I've got this idea, see? It'll cock that jaunty fedora pretty sweet, see? I'm gonna make a movie about a detective, a shylock, a gumshoe, and I'm gonna call him Malone. A real man's man's name, honest, blue collar, salt of the earth, see? And then I'm gonna surround Malone with a bunch of dames and broads, saddle them with names something like a Dick Tracy character would have only it's not a descriptor. Tough guy names like Matchstick and Boulder and Mauler and Frankie the Crooner, see? And I'm gonna frame it real nice like, like it's a gritty hyper-stylized Frank Miller version of a Jim Thompson novel, only I'm not actually gonna set it during the 1940s. Scratch that, I'll just give the lead guy a smooth 1940's looking ride, and have him mutter and grumble like Rain Man playing Sam Spade. Oh, this puppy's cooking with gas,...
- 1/28/2010
- by Brian Prisco
When I moseyed on down to Comic-Con this year, I took some time to hook up with the Raw Studios boys, whom we're big fans of. In doing so, I was able to meet the writer of their most recent (at the time) fare, Mark Hosack, who had penned the fun noir flick Give 'Em Hell Malone. At the time of my review I had mistakenly stated that it was Hosack's first feature, though in actuality he wrote and directed Pale Blue Moon back in 2003. The film has a small footprint as of now (59 votes on IMDb) that all that is about to change as the film has emerged from a legal dead zone to finally secure distribution. When a release date for the DVD is set, we'll let you know, but in the mean time, how about you take a look at the trailer? The film follows Detective John Lefsberg, a...
- 11/30/2009
- by Robert Fure
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Last December we put up a few photos from a noir crime drama called Give 'Em Hell Malone starring Thomas Jane and Elsa Pataky. Thanks to Trailer Addict we've got the first promo trailer and holy sh*t it's badass! I've heard about how crazy this was before, and I think I saw some footage already, but let's forget about all that, because this promo trailer below is frickin' awesome! Thomas Jane stars as Malone, a tough as nails private investigator who squares off with gangsters and thugs to protect a valuable secret. "Malone goes through hell to protect the information but he dishes some hell as well." You've got to see this! Watch the promo trailer for Give 'Em Hell Malone: Give 'Em Hell Malone is directed by Russell Mulcahy, of Highlander and Resident Evil: Extinction previously, and is written by Mark Hosack, of Hinterland and Pale Blue Moon.
- 3/21/2009
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Russell Mulcahy ("Resident Evil: Extinction") will helm "Give 'Em Hell, Malone" which stars Ving Rhames, Thomas Jane and Elsa Pataky. The indie action film scheduled to start filming on October 6th in Spokane Washington, is produced by Continental Entertainment and Hannibal Pictures. Richard Rionda Del Castro, Richard Salvatore and Johnny Martin are producing. Mark Hosack's story tells of a private investigator trying to retrieve a mysterious case. Story, penned by Mark Hosack ("Pale Blue Moon"), centers on a private eye attempting to retrieve a mysterious case.
- 9/11/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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