Grumpy Old Men With Guns Watch The Stand Up Guys Trailer

They always say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, when it comes to this threesome of Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin  that is certainly the case back to the old ways, behold the first trailer for Stand Up Guys.

Directed by Fisher Stevens (yes Ben from Short circuit) Stand Up Guys tells the tale of Val (Pacino) a ageing criminal just released after a long stint in prison contacts his buddies Doc(Walken) and Hirsch(Arkin) catching up on lost time. As the trio decide to go in one last bender for good old time sake but triuble may lie ahead for Val a one of his old friends last assignment is to take him out.

This film does look like it has it’s moments and though a comedy it’s roots do like touch old familiar ground for Pacino even Walken lesser extent. Pacino is an icon and we do want to remember him for those good old days rather than the desperate times of more recent (Jack & Jill Al,c’mon?!). The film doesn’t look the finished article but looks a decent little romp that does remind us of Goodfellas becoming The Bucket List and how many films these days can boast having 3 or more Oscar winners in the cast? Not many!

The Stand Up Guys will arrive in UK sometime 2013, January 11th 2031 USA.Film also stars Mark Margolis, Julianna Margulies, Rick Gomez, Vanessa Ferlito and Addison Timlin.

Val is released from prison after serving twenty-eight years for refusing to give up one of his close criminal associates. His best friend Doc is there to pick him up, and the two soon re-team with another old pal, Hirsch. Their bond is as strong as ever, and the three reflect on freedom lost and gained, loyalties ebbed and flowed, and days of glory gone by. And despite their age, their capacity for mayhem is still very much alive and well – bullets fly as they make a hilariously valiant effort to compensate for the decades of crime, drugs and sex they’ve missed. But one of the friends is keeping a dangerous secret- he’s been put in an impossible quandary by a former mob boss, and his time to find an acceptable alternative is running out. As the sun rises on the guys’ legendary reunion, their position becomes more and more desperate and they finally confront their past once and for all.

source Yahoo Movies