It’s time forLiam Neesonto pass on the agedactionhero baton to another. While theTakenstar’s continuing domination of the genre at 73 may be impressive, it’s nothing compared to thisDaredevilstar who, at 86 years old, is all set to become our new favorite senior with a particular set of skills.
TheDaredevilstar chosen to take the lead in the first trailer for this killer new thriller is none other than acclaimed actorScott Glenn. Alongside his role as Matt Murdock’s harsh-but-wise mentor, Stick, in the Marvel series, Glenn is best-recognized for the likes ofThe Right Stuff, The Silence of the Lambs, Backdraft, Training Day, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Leftovers, and more. Now, he takes on possibly his most challenging role yet as a former marine who finds himself at the center of adeadly game with a serial killer.
Liam Neeson’s Near-Perfect Action Thriller That’s Better Than ‘Taken’ Lands on Free Streaming
Liam Neeson is airborne in this non-stop action thriller that might be better than ‘Taken.’
The first trailer forEugene the Marineteases the intense horror that’s in storefor this new, aged action hero. Directed by Hank Bedford and written by Beford alongside Cesare Gagliardoni, the rest of the cast includes Annette O’Toole, Shioli Kutsuna, and Jim Gaffigan alongside Glenn. The movie does not yet have a release date, but no doubt many will be eager to hear whenEugene the Marinewill make his debut after checking out the official synopsis and watching the new trailer below…
“A former marine fights to keep his life from unraveling as his son tries to force him out of his longtime family home and a series of gruesome murders begin targeting the people around him.”
‘Eugene the Marine’ Brings Something Different to the Aged Action Hero Genre
While the likes of Liam Neeson, Denzel Washington, Jeff Bridges,The Expendablesfranchise and more have ushered in this new era of aged action heroes,Eugene the Marinelooks to bring something different to the subgenre, and marks a change of pace for Glenn in his later years, with the acclaimed actor revealing that, at this stage, the roles he’s offered usually involve “a walker.”
“The last five parts I’ve been offered, three of them I had a walker. Three of them, I was dying of Alzheimer’s. It’s almost predictable — you get sort of the apologetic way you’re offered of these things: ‘He’s lost a step. He’s using a cane, but he’s still sharp.’ I’m thinking, ‘I’m 85, I still work out, hike mountains, do ridiculous amounts of pushups and kettlebell swings.’ What I see with ageism is just a conventional way of telling stories. It’s hard to tell whether you’re being overly sensitive or not about all this stuff.”
Glenn, who was a former marine himself, took over the title role inEugene the Marineafter Academy Award nominee andWarriorstar Nick Nolte left the project. And it seems that Glenn took the role very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that hetook his co-star’s life in his capable hands…
“All that I was concerned with when we got to the end of this scene was making it physically as real as possible, but also as safe as possible. For instance, I don’t know if Jim knows this, but at one point I put something called a ‘naked choke’ on him. I always made sure that my bicep was not really next to his carotid artery, because if you squeeze that thing wrong, you’re able to very quickly halt blood going to the brain and hurt somebody permanently.”
