Fill 'er up with Diesel

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by: Mike Sampson Aug. 5, 2005

One of the nicest guys in Hollywood that I've ever met is Vin Diesel. Sadly though I haven't found much to enjoy about his career in recent years. He was built up to be the next Schwarzenegger but XXX, A MAN APART, RIDDICK, THE PACIFIER....all quite disappointing. I'm hoping that a more dramatic role with Sidney Lumet in FIND ME GUILTY will help turn things around but then I hear about a project like THE RETRIEVER. Diesel has signed on to this film, which would have him starring as a "one-man army" (groan...) fighting to save the world (double groan...) from nuclear apocalypse (zzzzz...). The Diesel fansite VinXperience did some research on the German company funding this pic and was able to find a more detailed synopsis on their website. Apparently it's a project tailored specifically to Diesel and describes his character as a "James Bond" type. Wasn't the XXX character supposed to be a "James Bond" type? Here's more of the translation from VinXperience: "The whole world is threatened by an apocalyptic weapon, which originates from the death zone of Tschernobyl, having been left behind after the accident in the power plant. Rebels, having nothing to loose, are now threatening to use it. Pure action and thrills are making THE RETRIEVER both a huge cinema action film as well as a success to be in the world-wide DVD box office." Please Vin. Please don't. Stick to HITMAN and ROCKFISH but please steer clear of this. Let Stallone or Seagal do this one...

Source: Hollywood Reporter

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justinpdrew
12:43AM on 08/07/2005 Add as a friend | MFC profile
okay, wait... so there's a weapon left at the Tschernobyl site, and no one bothered to go there and pick it up? seriously? a movie whose entire premise was utterly moronic was written AND given a budget? AND MADE???
here's my theory on the birth of the premise:

"Dude?"
"Yeah?"
"This weed is killer!"
"I know!"
"Hey, dude?"
"What???"
...
okay, wait... so there's a weapon left at the Tschernobyl site, and no one bothered to go there and pick it up? seriously? a movie whose entire premise was utterly moronic was written AND given a budget? AND MADE???
here's my theory on the birth of the premise:

"Dude?"
"Yeah?"
"This weed is killer!"
"I know!"
"Hey, dude?"
"What???"
"I just had the awesomest idea for a movie!"
"Okay, shoot."
"How about, that place where the nuclear stuff happened, you know, well, there's a huge weapon there, you know, like years later. And the badguys get it and hold the world hostage and then some action star, maybe the Rock or Vin Diesel or that dude from the Transporter, goes and kicks some serious butt! Whaddaya think?"
"..."
"Dude?"
"...dude, I'm high and I see how bad that is!"
"No way dude! It's gonna be like James Bond with tattoos! I'll sell it! You'll see!!!"

okay, maybe I went overboard, but that's pretty close to what probably actually went down.
 
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RoneStar
1:42PM on 08/05/2005 Add as a friend | MFC profile
[link] Vinny, dude... give me a call! I can set you up with some dancing Russian bears that will make more money that this! DVD box office? Sounds like you'd be making an extreme journey to the bargain DVD bin - and we all kno you're better than that! Stick with Dreadnaught and Hannibal... stuff that shows you can act and be a HOLLY...
[link] Vinny, dude... give me a call! I can set you up with some dancing Russian bears that will make more money that this! DVD box office? Sounds like you'd be making an extreme journey to the bargain DVD bin - and we all kno you're better than that! Stick with Dreadnaught and Hannibal... stuff that shows you can act and be a HOLLYWOOD box office contender!