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It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, I hold out hope that the entire movies rocks just as hard as the trailer that illuminated me with massive amounts of excitement. Recently, a new trailer hit for the tactical laced actioner Ghost Soldier starring Jim Caviezel and with it, I was immediately hooked as it was right in my wheelhouse. the film looks to play off the success of modern day hit video games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Ghost Recon. Throw in the fact that you have a solid leading man in Jim Caviezel who played Jesus himself and this one looks like a high-tech roller coaster of bombastic military-tinged tactical action.
Ghost Soldier has switched release dates as the film is now set to hit on Veterans Day which is November 11th and while that is only a small switch, it makes good sense as it looks to pay honor to those who fight for our country. With the date change, a new poster has emerged, and it is tactically spot on with Caviezel front and center with the glorious tagline of “Heaven Sent. Hell to Pay.” as the star is battle ready with the loud and proud announcement of the Veteran’s Day launch. Check it out below!
He’s not a threat, he’s a guarantee. Jim Caviezel defends the defenseless in GHOST SOLDIER – coming soon exclusively to movie theatres
In the action-thriller Ghost Soldier, Jim Caviezel stars as Henry “Fitz” Fitzgerald, a solitary man with a mysterious past, living a quiet life off the grid in his hometown. But when a powerful foreign corporation descends on his community determined to seize his and his neighbors’ land for a massive payday, Fitz takes action — he’s actually a former Special Forces soldier and advanced weapons developer. Armed with weapons no one has ever seen, a lifetime of lethal military training, and an unwavering code of justice, Fitz becomes the one thing his enemies never anticipated: a one-man war they can’t win.
William Eubank directs from a script penned by Chris Papasadero. Oivia Thirlby, Beau Knapp, Garret Dillahunt and Shea Whigham round out the cast.
My initial reaction to the trailer reads: Yep, Ghost Soldier is firmly in my wheelhouse and Caviezel looks combat ready as a loner who declares all-out war when greedy land developers look to force his neighbors off their land. Yeah, yeah, I know. Here’s another stranger with a past who just happens to be a former black ops bad ass and the enemy certainly picks the wrong fight with this don’t judge a book by its cover loner. What can I say that I can’t get enough of these types of actioners because they have villains who think they’re above the law and all that and they forget to do their homework to see who they are up against. Said hero then proceeds to make them look like complete amateurs while slicing a gauntlet of “you shouldn’t have messed with me or people that I love!”
Well, once again they’re up against a one-man war machine and watching this trailer gave me goosebumps because Caviezel is a polished actor who brings the bravado and gravitas to the one-man war trope. Watching this trailer definitely gives off Splinter Cell or Ghost Recon vibes and that shot of Caviezel coming out of the water with one hell of a hi-tech helmet on is a chef’s kiss and I got all kinds of tingly. Plus, he’s not only a former black ops killer, he’s also a weapons developer and he proceeds to unleash a bevy of next gen weaponry the likes that no one has seen on the fools that looks to elevate this thriller above others cut from the same cloth.
The tactical action looks bombastically sublime and yes, it’s rated PG-13 which will definitely turn some hardcore action fans off who need their films gory, but I’m on board. You don’t have to have severed body parts and blood spray littering the air to have solid, grounded and practical action design and I think Caviezel along with his character and cool as shit weapons will win people over at the end of the day. This just looks insane and fun. We shall see but Ghost Soldier just became one of my most anticipated action-thrillers for the rest of this year.
Now let’s talk about the elephant in the room. You know the one. The one where there are those out there dismissing this film because it is a PG-13 rated action film. Believing an action movie will suck before you even see it because it’s not R is dead thinking and to put it bluntly…it’s ignorant as hell. There are countless examples of action movies that are PG-13 rocking the house and the last time I saw, you don’t have to have constant F bombs and body parts flying around the screen to have a decent action movie. The trailer for Ghost Soldier looks off the charts and while the full movie may not deliver like the trailer did, I do not think it will be because it’s PG-13. I have high expectations and I feel that this film will deliver the bullet ripping goods. An action film can have visceral, hard hitting and exhilarating action design and set pieces even with a PG-13 rating. If you are one of those that feel this way, then I am sorry because you are not a true action film afficionado and your opinion is ludicrous in every way shape and form. What the hell do I know? I’ve only been watching and analyzing action movies for over four decades now and have been running an action film website for over ten years.
This is, hands down, one of my most anticipated actioners for the rest of the year.
If you haven’t seen the rad trailer for Ghost Soldier yet, scroll below!!!!
