Escape Plan 2 Trailer Has Stallone on a New Break Out Mission

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At long last, the Escape Plan 2 trailer is here. Plans have been in the works for a sequel to the Sylvester Stallone 2013 team-up with his pal Arnold Schwarzenegger for a long time, but it took awhile for them to actually materialize. We hadn't heard any updates on the project for some time, but now Lionsgate has unleashed the trailer for the probably unnecessary but possibly very fun sequel. If you're at all interested in sitting down for a sequel to Escape Plan, this trailer is probably going to make you very happy as it's action-packed, totally ridiculous and full of cheesy one-liners. There is a particularly wonderful/terrible one right at the end.

The idea here is a bit different than the first Escape Plan. This time around, Sly's character appears to be more in control of the situation and is on a rescue mission. This prison is also quite a bit different, as a very shady looking dude who runs the prison uses the baddest of the bad to fight one another. Things escalate quickly after Stallone's team breaks in. Lots of bullets. Lots of punching. Lots of weird masks. If Escape Plan 2: Hades can pack in a twist halfway through like the first movie did, this might be a very fun Redbox, Netflix or VOD rental night with some friends and a few drinks.

In Escape Plan 2, Years after he fought his way out of an inescapable prison, Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) has organized a new top-notch security force. But when one of his team members goes missing, Breslin must return to the hell he once escaped from to save his friend from the prison's brutal human battleground known as Hades.

The movie comes from director Steven C. Miller, whose previous credits include First Kill, Arsenal and Extraction. Even if you haven't heard of those movies, it seems like they fit into the same corner of cinema that Escape Plan 2 might occupy. Miles Chapman, who penned the first installment and the already in the works Escape Plan 3, wrote the screenplay. The movie stars a powerful ensemble that includes Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Xiaoming Huang, Jesse Metcalfe, Jamie King and Alphonso A'Qen-Aten Jackson. It's a shame we had to lose Schwarzenegger, but we get Drax and 50 Cent in exchange. That could work.

Lionsgate is releasing the sequel on June 29. Unfortunately for those of you who have been counting down the days, it looks like this is going to be a purely Blu-ray/DVD and VOD release, but maybe it will get some limited time on the big screen. Perhaps seeing it at home is for the best, as this seems like the kind of movie you may want to yell at a few times while watching it. Be sure to check out the first trailer for Escape Plan 2: Hades, courtesy of the Lionsgate Movies YouTube channel, for yourself below.

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Mission: Impossible Fallout Trailer #2 Packs a Punch

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The latest trailer for Mission: Impossible Fallout has arrived and packs more than a punch. The promotional train is in full effect for the latest Mission: Impossible movie as we saw a new poster earlier this week which officially united Ethan Hunt's latest team.

The best intentions often come back to haunt you. Mission: Impossible Fallout finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong. Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, and Vanessa Kirby also join the dynamic cast with filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie returning to the helm. Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Wes Bentley, Frederick Schmidt with Michelle Monaghan and Alec Baldwin.

The Mission: Impossible franchise started out in 1996 and has somehow managed to persist for more than two decades behind the ever present star power of Tom Cruise. Interestingly enough, even though Cruise is in his 50s now, he's actually doing crazier and crazier stunts for each one of these movies as they progress. He's fully committed to being authentic in that way and it appears as though things are no different with Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Even though he broke his ankle very badly during production this time around.

But he's suffering for the enjoyment that audiences are going to have and, if the last two movies are any indication, there is going to be a lot of that to go around with this sixth installment. Christopher McQuarrie, who directed 2015's very well-received Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, returns to the director's chair this time around. He's also the sole credited screenwriter. So much of the blame or praise this movie is owed belongs to him. However, given his resume and his previous work in the franchise, it's likely there will be a lot less of the former. And nothing about this movie so far gives us any reason to think this is where the saga of Ethan Hunt is going to go off the rails. At least not in a bad way.

In addition to Tom Cruise, the movie also stars Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Michelle Monaghan, Angela Bassett, Simon Pegg, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Wes Bentley and Sean Harris. Unlike with Avengers: Infinity War, there's unfortunately no mystery behind Jeremy Renner's omission from the posters and trailers, as he couldn't fit the movie into his busy schedule. So, even though his character was present and important in the last two movies, he won't be showing up here.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout is set to arrive in theaters on July 27. It won't have a lot of direct competition that weekend, save for Warner Bros.' Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, which certainly works in its favor. To date, the Mission: Impossible movies have made $2.77 billion at the worldwide box office and, with the exception of Mission: Impossible 2, all of the movies have been received warmly, especially the most recent two. Can Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise keep it going? We can only hope. Be sure to check out the new trailer, courtesy of Paramount Pictures, for yourself below.

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