I hope this trailer for Tremors 5: Bloodlines doesn’t include all of the best stuff. That’s not saying it’s all golden, but aside from some bad CGI it looks better than it probably should for a direct-to-dvd sequel of a property that began in 1990.
That being said, in theory it shouldn’t be that hard to fill a 45 second trailer full of some cool shots and one-liners. Even if some of what’s shown is shots and dialogue taken from (or to put it nicely, paying tribute to) other genre films including Jurassic Park, Alien 3, and Die Hard, the trailer has me sold enough to at least give this film a shot.
Although director Don Michael Paul doesn’t have a lot of big films under his belt (Jarhead 2: Field of Fire, Sniper: Legacy, and soon possibly a remake of Kindergarten Cop?!) the film at least brings back Michael Gross. Gross (also known for his role as Steven Keaton from “Family Ties”) plays Burt, one of the standout secondary characters introduced in the first Tremors film who was a weapons enthusiast that is seemingly still one to not shy away from kicking some Tremor ass. Jamie Kennedy (known primarily in the horror community as Randy from the Scream film series) plays his assistant Travis, and they’re joined by a group of others who plan to taken on the Graboids in South Africa.
Here’s the full synopsis:
The theatrical release of the original Tremors in 1990 combined suspense-filled action, sci-fi imagination and witty humor in the tale of a tiny Nevada town terrorized by giant man-eating worms known as Graboids. The Graboids eventually morphed into even more deadly creatures known as Ass Blasters. In this all-new adventure that travels halfway around the world to South Africa, the Graboids and the Ass Blasters are not only bigger and badder but Tremors 5 introduces an additional unexpected surprise that raises the stakes in the battle for survival.
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Tremors 5: Bloodlines is set to be released October 6, 2015 on Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD.
It’s currently up for pre-order on Amazon.
