Snicker at the idea of Cuba Gooding Jr. playing a genetically altered super warrior in a post-apocalyptic wasteland if you will, but I think he could pull it off. Hey, he’s no Denzel Washington and this is no “Book of Eli”, but Gooding Jr. has proven himself more than capable of action movie heroics before, and I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.
In a war-ravaged and disease-ridden future, a genetically altered killing machine escapes impending destruction and goes on the run, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake.
According to Cinema Blend, the movie was originally supposed to star Laurence Fishburne, who has since been replaced by Gooding Jr. The film, according to IMDB.com, will co-star Spanish beauty Paz Vega, and Olivier Martinez and Vincent Perez are “rumored” for roles. I don’t know what “rumored” means, though, since IMDB.com has the movie listed as a 2008 release, and it’s, well, you know. Shouldn’t this thing be in the can by now, or at least the cast settled?
The film is supposedly budgeted at $15 million, which is a pretty big budget for a movie destined for the direct-to-DVD bin. John Eyres will direct from a script by he and Stephen Lister.
