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Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Wrestling superstar is the new name in terror
HE'S seven feet tall. Weighs four hundred pounds. He's Kane, World Wrestling Entertainment superstar also known as The Big Red Monster. From the ring to the movie screen, Kane will give you the most horrifying bloodbath you could ever imagine in the new movie "See No Evil".
Kane plays the Henchman from Hell Jacob Goodnight. With a rusty steel plate screwed into his skull and razor-sharp fingernails that pluck out his victim's eyes, Jacob is a reclusive psychopath holed up in the long-abandoned and rotting Blackwell Hotel. Eight juvenile delinquents then show up at the run-down hotel for community service duty along with the cop who put a bullet in Jacob's head four years ago. Jacob hunts them down using a meat hook and chain through a maze of broken-down hallways and rooms. When one of their own is kidnapped by Jacob and her fate uncertain, the remaining delinquents must fight this indestructible force of nature with a violent score to settle.
Directed by Gregory Dark, "See No Evil" is a non-stop murder spree featuring a string of gruesome death scenes. "I think fans of Kane are going to love Jacob Goodnight because he's so brutal, so violent and so sadistic. It's a natural fit," says Dark.
"There are a lot of similarities between myself and Jacob Goodnight," says Kane. "We both had what some people would say are horrible childhoods. And we both grew up to be extremely large powerful men who can now do whatever we want to do. The only difference is that Jacob Goodnight does what he does on a movie screen and I do what I do in the ring."
Joel Simon, President of WWE Films, sees Kane's move into the film industry as a natural extension of his massive popularity. "In Hollywood, the first thing you need to find is an audience for your film," says Simon. "Kane has that audience. We have millions and millions of people who watch us weekly around the world."
"I'm a firm believer that actions speak louder than words," says Kane. "In the ring I speak with my fists and with my feet. Jacob just speaks with an axe and a chain."
While he found a film shoot to be less physically demanding than a professional wrestling match, Kane admits that the actor's trade has its unique challenges. "It's easier to go into the ring than it is on set," he says. "In the WWE, you have 30,000 people screaming your name or hating your guts; whereas here, there's no audience. I had to look inside for my motivation."
Kane's wrestling expertise however was an asset during the action-packed shoot: he performed his own stunts and encouraged his co-stars to do the same. Luke Pegler, who plays Michael, a hardened drug dealer, was so impressed with Kane's skills that he allowed Kane to simulate smashing his face against a wall during a brutal, pivotal scene. "It looks like he's crushing my skull in his hands and smashing my face against the wall, but in reality I'm not feeling a thing," avows Pegler. "I felt completely safe. He's a master."
Still, Kane still manages to frighten his fellow actors on set. "He scares the crap out of me," admits Michael J. Pagan, who plays Tye. "I didn't really have to act in the scenes or worry about my motivation. When he came crashing through a wall, all I wanted to do was run."
The movie will definitely please both devotees of the horror genre, as well as Kane's fans. So, if you think you endured Freddie's horror in "Nightmare On Elm Street" and escaped Jason's bloodbath in "Friday The 13th", this time in "See No Evil", you will not survive Jacob Goodnight's terror.
Catch "See No Evil" as it opens on July 5 at your favorite theaters and distributed by Viva International Pictures. (Press release /Sunnex)
(June 14, 2006 issue)
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