Oh, sweet Baby Jesus, today is a good day! If you’re not
familiar with The FP, you really should rectify that
situation. When I reviewed it in 2012, I said it was “like watching the
hyper-active, sugar-fueled bastard child of The Warriors,
Japanese pop culture, and a hillbilly bounce all over the screen.” And I stand
by that. I’ve been tracking the sequel, Beats of Rage for
some time, and now it’s reportedly in the can, set to make a film festival
debut this fall, and mastermind Jason Trost just dropped this new trailer and we
gotta Beat-Beat this out.
The first film, about a world where gangs settle beef with the
ultimate contest, a Dance Dance Revolution-style dance game,
has a dystopian flair, but this Beats of Rage trailer paints
a full-on post-apocalyptic picture.
JTRO’s back, with his loyal sidekick KCDC, and this time the
fate of the world hangs in the balance as they test their Beat-Beat Revelation
skills in no-hold-barred dance battles. Here’s the actual synopsis:
Despite hanging up his boots following the events of The FP, JTRO must return to the blood sport of Beat-Beat Revelation one last time. JTRO and KCDC – his mystical hype man – will quest deep into The Wastes, a land decimated by the Beat Wars, to compete in the ancient Beat-Beat tournament, “Beats of Rage,” face AK-47 – and, hopefully, save their world.
Last we heard, Beats of Rage will debut at
“a major U.S. genre festival” in October, though there’s still no word on which
one. Telluride Horror Show and the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival are
possibilities, but my money is still on Screamfest in L.A., but what the hell
do I know?
And in reality, it doesn’t much matter to me where
Beats of Rage debuts since I more than likely won’t be in
attendance wherever it goes down. But this trailer indicates a Christmas release,
and I can’t think of a better present to unwrap on a soggy December morning.
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