Sony Pictures Classics has just released the first trailer for Woody Allen‘s Irrational Man starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Jamie Blackley, and Parker Posey. In the film, Phoenix plays Abe Lucas, a habitually gloomy philosophy professor who can’t write, can’t teach, and “couldn’t remember the reason for living, and when I did it wasn’t convincing.” But when a young student (Stone) attends one of his classes, he finds new purpose in life. Based on the trailer, the film pretty much uses the same tropes and plot devices Allen has used before in his previous films. But Posey’s character could put a small twist on things.
The Raid 2 is just one of those action films that you have to watch this year. Following the events of the first Raid, Rama (Iko Uwais) is now assigned to be an undercover cop who has to infiltrate one of Indonesia’s most dangerous crime families. In an effort to keep everyone he loves safe, Rama agrees to the assignment, not knowing how dangerous or how deep he has to go underground.
I usually refrain from posting clips, but having seen the movie already — and one of the clips being shown is actually a deleted scene — I think it will be okay. If anything, these clips don’t even cover how bloody The Raid 2 really is. And honestly, with a 150-minute run time, I think I can understand why director Gareth Evans may have excluded the rival gang shootout scene. So hit the jump to check them out.
For whatever reason, the team behind The Raid 2‘s marketing campaign felt compelled to release another trailer for the action packed film. But honestly, should we be really be complaining at all. The first trailer didn’t do much but tease, while the second one was set on giving us a bit more action, but the following trailer you will see will give us an idea of what fighting in a car while getting stabbed in the butt looks like, how a girl uses a hammer to beat down her opponents interprets a coin toss, and more scenes involving lots of mud and fights in a kitchen.
We will have to wait a little while longer before the film comes out in March, but with the film making it’s Sundance premiere, what better way to rile up the film festival attendees than to present a brand new punch-fest trailer. Hit the jump to see it and a few GIFs created by Sony Pictures Classic.
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