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Behind The Scenes: Mel Gibson & Frank Grillo On The Set Of BOSS LEVEL

Joe Carnahan’s 2021 release, Boss Level sees Frank Grillo play Ray Pulver, a former Special Ops soldier who wakes-up every morning with someone trying to kill him. His day goes from bad to worse and when he has to re-live it over and over [...]

February 13, 2022

Trailer: Joe Carnahan’s COPSHOP Starring Gerard Butler & Frank Grillo – Assault On Precinct 13 Meets John Wick

Cophsop appears to be a gutsy, gun metal action flick from bullet-driven auteur, Joe Carnahan. Starring Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo, Copshop looks like John Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13 crossed with John Wick – with added [...]

August 6, 2021

Review: Frank Grillo Shows Mel Gibson Who’s Boss In Joe Carnahan’s BOSS LEVEL

Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level is a gut-punching, bone-crunching, ball-busting action film which embraces every inch of its darkly comedic conceit. The Frank Grillo starrer is a brilliant throwback pic, which plays like Edge Of Tomorrow meets [...]

March 2, 2021

Groundhog Day With Grit: Hulu Trailer For Joe Carnahan’s BOSS LEVEL Starring Frank Grillo & Mel Gibson

Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level will explode onto Hulu on 5 March – and now we get the first good look at the film with this international trailer. Carnahan’s film looks totally gonzo – Groundhog Day with extra grit. Whatever [...]

February 14, 2021

Trailer: Joe Carnahan’s BOSS LEVEL Starring Frank Grillo & Mel Gibson Looks Totally Gonzo!

Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level will explode onto Hulu this March – and now we get the first good look at the film with this international trailer. Carnahan’s film looks totally gonzo – Groundhog Day meets The Punisher. Or [...]

January 19, 2021

Joe Carnahan’s BOSS LEVEL Starring Frank Grillo & Mel Gibson Hits Hulu In March

Hulu has announced that Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level will arrive on the streaming service this March. With a stacked cast (Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts, Annabelle Wallis, Ken Jeong and Michelle Yeoh), Carnahan’s action pic has [...]

January 13, 2021

Why Mel Gibson Is Still A FORCE OF NATURE

The mighty Mel Gibson‘s latest release, Force Of Nature (read the Movies In Focus review) proves he’s still a movie star to be reckoned with and that he can still command the screen like few actors. Gibson might have supporting part [...]

June 30, 2020

Annabelle Wallis Joins Mel Gibson & Frank Grillo In Joe Carnahan’s BOSS LEVEL

Have you ever walked into a restaurant, looked at the menu, seen something and thought ‘damn, I’m definitely having that’? That’s how Joe Carnahan‘s Boss Level reads to Movies In Focus – a juicy sirloin steak [...]

March 28, 2018

Bruce Is Back! New Clip From Eli Roth’s DEATH WISH

Movies In Focus is all set for the Bruce Willis and Eli Roth remake of the Michael Winner-Charles Bronson joint. It’s not cool to say it – but I can’t wait to see Willis back on the big screen kicking ass in Death Wish. Check out this new [...]

March 1, 2018

Mel Gibson And Robert Towne Team For DANCING BEAR

Mel Gibson is keeping himself busy. He’s got a Passion Of The Christ sequel on the way, a western series with Kurt Russell in development, a potential Lethal Weapon 5, a Joe Carnahan thriller in the pipeline and now comes news he might direct [...]

February 24, 2018

Get Back To The ’70s With These New DEATH WISH Posters

Movies In Focus is looking forward to the old-school shenanigans of Eli Roth’s Death Wish. Roth has been bigging-up Bruce Willis‘ turn in the film as a ‘classic Willis role’ in the mould of Die Hard and [...]

February 22, 2018

Bruce Willis Kicks Ass In The Latest Trailer For Eli Roth’s DEATH WISH

Movies In Focus is excited by Death Wish because it looks like Bruce Willis has his mojo back. This remake of the Michael Winner/Charles Bronson joint might not be wholly originally, but who doesn’t want to see Willis kick ass on screen for 90 [...]

January 3, 2018

Mel Gibson, Frank Grillo & Joe Carnahan Take Things To BOSS LEVEL

The mighty Mel Gibson (currently riding high after the Box Office success of Daddy’s Home 2) and Frank Grillo are in talks to star in writer-director Joe Carnahan‘s Boss Level. According to Deadline: ‘Every day, a retired special [...]

November 15, 2017

Bad Boys Ain’t For Life! No More BAD BOYS 3 For Joe Carnahan

Joe Carnahan is a vibrant writer/director with serious cojones. Narc and The Grey are some of the best hombre movies of the last 25 years and if Michael Bay wasn’t making a third film in the Bad Boy franchise then Smokin’ Joe was the [...]

March 8, 2017

Eli Roth To Direct Bruce Willis’ DEATH WISH; Scott Alexander And Larry Karaszewski Write Script

Deadline reports that Eli Roth has signed to direct the Bruce Willis starrer Death Wish. Schlock shock jock Roth replaces Big Bad Wolves helmers Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, who recently departed the director’s chair. Roth recently jumped [...]

June 21, 2016

DEATH WISH Remake Huffs And Puffs And Blows Away Big Bad Wolves Directors

The Death Wish remake starring Bruce Willis seemed to be getting back on track when Big Bad Wolves helmers Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado came onboard in March (replacing Joe Carnahan). However, the duo have now departed the project, citing the [...]

May 7, 2016

Big Bad Wolves Hunt Bruce Willis’ DEATH WISH

Bruce Willis has been attached to a Death Wish remake for the last few years. In fact, it was Willis’ signing to the film that caused director Joe Carnahan to leave the project because he felt that audiences would already buy Willis as a vigilante [...]

March 5, 2016