In our third episode of “Raise the Stakes!” we discuss a film that blasts subtlety right in the face. I’m speaking, of course, about Hobo with a Shotgun. We break down the trailer for the upcoming grindhouse film, and then share our IMDB comment of the week:
Next we share a new site we’ve discovered, the Internet Movie Firearms Database.
And finally we close we a new segment called “Pitchin’ a Fit” in which we pitch ideas for films. This time we solicited gun-related movie titles to use as a jumping off point. We’d like you to vote in our poll to let us know which one you’d most like to see turned into a movie. A brief description of each is below, but for more details (and to hear about the Russian remake of Commando), listen to this week’s episode.
And if you’d like to contribute to the next episode, please give us two professions you’d like to see cross paths in a romantic comedy.
PITCHES
THE BROTHERS KALASHNIKOV
Wanted meets Kill Bill
Two estranged brothers (Jason Statham & Jeremy Renner) reunite when their father (Brian Cox) turns gravely ill. His dying wish is for them to do the one thing he never could. Take down Russia’s premier drug kingpin (Gary Oldman), who just happens to be the older brother they thought was dead.
HAIR TRIGGER
Point Break meets Gay Barbershop
A homophobic FBI agent (The Rock) is forced to go undercover as a gay hairdresser at an upscale salon in order to foil a terrorist plot originating from the restaurant next door. Can he put his prejudice aside to maintain his cover and stop the impending danger?
MUSKET TEARS
The A-Team meets Cold Mountain
The leader of an elite Union Civil War special forces unit (Bruce Willis) is on the verge of the most important engagement of his career and a comfortable retirement after the war. But on the eve of the battle, he’s notified that a rogue Confederate General plans to destroy his farm and capture his family. Against his commanding officer’s wishes, Willis must leave the Union army and mobilize a crack four person unit for this personal mission and stop the General’s murderous rampage.
SHOTGUN JANE
Falling Down meets The Stepford Wives
A bored housewife (January Jones) takes matters into her own hands when she learns that the PTA at her kids’ new school is brainwashing its students to make them focus only on studying in order to keep the school’s ranking up.
TRIGGERNOMETRY
The Substitute meets Toy Soldiers
The Wickham Academy is the most elite private school in Virginia, home to the children of the most elite politicians and foreign diplomats in the United States. When a Senator catches wind of a plot from within to kidnap several high profile students, including his daughter, he hires two mercenaries (Jason Statham and Taylor Lautner) to infiltrate the school from within. One as a teacher, one as a student.
UZI DOES IT
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang meets Knocked Up
A sadsack water park employee with a gambling addiction (Zach Galifianakis) mistakes Yakuza that are after his neighbor (Rachel McAdams) for bookies that are after him. When he accidentally kills them during the altercation, he must partner up with his neighbor to find the money she owes before they’ll both taken out.
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