitting action, Bullet Train is shaping up to be a thunderously cool rollercoaster ride of a movie and Brad Pitt brings out the badass swagger as only he can.

Brace yourself for a wild rush of action when Bullet Train arrives in cinemas on July 21.

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Ever since hulking lawman Hobbs (Johnson), a loyal agent of America’s Diplomatic Security Service, and lawless outcast Shaw (Statham), a former British military elite operative, first faced off in 2015’s Furious 7, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they’ve tried to take each other down. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton (Idris Elba) gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever — and bests a brilliant and fearless rogue MI6 agent (The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby), who just happens to be Shaw’s sister — these two sworn enemies will have to partner up to bring down the only guy who might be abadder than themselves. Hobbs & Shaw blasts open a new door in the Fast universe as it hurtles action across the globe, from Los Angeles to London and from the toxic wasteland of Chernobyl to the lush beauty of Samoa.

One director who is leading the charge when it comes to reshaping what the action genre is capable of in Hollywood is the sensational David Leitch. And he goes for it here with Hobbs & Shaw. It’s a full-on action rush and Leitch applies considerable detail and concentration to realising every aspect of it. Narrative, character and action all weave a seamless dance between one another and the result is a richly imaginative story that pulls the audience into the massive spectacle on screen.

While it’s a given that a film of this calibre would be packed out with epic action set pieces, and these are extraordinary, Leitch has captured the family drama and comedic riffing that makes this film so compelling. His noted visual style is also on display here, and Hobbs & Shaw is one very sleek production that shines with glossy detail and slick production design that makes it pop.

Hollywood megastar Dwayne Johnson again takes centre stage here and as always he’s a treat to watch. As former DSS Agent Luke Hobbs, he’s the total package of an action man at work and when it comes to applying a beatdown on the bad guys, well, he knows how to open a can of whup ass! Johnson’s considerable charisma is on full display and he has a blast up on the screen. There’s comedy galore, and his ultimate nice guy persona creates plenty of humourous moments for audiences to indulge in.

There’s also considerable character development for the character of Hobbs and it’s extremely interesting to see Johnson stretch out in his performance. While Hobbs has always been a full-on tank of a character who can wreck anything, in Hobbs & Shaw audiences get to see his strategic mind at work and this combo of brains and brawn keeps things interesting. Johnson builds a portrait of the ultimate action hero in Hobbs & Shaw and he entertains in every way possible.

Standing next to Johnson’s Hobbs is Jason Statham’s rogue spy Deckard Shaw, and this all-around tough guy Brit goes to work. Suited up and rocking all kinds of suave charisma, Statham makes for one very debonair hero in Hobbs & Shaw! Then there are his considerable action talents, which are amongst the best in the business, and they are on display in full force with very entertaining results.

Like Johnson, audiences get to see a different side of Statham’s Shaw and while he’s been vilified as a particularly nasty bad guy in the past you learn that he might not be as bad as we think and when it counts this tough guy will have your back. Like his co-star, Statham has the time of his life here as Shaw and his talents for creating jaw-dropping action moments and jumping headfirst into the fray create plenty of fun.

Joining this mismatched pair is the sensational Vanessa Kirby and this British thespian brings plenty of sass as Deckard’s younger sister and MI6 operative Hattie Shaw who gets mixed up in Hobbs and her brothers plan to save the world. As Hobbs & Shaw’s primary female lead Kirby holds her own and she gives Johnson and Statham a run for their money when it comes to Hobbs & Shaw’s key action scenes. This girl knows how to fight and she’s got a cat-like agility to her and a talent for aerobatics that makes her utterly fearless.

Another fun part of Hattie’s character is that she doesn’t put up with the petty bickering of her brother and Hobbs and she certainly checks these boys when they need to be put in their place. With a performance that is packed out with elegance, adrenaline and a style that’s all her own, Kirby is a great new addition to the Fast & Furious franchise and I certainly hope to see more of her in this burgeoning Hobbs & Shaw franchise.

A pair like Hobbs & Shaw demands a bad guy who’s going to test them to their limits and Iris Elba’s Brixton certainly takes these two for a ride. This cybernetically enhanced superman assassin is one very dangerous opponent and he’s one villain who is always five steps ahead of the plucky Hobbs & Shaw. Elba happens to be one of the coolest performers on the planet and he radiates an effortless style in whatever he does and that’s certainly on display in Hobbs & Shaw.

Then there’s the fact that Brixton hits harder than a Black Hawk attack helicopter. Elba comes in with full force for Johnson and Statham and the resulting confrontation makes the screen shake with energy. He’s a true test for our heroes in Hobbs & Shaw and Elba makes this bad guy one very cool uber-villain.

If you’re seeking action overload, well, you can be very happy because Hobbs & Shaw delivers on it. Leitch’s history as one of the leading stunt performers of his generation, with the full resources of his 87Eleven action team, leads to one hell of an entertaining watch. Set piece after set piece, Hobbs & Shaw vibrates with energy.

This story is led by its action sequences and through the actions of our characters we learn more about who they are as characters. There are plenty of glorious moments, and some seriously beautiful hardware to light up your eyes. One such thing is Statham’s turn behind the wheel of a supped up McLaren 720S which leads to one epic joyride of a chase through the streets of London. Hobbs, on the other hand, turns his native Samoa into a full-on playground of BOOM as he takes on Brixton’s private army with plenty of old-school mana force.

But while Hobbs & Shaw is a full-on action ride, there are also plenty of light-hearted moments on display here and this is comedy that will get you giddy. Hobbs & Shaw could best be described as the high-tech version of a buddy-cop action-comedy dialed way up and Johnson and Statham have a hell of a lot of fun here. There’s plenty of macho competition going on and this gets expressed through a continual battle of one-upmanship to see who can rib the other guy with the better, more creative insult. And the laughs do follow.

Oh, and one more thing keep your eyes open because there are a few surprise appearances that will really bring a smile to your face.

One of the biggest keys to the success of Hobbs & Shaw is the concept of family and this forms a big part of the narrative of the film for both Johnson and Statham. For Deckard, it’s all about the relationship that he shares with Hattie and these siblings once again have each other’s backs as they come to terms with the consequences of the past.

The past also weighs heavy for Johnson’s Luke Hobbs and this native son heads back to his homeland of Samoa where the concept of Aiga is incredibly important for the film and when it counts Hobbs can call on his Aiga for help. And he’s got plenty of heavy hitters in his family including New Zealand sensation Cliff Curtis, WWE star Roman Reigns, football talent Josh Mauga and comedic kiwi John Tui, and the Hobbs brothers prove that family always wins out in the end.

If you’re seeking that ultimate blockbuster rush this year then make sure you check out Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw.  This film delivers everything you could want out of the action genre, with a good serving of heart and family love, and it makes for a very entertaining watch.

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