Over the past few weeks and months, the internet was awash with anticipation for the upcoming Nicholas Cage movie, ‘Jiu Jitsu‘. Last week the official trailer dropped and for those expecting genuine BJJ, this was not the case. Overall the film looked too cheesy and lacked BJJ in the scenes. Instead, it looked closer to kung fu or karate. This was a disappointment but is nothing new where Cage is concerned.
However, today saw the official trailer released for ‘Fatman’ which looks pretty awesome from what is shown. In short, the plot follows Mel Gibson as a bad-ass Santa Claus. A spoiled kid gets a lump of coal for Christmas and gets angry, so he hires a hitman to kill Santa. Although incredibly brief, the villain of the film can be seen hitting an armbar in a gi during training. This can be spotted in the trailer at the 2.02 mark.
Although this is an incredibly small clip, it does add to the growing list of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu which has been shown in movies in recent times. It seems that Hollywood is finally including BJJ and grappling in its films.
