Tuesday, March 24, 2009

McCourt: Freedom Giver

Steven Seagal plays John 'Freedom' McCourt in this tense action thriller due in cinemas (if you can find it) this May.

McCourt is a Texas ranger used to all sorts of trouble but even he is surprised when an African witch doctor turns up in Holten (pop 2,500) and tells him that the world is doomed unless he saes it - It turns out McCourt is the last in a line of global protectors and only he can save the entire world from plague.

McCourt must complete a number of unusual tests before he can succeed:

1. Calm a live Tiger until it eats chicken from his palm
2. Swim to the Titanic and retrieve a mystical gemstone
3. Win a kung fu competition blindfolded

Thankfully, McCourt is not alone - McCourts sidekicks, Penny Heart (Martine McCutcheon) and MastaBlast (Ian Wright) are along for the ride.

Quotes from the film

Penny Heart: 'Goddamn it McCourt you can't tame a tiger with that Kung Fu eye to eye nonsense, I care too much to see you hurt'
McCourt: 'Yeah but someones gotta save humanity.... but hey Ill be thinkin of you, you look good in that Bikini'

Mastablast 'Mo fo to the max big bro its whack mack to think you swimmin down to that wreck bro'
McCourt: 'Yo yo big man but my mind over matter approach makes the impossible possible'

Media Quotes:

Washington Post 'Simply astounding.. fresh, innovative and moving. This could do a Slumdog!'

Peterhead Chronicle 'If a dead person was offered two hours more life to watch this, I am sure they would regret it'

London Evening Standard 'I can safely say this is the only film that made me want to burn my face off and repetitively stab my testes with a biro'

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