After unleashing 2003’s Oldboy (South Korea’s tweaked answer toSe7en),director Park Chan-wook has enjoyed a larger-than-average American following, with admirers in Quen tin Tarantino and Spike Lee.
When the definitive history of the action film is written, it will most assuredly include a lengthy chapter devoted to Walter Hill, the quiet genius behind The Warriors, 48 Hrs. , and Undisputed.
It’s saddled with possibly the worst title ever devised by highly paid marketers, but this comedy could benefit from being released during the doldrums of January—that, plus an abundance of hard-R smuttiness, as promised by a viral red-band trailer.
We’ve got Snow White and the Huntsman to thank for Hollywood’s new trend of recasting childhood fables with a badass attitude and plenty of body-hugging leather.