STACK #188 June 2020

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Being a hero is in his blood. BLOODSHOT

RELEASE DATE: 03/06/20 FORMAT:

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Deleted & Extended Scenes Alternate Ending Outtakes & Blooper Reel Initiate Sequence – Directing Bloodshot Forgotten Soldiers – The Cast of Bloodshot

Valiant Comics forges its own cinematic universe beginning with Bloodshot , starring a perfectly cast Vin Diesel as the eponymous superhero. Ray Garrison (Diesel) is an elite US Marine who is killed in action and subsequently reanimated and improved using nanotechnology. The tech upgrade invests him with enhanced strength and instant healing, transforming him into the ultimate weapon in modern warfare. However, Bloodshot has

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what is real and what isn’t. Universal Soldier meets Total Recall in the kind of big-dumb-fun blockbuster that fits the charismatic Diesel like a gauntlet. Packed with inventively shot action sequences (think Matrix bullet-time and Upgrade ) and a super support cast including Eiza González and Outlander heartthrob Sam Heughan, Bloodshot has a franchise firmly in its sights. AC (See page 20)

other ideas on how he’ll put his new superpowers to use. “I’ve got unfinished business,” he growls. “I’m going to find the man who murdered my wife, and kill him!” But with his memories being manipulated by the shady RST corporation (headed by Guy Pearce), he is left with mere fragments of his former life and an inability to tell

What you can’t see can hurt you. THE INVISIBLE MAN

RELEASE DATE: 17/06/20 FORMAT:

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Deleted Scenes Moss Manifested Director’s journey with Leigh Whannell Feature commentary with director Leigh Whannell

Following their successful partnership on the sci-fi action flick Upgrade , writer-director Leigh Whannell and producer Jason Blum have reunited to deliver a new take on H.G. Wells’s classic tale, The Invisible Man . And once again it’s a winning combination; the Aussie filmmaker has reimagined the story as a suspense-thriller that grabs the viewer by the

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own death and becomes convinced her now invisible ex is stalking her. Unlike the 1933 classic and 2000 update Hollow Man , this innovative reinvention shifts the perspective from the invisible villain to the victim, addressing hot button topics like domestic violence and playing the more fantastic elements with eerie subtlety. Tense, terrific and frequently terrifying, The Invisible Man is – contrarily – a must-see. SH (See page 18)

throat from the very beginning, and doesn’t let go. Adept at playing traumatised characters, Elisabeth Moss ( The Handmaid’s Tale ) adds another notch here as Cecilia, a San Francisco architect who, after fleeing from an abusive relationship with her wealthy scientist boyfriend, discovers he has taken his own life and left her a fortune. But Cecilia suspects he has faked his

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