Movies Film - General Commander (USA release May 28)

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Format: Movie
Genre:
ACTION
Writer/Director: Philippe Martinez
Producers: Philippe Martinez
Cast: Steven Seagal

Plot: Jake Alexander (Sensei Seagal) is a CIA Global Response Staff (GRS) contractor, Southeast Asia division. He is sent on assignment to Macau to apprehend international banker money launderer Walter Thompson. Aided by Macau police chief Chau Ho-Yan, Jake captures Thompson, with the intention of turning Thompson into a witness against those for whom he launders money. But the mission runs afoul when Seagal butts heads with some arms dealers and the situation deteriorates.

General Commander will be released on May 28th.
 

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DiDa

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I'm actually waiting for their "We're sorry, General Commander has been delayed and will be out in either December or January, 2019" announcement! What are the odds on that happening I wonder? Because I certainly wouldn't be surprised by what I've seen (or should that be haven't seen?!) from them thus far lol :D

Yes, I also think that will be the case.
 

thegunfighter

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Yes, I also think that will be the case.

But you never know. They may just surprise us and have the film out by late November? And hopefully for their sake they will. Stranger things have happened after all :D But an update sometime soon would certainly be very welcome and appreciated.

Hey, did I just contradict myself with this comment? It would seem so lol. But I'm just trying to stay positive. At least until the end of November. After that...no mercy :p lol.
 

thegunfighter

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To be fair to them i don't think they said November 2018. :D

Oh?? DiDa was pretty adamant that the intended release date was sometime in November? But it will obviously arrive when it's ready. As hardcore fans, we often have a tendency to be impatient. I'm certainly also guilty of this.
 
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DiDa

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Oh?? DiDa was pretty adamant that the intended release date was sometime in November? But it will obviously arrive when it's ready. As hardcore fans, we often have a tendency to be impatient. I'm certainly also guilty of this.

Ha ha.....I think Administrator was joking :D
 

thegunfighter

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Steven will indeed start filming a new movie in Romania soon.

That's a nice surprise DiDa! But it seems it won't be the Asia-set one that he mentioned? Unless that will also happen sometime next year? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. BTW, I wonder what company the film will be through?
 

DiDa

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That's a nice surprise DiDa! But it seems it won't be the Asia-set one that he mentioned? Unless that will also happen sometime next year? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. BTW, I wonder what company the film will be through?

Probably just a quick cash in.....It's normal. The man has gotta eat :D
 

thegunfighter

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Probably just a quick cash in.....It's normal. The man has gotta eat :D

Ha! Just like Willis and Stallone etc gotta eat :D. In that case I would be very surprised if Seagal is the lead.

When you mentioned that it would be filming in Romania my first thought was that perhaps he is teaming up with his old directing buddy Keoni Waxman once again. Either way, no matter who is directing, it's a waste of time having somewhat of a good return to form with Attrition only to follow it up with some crappy cash in VOD release. Speaking of VOD, have you seen the trailer for Stallone's new forthcoming release? It looks dire.
 
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thegunfighter

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Whilst probably 'generic'....BACKTRACE looks far better than anything Seagal has signed onto in the last 20 odd years :)

I don't agree at all mate. Looks boring as hell to me and it seems like Stallone has hardly any screen time. All you see of him in the trailer is what looks like the same shot filmed from different angles and yelling and pointing his gun lol. He's definitely done a Willis on this one methinks. Backtrace is also directed by the worst director Willis has ever had Brian A. Miller. But cool if you think it looks good? :)

As for maybe looking 'generic'? You could surely say that about any genre film flicks these day? Original and fresh are hard to do when its all been done to death time and time again? This has certainly been the case for most action and horror films that I've seen over the past few years.

But yeah, I'd rather watch - for example - Urban Justice with Seagal kicking ass and saying cool one-liners over Stallone yelling and waving his gun around, shooting a few rounds and doing littIe else! I honestly wish there was more Stallone to comment on in the trailer. There wasn't sadly. But I'll still watch Backtrace when it comes out, mind :)
 
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DiDa

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So I asked 365 flix again about a release date. Again they said....."it's coming out soon".
It's getting frustrating.
 

thegunfighter

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I'm not impressed at all. I can't imagine Seagal having much screen time either. I really don't care for this one as I've said quite a few times before. I await the bad reviews. Sorry to be so negative! But it just doesn't look good to me. Perhaps I would feel better about it if Seagal hadn't already done the similar True Justice series.
 
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