The Trailer Park: Evil Dead, Red 2, Top Gun 3D and more

Evil Dead
A remake of Sam Raimi’s original video nasty has been in the works for a while now. But whilst reboots of cult classics are generally as popular with film fans as candy wrapper rustlers, from what we’ve seen so far Fede Alverez's Evil Dead update might just do the original justice. Of course what we’ve seen so far has been limited to a particularly gruesome red band trailer that, we’re ashamed to announce, left Trailer Park a little damp in the pants area. Thankfully an altogether more forgiving teaser landed online this week giving us an opportunity to come out from behind the sofa and see what all the fuss is about. Be warned, there’s still a fair share of jump out of your seat moments. But there’s also plenty of plot that’s more than whetted our appetite for the movie’s April 12^th release date.


Olympus Has Fallen
The Oval Office is in for a beating this year with a duo of blockbusters ready to blow up the White House for our entertainment. One of those will see Channing Tatum and Roland Emmerich team up for June’s White House Down; but before then Gerard Butler gets a shot at saving the day in the upcoming action caper Olympus Has Fallen. Following where Die Hard and Under Siege went before it, Olympus Has Fallen follows Butler’s inside man as he attempts to rescue Aaron Eckhart’s Commander in Chief after terrorists take him hostage in his own home. You know the drill by now. Butler plays a troubled ex-special forces hero / one man army, who just happens to find himself in the middle of the mayhem. Can he save the day? Probably. But only, by the looks of things, after a large proportion of the West Wing has been blown to smithereens. Big, silly, noisy and fun; it might just turn out to be a pretty decent action movie.
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Inside Llewyn Davis
It’s hard not to get excited by a Coen Brothers project. After all Joel and Ethan have a habit for producing phenomenal films, just look at a career that includes the likes of True Grit, No Country for Old Men and The Big Lebowski if you don’t believe us. Their latest project is an adaptation of The Mayor of MacDougal Street, a memoir by musician Dave Van Ronk. By the looks of this sneak peak they’ve got another hit on their hands, one that’s crammed full of the sizzling dialogue and beautifully shot scenes we’ve come to expect from the brothers Coen. There’s also a hint at what look like standout performances from Carey Mulligan and the ever-reliable Jon Goodman. All in all there’s plenty to get excited about and that’s even before we mention the adorable cat that could well become the feline community’s answer to The Artist’s Uggie come awards season.
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Red 2
In amongst the rush of spandex clad superheroes who’ve taken up residence on the silver screen over the past decade, it’s sometimes easy to overlook those comic book adaptations that include capes and cosmic ray induced powers. Adaptations like Red, the 2010 actioneer about aging hitmen (and women), which starred Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and John Malovich. The good news is they’re back for a sequel which sees them star alongside a rebooted cast list that includes Antony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta Jones and Korean action star Byung-hun Lee. Red 2 doesn’t land until August, and whilst it will face stiff competition at the summer box office this trailer has hit written all over it.

Day of the Falcon

Impressive setting? Check. All star cast? Check. A love story between two warring families set against battle scenes and political scheming? Check and check. It certainly looks epic, but it’s hard to ignore the paint by numbers feel to Jean-Jacques Annaud's Day of the Falcon. Nevertheless with Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong and Frieda Pinto on board there may still be some hope for Day of the Falcon.
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Best of the rest…

Top Gun 3D
Get ready to have your nerves shaken and brain rattled in a whole new dimension. Yes, Top Gun is getting the 3D treatment and a whole new trailer ahead of its IMAX release this February. Full of high fives, jet fighters and homoerotic volleyball scenes; there’s nothing you haven’t seen here before, but that doesn’t mean that you wont want to watch it again.

The Heat
Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy and Maylan Wayans star in this odd couple comedy, which may have to be investigated by the Trade Descriptions people if this distinctly chuckle-lite sneak peak is anything to go by.

Upside Down
Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst are gravity-crossed lovers in this sci-fi skit on Romeo & Juliet from director Juan Diego Solanas. It certainly looks beautiful. But whether Upside Down’s crackpot plot can live up to the visuals remains to be seen.
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Stoker
After wowing the world with Old Boy it’s no surprise that there’s plenty of buzz surrounding Chan-Wook Park’s English language debut. But if Stoker is even half as good as its latest teaser, then it looks like the South Korean is onto another winner. Calling it strange is probably an understatement. But it’s hard to think of how else to describe this series of smash cuts which gives us our first glimpse at a blood splattered Mia Wasikowska and her creepy as hell co-star Nicole Kidman.
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What movies are you most looking forward to from this week’s line-up? Let us know in the comments below.

-- Daniel Bettridge