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Gina Carano Channels Mel Gibson circa 1996 in Trailer for “In the Blood”

On Wednesday, we passed along the incredibly generic poster for Gina Carano‘s latest action flick, In the Blood, which in itself is an incredibly generic, almost meaningless series of words. Seriously, unless Carano’s character swims in her husband’s blood and/or reveals that he is actually her brother (TWIST!) in this film, In the Blood is the kind of vacant, faux-badass phrase that makes absolutely zero sense and seems destined for an Affliction shirt in the near future.

In any case, a trailer for In the Blood hit the Interwebz earlier today. In it, you will find Carano going all “Give me back my son husband!” across Fiji maybe (?) after a ziplining escapade gone awry unearths a conspiracy that goes ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, I TELLS YA! While the trailer makes sure to include plenty of ‘splosions, Superman punches*, and the guitar riff you always hear at UFC weigh-ins, it is surprisingly absent of Danny Trejo, which makes me wonder if he even beheads a guy with a machete before having a threesome with the jabroni’s wife and daughter in this film. (*sighs*)

In the Blood hits select theaters, iTunes, and On Demand April 4th.

*Which brings us to our next CagePotato Ban: Superman punches in movies featuring MMA fighters. Has there ever been a movie tentatively connected to MMA that *didn’t* include this move? We get it, the Superman punch has a cool name and looks cool to boot. It’s also a technique that only an absolute dipshit would attempt in a street fight. 

–J. Jones

On Wednesday, we passed along the incredibly generic poster for Gina Carano‘s latest action flick, In the Blood, which in itself is an incredibly generic, almost meaningless series of words. Seriously, unless Carano’s character swims in her husband’s blood and/or reveals that he is actually her brother (TWIST!) in this film, In the Blood is the kind of vacant, faux-badass phrase that makes absolutely zero sense and seems destined for an Affliction shirt in the near future.

In any case, a trailer for In the Blood hit the Interwebz earlier today. In it, you will find Carano going all “Give me back my son husband!” across Fiji maybe (?) after a ziplining escapade gone awry unearths a conspiracy that goes ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, I TELLS YA! While the trailer makes sure to include plenty of ‘splosions, Superman punches*, and the guitar riff you always hear at UFC weigh-ins, it is surprisingly absent of Danny Trejo, which makes me wonder if he even beheads a guy with a machete before having a threesome with the jabroni’s wife and daughter in this film. (*sighs*)

In the Blood hits select theaters, iTunes, and On Demand April 4th.

*Which brings us to our next CagePotato Ban: Superman punches in movies featuring MMA fighters. Has there ever been a movie tentatively connected to MMA that *didn’t* include this move? We get it, the Superman punch has a cool name and looks cool to boot. It’s also a technique that only an absolute dipshit would attempt in a street fight. 

–J. Jones

Photos of the Day: Gina Carano Points Gun at Somebody for ‘In the Blood’


(Click for full-size version.)

Above you’ll see the official poster for In the Blood, the new Gina Carano action-movie vehicle which will be released April 4th in select theaters and on iTunes and On Demand. From an art-direction standpoint, I rank this above the UFC’s Gustafsson vs. Manuwa trainwreck, but only slightly. While it’s nice to see Gina as the central focus of the film’s marketing, the poster doesn’t really tell you anything about the movie. It’s just a chick aiming a gun at somebody or something, for some reason, while projecting a generic air of calm determination. Plus, not including Danny Trejo’s horrifying mug somewhere is a missed opportunity. Look, it’s not like we won’t watch the damn movie, but sometimes complaining about things is all you have in the world.

After the jump: Six Gina-related photo stills from the movie, via JoBlo.com.


(Click for full-size version.)

Above you’ll see the official poster for In the Blood, the new Gina Carano action-movie vehicle which will be released April 4th in select theaters and on iTunes and On Demand. From an art-direction standpoint, I rank this above the UFC’s Gustafsson vs. Manuwa trainwreck, but only slightly. While it’s nice to see Gina as the central focus of the film’s marketing, the poster doesn’t really tell you anything about the movie. It’s just a chick aiming a gun at somebody or something, for some reason, while projecting a generic air of calm determination. Plus, not including Danny Trejo’s horrifying mug somewhere is a missed opportunity. Look, it’s not like we won’t watch the damn movie, but sometimes complaining about things is all you have in the world.

After the jump: Six Gina-related photo stills from the movie, via JoBlo.com.


(Trejo! There you are, my dude!)

Gina Carano to Star in Second Film; MMA Return Unlikely


(Yeah MMA made her a household name, but Hollywood magic made her a size 4.)

According to The Hollywood Reporter, female fighter and thespian Gina Carano has signed on for her second leading film role for the upcoming John Stockwell-directed thriller, “In the Blood,” which will likely mean that a return to MMA is not in the cards for the 29-year-old Strikeforce and EliteXC veteran.

“In The Blood” will begin production in Puerto Rico in the spring. The film is scripted by Dumb and Dumber’s Bennett Yellin and James Robert Johnston. Actor-turned-director Stockwell is best known for his work on Cheaters, Crazy/Beautiful, Blue Crush, Into the Blue, Turistas, and Heart.


(Yeah MMA made her a household name, but Hollywood magic made her a size 4.)

According to The Hollywood Reporter, female fighter and thespian Gina Carano has signed on for her second leading film role for the upcoming John Stockwell-directed thriller, “In the Blood,” which will likely mean that a return to MMA is not in the cards for the 29-year-old Strikeforce and EliteXC veteran.

“In The Blood” will begin production in Puerto Rico in the spring. The film is scripted by Dumb and Dumber’s Bennett Yellin and James Robert Johnston. Actor-turned-director Stockwell is best known for his work on Cheaters, Crazy/Beautiful, Blue Crush, Into the Blue, Turistas, and Heart.

The film centers on Carano and her yet-to-be-cast husband, who is kidnapped while the pair vacation in the Caribbean. Carano’s character, who will be similar to Liam Neeson’s in “Taken” and Harrison Ford’s in “The Fugitive”, becomes a primary suspect in the disappearance and decides to take matters in her own hands to find her husband and clear her name.

In an interview he did about the film in November, Stockwell called it “an opportunity to take on a taut, tense paranoid thriller that delivers on a supremely engaging premise: what if the person you love vanished in a foreign land and you were the prime suspect in their disappearance?”

Carano, who hasn’t fought since losing to Cris “Cyborg” Santos in August 2009 at Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg, waffled about whether or not she would be returning to the cage in interviews ahead of the premiere of her first film, “Haywire,” which opened last month to mixed reviews. Now it seems like her mind is made up and that the lure of the big screen and bigger paydays coupled with the bonus of not being punched in the face and having to cut weight tipped the scales in Hollywood’s favor.

Goodbye, Miss Carano. We hardly knew you.