Walter Hill’s St. Vincent Moves Forward; Gong Li, Ray Winstone And Forest Whitaker Join Mickey Rourke
It’s been quite a while sinceWalter Hilldirected a film that could be called a total success, but I never stop pulling for the guy who directedThe Warriors,48 Hrs.andStreets of Fire. (Even if he also directedAnother 48 Hrs.— nasty stuff.) So I’ll take any shred of positive news about his upcoming work, and this news is seriously positive. Hill is working on a film calledSt. Vincentthat will reunite him with hisJohnny HandsomestarMickey Rourke. Now he’s added anotherJohnny Handsomealum,Forest Whitaker, and some other great cast members that should push the film up on my watch list.
Twitchhas the casting news. We don’t know much more than the new cast members, among which areGong LiandRay Winstone. But that collection of talent is enough for me; now my hopes for the film are higher than they would have been otherwise.Cameron Youngwrote the script, and he’s not a guy I’m very familiar with; he’s got an anthology film calledLocker 13to his name, and not much else.
Here’s the synopsis:
Hitman Vincent Novena (Mickey Rourke) goes deep undercover portraying a priest to get close enough to kill his gangland traitor target. He soon discovers that playing the part of a good man is more dangerous than being a mob killer ever was. No good deed goes unpunished. The more Vincent opens up, the more vulnerable he becomes …
And here’s another great little piece of recent Rourke performance that you may have missed. The actor recently voiced Navy SEAL Dick Marcinko inRogue Warrior, a truly terrible video game. But the game’s end credits are scored by the following song, featuring most of Rourke’s rabidly vulgar dialogue strung into lyrical form.
