Trailering: Johnnie To, "Death Race" and Mr. Lee.

2008-06-16 17:00:02

New on the trailer circuit: Johnnie To's been a busy man — after premiering "Mad Detective," a thriller about a brilliant but insane investigator trying to track down a missing cop that To co-directed with Wai Ka-Fai, he opened supernatural romance "Linger" in Asia and then brought "Sparrow," his lighthearted tale of Hong Kong pickpockets, to Berlin. At the moment, "Mad Detective" is the only one with a U.S. release date (July 18th) in its future, though both it and "Sparrow" are also going to screen at the New York Asian Film Festival. Here's the trailer for "Mad Detective." Here's the trailer for Paul WS Anderson's remake of Paul Bartel's "Death Race 2000," which, now that we've passed the year 2000 without the formation of any massive cross-country competitions more dystopic than "The Amazing Race," has become just "Death Race." The film's due out on August 22nd. Here's the trailer...

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