Ultimate Dolph

by **Nathan** on 15 Dec 2007, 17:20

Ohhh another good cover - Dolph looks as though he is built like a tank! :lol:

by **preacher** on 15 Dec 2007, 19:42

Another cool cover.
Looks like an oldschool theatrical poster.
My fav so far.

by **Jox** on 16 Dec 2007, 15:13

How to put this...? hum yeah, MISSIONARY MAN is playing currently playing at the UltraStar Del Mar Highlands theater in San Diego!

I know it's actually a shame since I don't think any of us are based there, but the fact that it's having a (very) limited theatrical release is still awesome and shows there are people behind pushing for it which is good for publicity and a sign that the movie is awesome beyond words...!

http://www.ultrastarmovies.com/MovieTimes.htm
http://us.imdb.com/showtimes/location/92130/-0022
http://www.sandiego.com/index.php?option=com_movies&action=md&ID=62458

by **preacher** on 16 Dec 2007, 15:25

Totally frickin awesome!!!

So it is very limited, but still:
Dolph back in theaters... in the US!!!

Beyond cool.

Who did it? Not Van Damme, Not Seagal.
Dolph did! And why? Because he took control of his career and put some heart and effort in to his films.

The other action-men all of a sudden ran out of excuses.
Especially since they are bigger names than Dolph (at this moment anyway).

by **Jox** on 16 Dec 2007, 15:43

Just wondering why in San Diego specifically... if it was in L.A. that would have been huge, but I guess it would be harder to get it out there with all the other releases...

by **Tom** on 16 Dec 2007, 19:55

Imagine if you will a cross country cinematical Dolph rampage! Inquiry followed by a road trip to go see MM (or vice versa). Please someone do it, do it for all of us, have the ultimate Dolph day.

This is real progress in Dolph's career. Something about MM in particular seems to be a real step forward. There's more notice, it seems to be a project that Sony are pushing to the forefront of the DVD premieres, where normally Dolph seems in the shadow of Seagal, JCVD etc. I'm quite hopefull now that I'll be able to pick this baby up in the high street, rather than having to order it on Amazon. I just prey the film lives up to the backing it's getting. There'd be nothing worse if the film is given this good treatment and exposure, only for it to blow chunks. Though my gut feeling is that this'll be a special film in Dolph's catalogue. Fingers crossed we get the trailer pretty soon.

by **Nathan** on 16 Dec 2007, 22:20

I'm expecting it to be good, Sony must think highly of it to give it this treatment.

by **Moltisanti** on 16 Dec 2007, 23:33

Darn it, wish I was closer to San Diego. Hopefully Sony will put it in a theater further north up California.

by **Jox** on 17 Dec 2007, 00:49

I actually have to inquire about who is behind this surprise release (for which there was absolutely no ad or press release, things I have found for The Inquiry, even ads on craigslist). For instance, Sony had nothing to do with the Dallas premiere, and they're announcing the DVD as a DVD premiere movie. But who knows it might be a test release as they do sometimes, which if it goes well can lead to more...

But one thing's for sure, premieres, and even a tiny release like that costs money, especially for a film mastered directly from Super 16 to HD and that was supposed to go straight to DVD. They mostly likely had to blow it to a film print, which can be an expensive process, plus the cost of the print itself, transportation etc. So even if the movie wasn't what we expect it to be, it still HAS TO BE GOOD, and at least in the range of "The Defender" and "The Mechanik". It never happened for Dolph's DTV flicks before and I don't think it would for a product on the levels or say "Detention" or "Diamond Dogs", even the fun "Direct Action" wouldn't be good enough...

by **Jox** on 17 Dec 2007, 01:30

Moltisanti wrote:Darn it, wish I was closer to San Diego. Hopefully Sony will put it in a theater further north up California.

what's really frustrating is that had it been just a year and a half or two ago, it would have taken me just 2-3 hours to get there...

by **Nathan** on 17 Dec 2007, 22:06

That is irritating, where do you live now?

by **Jox** on 18 Dec 2007, 00:26

Thousands of miles and an ocean away...

by **Nathan** on 18 Dec 2007, 00:33

Oh well, at least its only one ocean :lol:

by **Jox** on 18 Dec 2007, 00:56

Cover art has been revealed on DVDactive too.
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/missionary-man.html

by **Nathan** on 18 Dec 2007, 01:19

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/ ... y-man.html

Ultimate Dolph

MISSIONARY MAN (Dolph Lundgren, 2007)

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