Here we go again. In recent years, Mel Gibson’s found himself stuck in a never-ending series of Dtv-style action thrillers, similar to the kind of fare Bruce Willis churned out before his retirement. Along with his contemporaries like John Travolta, John Cusack and many others, Gibson seems totally stuck in a rut, with virtually all of these films (most of which he only has minor roles in) going totally unnoticed. Has anyone seen Panama, Agent Game, On the Line, Confidential Informant, Desperation Road, Dangerous or Force of Nature? There have been some bright spots, such as the solid Bandit (a movie he was proud of when I interviewed him) or Fatman, but for the most part, Gibson’s career as an actor in mainstream movies seems limited to this kind of fare, which is a shame.
Nevertheless, he’s still out there cranking out VOD movies, with Boneyard being the latest.
Nevertheless, he’s still out there cranking out VOD movies, with Boneyard being the latest.
- 5/6/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Awards season is here, which means it is also time for the annual Golden Raspberry Awards. The Razzies, which aims to (dis)honor the least successful films of the year, has announced nominations for its 44th edition.
The most-nominated film is “Expend4bles,” the fourth entry in the action-packed, but critically underwhelming, “The Expendables” franchise. It received seven nominations. Tied for second place with five noms are “The Exorcist: Believer,” the revival of the classic horror series, and “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” a blood-soaked take on everyone’s favorite honey-loving bear. Two big-budget superhero movies, DC’s “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” both got four nominations.
Last year, Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde” led the competition with eight nominations, going on to bag the prize for worst picture. The group also felt compelled to issue an apology last year after nominating then-...
The most-nominated film is “Expend4bles,” the fourth entry in the action-packed, but critically underwhelming, “The Expendables” franchise. It received seven nominations. Tied for second place with five noms are “The Exorcist: Believer,” the revival of the classic horror series, and “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” a blood-soaked take on everyone’s favorite honey-loving bear. Two big-budget superhero movies, DC’s “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” both got four nominations.
Last year, Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde” led the competition with eight nominations, going on to bag the prize for worst picture. The group also felt compelled to issue an apology last year after nominating then-...
- 1/22/2024
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Expend4bles leads the nominees for the Golden Raspberry Awards — aka the Razzies — which were unveiled Monday morning.
The film earned seven nominations for the Razzie Awards, which honor the worst of the year and are announced annually ahead of the Oscars noms announcement, which takes place Tuesday morning.
Expend4bles is one of five movies competing for “worst picture” of the year. The nominees in that category, along with the Razzies’ comments, are:
— The Exorcist: Believer: “a 50-years-later remake/rip-off that was horrifying in unintended ways”
— Expend4bles: “another installment of a franchise that’s fading faster than Razzie ‘winner’ Donald Trump’s mental acuity”
— Meg 2: The Trench: “a fishy tale about a snarky shark that flopped across all seven seas”
— Shazam! Fury of the Gods: “one of 2023’s several comic book movies failing to save the superhero genre”
— Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey: “a...
The film earned seven nominations for the Razzie Awards, which honor the worst of the year and are announced annually ahead of the Oscars noms announcement, which takes place Tuesday morning.
Expend4bles is one of five movies competing for “worst picture” of the year. The nominees in that category, along with the Razzies’ comments, are:
— The Exorcist: Believer: “a 50-years-later remake/rip-off that was horrifying in unintended ways”
— Expend4bles: “another installment of a franchise that’s fading faster than Razzie ‘winner’ Donald Trump’s mental acuity”
— Meg 2: The Trench: “a fishy tale about a snarky shark that flopped across all seven seas”
— Shazam! Fury of the Gods: “one of 2023’s several comic book movies failing to save the superhero genre”
— Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey: “a...
- 1/22/2024
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film currently in post. Well Go USA to distribute in US.
In the run-up to AFM Red Sea Media has come on board to handle international sales on the samurai action thriller Lone led by Japanese rising star Shogen from Brillante Ma Mendoza’s Busan selection Gensan Punch.
Josh Waller (Raze), a co-founder of Spectrevision with Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah, directed from his screenplay about a Japanese samurai and assassin who loses his family and finds himself stranded on an island where he gets kidnapped by a tribe of cannibals.
The warrior soon escapes and enacts revenge on his captors and their leader.
In the run-up to AFM Red Sea Media has come on board to handle international sales on the samurai action thriller Lone led by Japanese rising star Shogen from Brillante Ma Mendoza’s Busan selection Gensan Punch.
Josh Waller (Raze), a co-founder of Spectrevision with Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah, directed from his screenplay about a Japanese samurai and assassin who loses his family and finds himself stranded on an island where he gets kidnapped by a tribe of cannibals.
The warrior soon escapes and enacts revenge on his captors and their leader.
- 10/26/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
"Confidential Informant" is a new action thriller, directed by Michael Oblowitz, starring Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth and Nick Stahl , now playing in theaters:
"...a police detective suffering from a terminal illness makes a deal with an informant...
"... to get killed in the line of duty...
"...so his family can receive hefty death benefits from the department..."
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"...a police detective suffering from a terminal illness makes a deal with an informant...
"... to get killed in the line of duty...
"...so his family can receive hefty death benefits from the department..."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 7/17/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Directed by Michael Oblowitz, Confidential Informant is part buddy cop drama and part crime thriller that works fine despite its superficial narrative. Having a cast that includes the likes of Mel Gibson doesn’t hurt, and the film manages to keep the viewers engaged in patches, if not throughout its entire runtime. The plot of Confidential Informant revolves around two war veterans, Tom Moran and Mike Thornton, who, after their stint in the Gulf War, come to work in the narcotics department of the NYPD. Their leader is the experienced Kevin Hickey, who knows what it’s like to return to civilian life after the war. After Tom discovers he has cancer and his time is limited, he asks his partner Mike to help him with a deadly plan that will help his family survive after he is gone.
Spoilers Ahead
Plot Synopsis: What Happens In ‘Confidential Informant’?
Tom Moran...
Spoilers Ahead
Plot Synopsis: What Happens In ‘Confidential Informant’?
Tom Moran...
- 7/2/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
Stars: Dominic Purcell, Nick Stahl, Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth, John Cassini, Erik Valdez, Russell Richardson, Arielle Raycene | Written by Michael Kaycheck, Brooke Nasser | Directed by Michael Oblowitz
Confidential Informant opens with a voiceover telling us what wonderful people cops are, especially those with combat experience. Case in point Tom Moran and Mike Thorton. We get to see them raid a crack operation and then lie to their superior over little things like not having a search warrant. Wonderful people indeed.
While tossing a baseball around with his son Moran collapses in pain. His wife Anna tells him he needs to see a doctor. He’s seen a doctor, three of them in fact, and they all tell him he has stomach cancer and not too long to live. Coincidentally enough another cop, Frank, was talking at the bar about how much money the department pays out to your family if...
Confidential Informant opens with a voiceover telling us what wonderful people cops are, especially those with combat experience. Case in point Tom Moran and Mike Thorton. We get to see them raid a crack operation and then lie to their superior over little things like not having a search warrant. Wonderful people indeed.
While tossing a baseball around with his son Moran collapses in pain. His wife Anna tells him he needs to see a doctor. He’s seen a doctor, three of them in fact, and they all tell him he has stomach cancer and not too long to live. Coincidentally enough another cop, Frank, was talking at the bar about how much money the department pays out to your family if...
- 6/29/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
"Confidential Informant" is a new action thriller, directed by Michael Oblowitz, starring Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth and Nick Stahl , releasing June 29, 2023 in theaters:
"...a police detective suffering from a terminal illness makes a deal with an informant...
"... to get killed in the line of duty...
"...so his family can receive hefty death benefits from the department..."
Click the images to enlarge...
"...a police detective suffering from a terminal illness makes a deal with an informant...
"... to get killed in the line of duty...
"...so his family can receive hefty death benefits from the department..."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 6/29/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"Confidential Informant" is a new action thriller, directed by Michael Oblowitz, starring Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth and Nick Stahl , releasing June 29, 2023 in theaters:
"...a police detective suffering from a terminal illness makes a deal with an informant...
"... to get killed in the line of duty...
"...so his family can receive hefty death benefits from the department..."
Click the images to enlarge...
"...a police detective suffering from a terminal illness makes a deal with an informant...
"... to get killed in the line of duty...
"...so his family can receive hefty death benefits from the department..."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 6/25/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Confidential Informant is a cop movie directed by Michael Oblowitz, starring Mel Gibson and Kate Bosworth
During a crack epidemic two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer. Hoping for leads, Moran and Thorton pay off a junkie informant. To provide for his wife and son, Moran involves the stool pigeon in a deadly scheme. This causes the partners to come under the scrutiny of a suspicious internal affairs agent.
Release date
June 30
Where to Watch Confidential Informant
Theaters
The Cast Mel Gibson Dominic Purcell Kate Bosworth Arielle Raycene
Nick Stahl
Erik Valdez
The post ‘Confidential Informant’ (2023) Mel Gibson returns to the theaters appeared first on Martin Cid Magazine.
During a crack epidemic two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer. Hoping for leads, Moran and Thorton pay off a junkie informant. To provide for his wife and son, Moran involves the stool pigeon in a deadly scheme. This causes the partners to come under the scrutiny of a suspicious internal affairs agent.
Release date
June 30
Where to Watch Confidential Informant
Theaters
The Cast Mel Gibson Dominic Purcell Kate Bosworth Arielle Raycene
Nick Stahl
Erik Valdez
The post ‘Confidential Informant’ (2023) Mel Gibson returns to the theaters appeared first on Martin Cid Magazine.
- 6/20/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
"Confidential Informant" is a new action thriller, directed by Michael Oblowitz, starring Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth and Nick Stahl , releasing June 29, 2023 in theaters:
"...a police detective suffering from a terminal illness makes a deal with an informant...
"... to get killed in the line of duty...
"...so his family can receive hefty death benefits from the department..."
Click the images to enlarge...
"...a police detective suffering from a terminal illness makes a deal with an informant...
"... to get killed in the line of duty...
"...so his family can receive hefty death benefits from the department..."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 6/8/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"You made me miss my Yankees game!" Lionsgate has released an official trailer for an action crime thriller titled Confidential Informant, another of these B-movie schlock fests being dropped on VOD right away. This doesn't look like it's any different or any better either. A police detective suffering from cancer makes a deal with an informant to get killed in the line of duty, so his family can receive the hefty death benefits from the department. This then causes all the partners to come under the scrutiny of a suspicious internal affairs agent, resulting in even more problems for everyone involved. The film stars Dominic Purcell, Mel Gibson, Nick Stahl, and Kate Bosworth. This may be "inspired by actual events" but it looks absolutely boring and campy, not even worth a $1.99 Redbox rental price. Skip it and move along, nothing to see here. // Continue Reading ›...
- 6/7/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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