The Bleeding Clips: Shootout, Weapons, Behind the Scenes

Anchor Bay has released three clips from vampire action/horror flick The Bleeding, out now on DVD.  In the first one, our hero, Shawn (Michael Matthias), saves a slayer (DMX) from a bloody fate by shooting lots and lots of vamps.  In the second, a slayer/priest (Michael Madsen) introduces Shawn to his array of blessed weapons.  The third clip is a behind-the-scenes featurette that show you how they did that thing to DMX’s hand in the first clip, among other things.  First and third clips are a little gruesome, so be warned (or encouraged as the case may be).  The film also stars Kat Von D, Vinnie Jones, and Armand Assante.

Clip 1: Gun Fight

Clip 2: Weapons

Clip 3: Behind the Scenes

And, while we’re at it, here’s the trailer…

Vinnie Jones Trips the Light Pimptastic in The Bleeding Trailer

Anchor Bay has just released a trailer for The Bleeding, a new horror/action flick in which a recently minted vampire slayer (Michael Matthias) must take on his brother-turned-ubervamp (Vinnie Jones). Jones appears to be especially pimped out, making one hope for the line, “Bitch better have my blood. Not some, not half, but all my plasma.” But I digress.

The film also stars DMX, Armand Assante, Rachelle Leah, Michael Madsen (in full-on preacher/cowboy mode), and L.A. Ink‘s Kat Von D as a vampire lieutenant.

The Bleeding arrives March 1st. Check out the trailer below.

The Line Interview: Armand Assante

New York station WPIX‘s morning show interviewed Armand Assante about his role as a priest in The Line when the flick closed out the New York International Latino Film Festival.  Assante describes the film as an “unromanticized” view of the criminal underworld through which drugs pass between Mexico and the US.  Check out the full interview below:

The Line drops today.  You can buy it here.

The Line Review: “Flawed But Appealing”

Cary Darling of the Dallas Morning News has a mixed take on narco-thriller The Line, which has been topping the straight-to-DVD rental charts of late.  The review seems to echo the mixed response on IMDb, where the film has averaged 5.3/10 from 735 users.  The film stars Ray Liotta as an assassin tracking down the heir apparent (Esai Morales) of an ailing drug kingpin (Andy Garcia).  Armand Assante, Valerie Cruz, Bruce Davison, Joe Morton, and Danny Trejo round out the cast.

The Line goes on sale November 10.  You can pre-order it here.

Because Clearly the Best Way to Prove Global Warming Is to Get People to Kill Each Other

Apparently, conservative Web site Pajamas Media does reviews of straight-to-DVD titles. Who knew? Perhaps the fact that The Chaos Experiment questions global warming has something to do with the coverage. But even that stance isn’t enough to make Christian Toto overlook the film’s shortcomings. Sure, Val Kilmer locking a bunch of people up in a room that’s getting hotter in order to prove that all heat and no cold makes people go hellacrazy is a good idea, but apparently it’s just not well-executed.

With Armand Assante and Eric Roberts, which I mention in a desperate bid to keep Roberts’ name huge in the tag cloud.

Buy The Chaos Experiment here.