John Travolta is a mulleted fanboy named Moose in the trailer for this loony Fred Durst thriller
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Christ, where to begin with this trailer. John Travolta? His ratty grey mullet, tropical shirt, and uncharacteristically nervous energy have here transformed him into an aged fanboy named Moose. The plot? Moose obsesses over an action star named Hunter Dunbar (a jacked-to-hell Devon Sawa), then takes him prisoner after getting rebuffed. With director Fred Durst? Yeah, yeah, you know him from Limp Bizkit, but this is his third feature. This thing reeks of direct-to-VHS sleaziness, but we find ourselves oddly enraptured.
That’s probably because we can’t remember the last time Travolta played such a strange character. We also can’t figure out whether what he’s doing here—the shaky, garbled speech; the sloppy demeanor; the performative anxiousness—is, well, good or just intriguingly weird. Still, we couldn’t possibly ignore a film in which Travolta slips on a hockey mask and goes full Misery on Sawa while screaming about how he “just wanted an autograph!”
Here’s a synopsis:
Moose is a rabid movie fan who is obsessed with his favorite celebrity action hero, Hunter Dunbar. When he is cheated out of his opportunity to finally meet Hunter, Moose gets a little help from his friend Leah, a well-connected paparazzi photographer, who knows how to find celebrity homes. Moose turns to stalking to get the celebrity interaction he feels he deserves, and while harmless at first, Moose’s actions begin to take a dark turn as his obsession grows stronger. As the visits continue to escalate, Hunter Dunbar finds himself in increasing danger.
Watch the trailer above ahead of The Fanatic’s August 30 opening.
19 Comments
Is it my browser or is there no trailer?
It’s not you. It’s just a pic.
The movie sounds so bad I wouldn’t be surprised if they yanked the trailer. Also: Fred Durst has directed 3 movies!?!
Well, if amateur porno counts as “directing”
I’m like, “lets see this mullet y’all”
I love what going full-bald has done for Travolta’s wig options!
seriously, he’s so free now
Here it is. I’m sorry.
That’s Devon Sawa?? What does he even look like now?? He looks like no one. A non-person. Some random schmo. John Travolta looks amaaaaaaaaazing. Daffy Duck by way Keyser Soze.
This week has been a real treat for awful trailers. This still looks better than Cats tho.
Its on youtube, its not good.
“ITS NAAAT A TRAILA”
…sorry, wrong action star.
* rummages around for a Vinnie Barbarino wig *
i saw this at a film festival. the craziest part is when he puts brocktoon in a jar in his basement.
So, is this a reboot of The Fan?
Isn’t that the VHS cover of “Face/Off”?
Or “Big Fan”?
Here’s the trailer for those of you who couldn’t be bothered to google it(including Mr. Colburn, apparently)
Comments disabled for a movie trailer is not a good sign at all.
One of the movies Fred Durst directed was The Longshots starring Ice Cube, finally completing a music cross-over that no one asked for.
“We also can’t figure out whether what he’s doing here”Is it not clearly playing off a bunch of base level autism-spectrum stereotypes? And, I wouldn’t be shocked if the movie acknowledged it directly, and that the combination of Durst and Travolta were woefully ill-equipped to do so with any level of sensitivity.
you’re not good at your job.