POSTED ON July 29th, 2009 BY Paul
From the very beginning of this trailer, you get the sense that this film is something special. A masterpiece perhaps. I mean, where else can you see a girl get kidnapped by a flower painting? Imagine the special effects needed to create that scene (the special effect being her walking backwards with the painting — you can actually see her take the first step if you watch closely).
After that we get the sense that not only can this flower painting kidnap girls, but it also runs a gang where if you’re special enough, they will teach you completely insane fighting techniques, like b-boy fighting. And instead of teaching you so that you can say you know the most retarded fighting technique in the world, they actually make you fight real people with them while giant words fly around you. She is definitely Back with a capital B.
So in the tradition of my last trailer review, I’ll list some of the things that stood out to me about this trailer:
1. Learn to train by training: makes sense. Learn to trust by having that dude hold you up: also makes sense. Learn to hate by getting punched in the face: kind of makes sense. Learn to love by… moon boots? Moon boots with knives on them? Oh wait, actually that makes perfect sense, that’s how I met my wife.
2. The b-boy Martial Arts Killing moves (what’s up with the random capitalization?) are impressive, but apparently they have their own ideas about which moves are the most deadly. At 1:44 we see a b-boy thrashing some random guy. Crazy move after crazy move followed by awesome knee to the face. But they aren’t done. A little rocking annnndd.. FREEZE ON LIGHT STEP TO THE FACE!!!
3. It must suck to work on a film where “Real Injuries” are a selling point. The way that shot of her falling looked, there was no point to it other than to hurt her. Doesn’t seem like any kind of safety rig failed or anything, I think the director just pushed her off a desk.
4. At 2:20, you can feel their pure hatred as they scream in fury at each other. Then they run full speed in what is sure to be an epic clash of blood and teeth. Instead, the guy does a flip and the girl just lays down and slides. Even if these had been real attack moves, the successful scenario is either the girl awkwardly falls down while trying to catch the flipping guy, or the girl just slides into the guy and they look at each other. Luckily, the title comes in and explains it all. Ohhh, it’s supposed to just look cool without making any sense. Good selling point.
Despite all of this, I’m definitely going to watch this. And this too. Probably at the same time.
Thanks to Dara Chan for sending the trailer our way.
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five times in a row i will watch this
FLASHIER THAN EVER!!!!