{"id":13191,"date":"2013-05-05T10:35:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T23:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=13191"},"modified":"2013-05-05T10:36:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T23:36:55","slug":"legendary-rises-from-the-tomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/05\/05\/legendary-rises-from-the-tomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Rises from the Tomb"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Discovery<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s another cryptid on the loose — and this one is a big, nasty dragon-like reptile, looking to contribute to the ongoing history of giant monsters in cinema. The film has gone through several name-changes (Legendary: The Shocate<\/em> and Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon<\/em>), but is now simply called Legendary<\/em> (UK\/China-2013; dir. Eric Styles).<\/p>\n

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Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Travis and his team travel to China in search of what isn’t supposed to exist … their mission to capture a cryptid that is wreaking havoc in a remote village where a water pipeline is being built. They need to do this before Harker, the legendary bounty hunter, finds and kills it — and before anyone else falls victim to its rage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The poster image — a big reptilian eye — irresistibly brings to mind such films as Godzilla<\/em> (1998) and the Jurassic Park<\/em> films, as well as the SyFy tradition in giant reptile films. Hopefully it will find a place among the better of these.<\/p>\n

Teaser Trailer<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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The dragon isn’t, however, the only legend involved in the film.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it stars action-flick hero Dolph Lundgren as the bounty hunter, tidied up after enduring all the explosions and fire-fights of Expendables 2<\/em>. Also from Expendables 2<\/em> is his co-star, Scott Adkins, who plays a cryptozoologist whose aim is to save the monster rather than kill it.<\/p>\n

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Directed by Eric Styles (pictured below on location with the cast) and written by Andy Briggs (who has written other genre flicks, such as Rise of the Gargoyles<\/em>, Ghost Town<\/em>, Dark Relic<\/em> and the 2012 version of The Philadelphia Experiment<\/em>), it looks like it could be a decent creature feature and something to help fill the giant-monster gap between Del Toro’s epic Pacific Rim<\/em> and Gareth Edwards’ much anticipated Godzilla<\/em> (2014).<\/p>\n

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Also in the cast are Chinese actress Yi Huang and from the UK Lydia Leonard (Jericho<\/em>, London Hospital<\/em>, Casualty 1909<\/em> and single-episode roles in other British TV series such as Ashes To Ashes<\/em> and Spooks<\/em>).<\/p>\n

More Images<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Sources<\/strong>: via Avery Guerra; IMDb<\/a>; Midsummer Films<\/a>; Eric Styles website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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