Trailer - Even With Eva, 'Live!' Has No Pulse

I was e-mailed a link to this trailer after we talked about Eva Mendes' post-rehab interview with Interview. I'm still not sure why she was in rehab, not that it's any our my business. I've heard she was researching a role, and since I'd never seen evidence of her boozing too much, I can only assume that's true, she was just exhausted from a hectic schedule, or she decided she was heading down a dangerous path and wanted to stop it before she went over the edge. Good for her, and hopefully it's all roses and sunshine for her now. Anyway...this trailer. It's for a movie called Live! and it looks completely gawdawful. You know how those porn movies from the early 90s tried to step up their production values even though they were still shooting on the same video cameras the local news would use, and you know how those porn movies from the early 90s were still concerned with plots so there was always way too much (bad) acting? Take away the sex, and you've got the technical and dramatic equivalent of those cheap Caballero videos here in Live! Seriously, it's a concept that's been done before, nobody in the new movie looks the least bit interested, and worst of all, they couldn't even make the trailer look good. In the film, Mendes plays a ruthless TV executive who launches a new show where the contestants play Russian Roulette on TV for a possible $5 million awaiting the "winner." The consolation prize, however, is a bitch. Watch the trailer. You'll be amazed that it was produced in this century.

I mentioned that this concept has been done before: The Running Man and The Condemned both use it, and back in 2001, there was a movie called Series 7: The Contenders, which is made like it's the actual reality show being portrayed. Basically, that show/film had the win or die premise, too, and while I thought it was an effective satire...the movie never played in more than 11 theaters.

Quite a shame, really. I don't think this is an official trailer, but it's still better than the one Live! puts out there.

As for Live!, I don't think it's headed to theaters, either, so it's almost a complete copycat. The movie has already had its DVD release in a couple of European countries, so I'm sure that's what awaits it here, as well.

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