You thought Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham starring in a movie about an underground Russian roulette club was about as badass as you could get? Fuck no, it just got badasser. Ray Liotta and Ray Winstone have signed on to also hold guns to their heads and pray for empty chambers.
And now we have some good details on who is doing what in this remake, which is written and directed by original writer/director Gela Babluani. Control star (and least badass in the cast) Sam Riley will play the protagonist, who stumbles on the Russian roulette club, where the wealthy bet on the outcome of matches. Mickey Rourke plays a convict sprung from a Mexican prison to play in the tournament, while 50 Cent is his bodyguard. Winstone will play a lunatic sprung from an insane asylum, and Statham will play a rich Brit betting on the proceedings. Liotta will be a cop hot on the trail of the underground club.
I said this the last time I wrote about the remake, but I’ll restate it – with this cast it’s hard for me to get too upset about trodding the same ground twice. I can’t wait to see Winstone’s brains on the floor! In a good way, I totally dig him.





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"Winstone's brains on the floor! In a good way, I totally dig him." Is that a spoiler? Im not complaining…just sayin', some people might. I mean, I totally thought the lunatic would be the one to live, but what do I know?
Ray Liotta playing a cop in a riveting crime thriller? No way!
And this is related to Watchmen how?
hahaha, a watchmen comment, how droll…
I take it all this news is so badass, you forgot 50 Cent is going to be in it too. Ugh.
Can't wait to see the youtube copycats on this one.
This does sound badass. But for some strange reason, I'm not convinced about the director. I loved the original, but I'd rather have a good new director give us a fresh take on it. In my mind, foreign film directors remaking their own films in english haven't turned out well: The vanishing, Nightwatch, Bankok Dangerous, Ring 2, Grudge. I wish they found a great american director whose sensibilities match the material like what theyre doing with Time Crimes. Still looking forward to this though.
Great, now 50 Cent can mumble in something else.
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