“I want them to see how they would react in a situation like that. Upon its 2001 release, Jeepers Creepers earned nearly $60 million on a budget of $10 million, making for quite the return on investment, despite middling reviews from critics. Elder Bednar: Lack of respect for faith leads to ‘crisis of legitimacy’ in COVID-19 response. Silently, some of the ronin scaled the walls of Kira's mansion, then overpowered and tied up the startled night watchmen. Sadly, in this version of the story, the king is taken down and the sisters surrender and offer to be put to death instead of the condemned men. The Ako ronin bided their time, waiting for Kira's vigilance to relax. Can we say to him, ‘Yeah, you did good, man’?”. Courtesy Excel Entertainment, John Jones (played by Chadwick Hopson, right) takes his future wife, Emily (Alexis Johnson), fishing on a first date, in a scene from the movie "The Last Descent," a drama depicting the 2009 Nutty Putty Cave tragedy. A FL native, Michael is passionate about pop culture, and earned an AS degree in film production in 2012. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. : ) Video by ObliviousHD After a year of sporadic vilification from all sides of the political spectrum, Sen. Romney’s latest statement should be respected by all. “The Jones family did not throw in the towel and give up,” Johnson said. But as Alwyn W Turner explains, its origins had nothing to do with mourning. Salva's personal behavior aside, there are many people content to enjoy the Jeepers Creepers movies solely for what they are, films meant to thrill and scare. Since the samurai was a warrior class with little fighting to do, many Japanese feared that their honor and their spirit were fading away. (Aaron and Susie, another rescuer played by local actor Jillian Petrie, are composite characters, based on several of the real-life search-and-rescue workers.). Audiences flocked to theaters to be terrified by IT's namesake monster, also known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Bill Skarsgård), the malevolent shape-shifting entity that haunts the small town of Derry, Maine. Johnson emphasized that tragedy comes at some point for everyone but that it's a person's reaction that makes the difference. While the Jeepers Creepers franchise has never managed to hit the heights of the first film again, it's important to remember just how popular that film was once upon a time. He lived to a ripe old age and then was buried alongside the others. One young ronin was assigned to go to Ako and tell their tale. It remains to be seen if The Creeper will ever be truly defeated, but the odds don't seem good. Get your very own Last Guest Plushie: https://hellojuniper.com/oblivioushd Thanks for all your support in making this movie ! When she puts on traditionally female clothing, her fellow soldiers realize that she had been a woman the entire time. | Be the first to contribute! The ronin were buried near their master at the Sengkuji Temple in Tokyo. Chadwick Hopson, who plays John Jones, works with director Isaac Halasima on the set of "The Last Descent. As the hours stretch out, they also talk about their lives and their beliefs. Battlestar Galactica cast share their favorite scenes, which still turn on the waterworks, ‘Battlestar Galactica’ cast on how they’re still a big frakkin’ family, even after all these years, The Sarah Paulson Star Signs Spooktacular, Chicago's 'Mrs. One of them married into the family that had built Kira's mansion so that he could have access to the blueprints. After becoming stuck in a hole 18 inches wide and 150 feet under ground, rescue crews worked frantically and heroically to free him. Bushido: The Ancient Code of the Samurai Warrior, A Long History of Japanese Women Warriors, Biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, 16th Century Unifier of Japan, How the Samurai Ended During the Satsuma Rebellion, The Four-Tiered Class System of Feudal Japan, J.D., University of Washington School of Law, B.A., History, Western Washington University. Thanks to those scenes, and Halasima's gentle handling, "The Last Descent" becomes more than a story of a failed rescue. In that time, Michael has written over 2000 articles for the site, first working solely as a news writer, then later as a senior writer and associate news editor. I don’t agree with Amy Coney Barrett, but I do respect her values. Top stories . These women — real and imagined alike — inspire us to make change and fight for what's right, no matter the cost. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection. The catastrophe remains a delicate subject to this day, but local filmmaker Isaac Halasima believes it’s a tale worth telling. ", Landon Henneman is Aaron, one of the rescuers in "The Last Descent.". Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. “I sat on (the idea for this movie) for years, just trying to get an angle on it.”. The ronin launched their attack. Indeed, the 47 Ronin are held up as examples of bushido for modern audiences to emulate. ", serves as shorthand to signal that John is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — and it's about as specifically Mormon as the movie gets. Halasima (a Utah County native who has directed videos for the Provo-launched rock band Imagine Dragons) has a keen eye for evocative, graceful imagery, and he applies that touch to the numerous flashbacks and dreamlike sequences that fill in John's story outside the cave. The most recent sequel, Jeepers Creepers 3, only got a limited theatrical release, but still managed to haul in a healthy $4 million in ticket sales. While the bakufu decided their fate, the ronin were divided into four groups and housed by daimyo families--the Hosokawa, Mari, Mizuno, and Matsudaira families. Plot Keywords The king’s daughter is also a warrior named Xianniang. A one-stop shop for all things video games. “John was a remarkable human being,” Hopson said in an interview with the Deseret News. Oishi beheaded Kira. The first version of her story was written in the sixth century in the “Musical Records of Old and New," which later became a part of Chinese folklore. “For me, I wanted to create a feeling that people want to go back to when they want to feel a certain way,” Halasima said. | As a result, the story was adapted into countless kabuki plays, bunraku puppet shows, woodblock prints, and later films and television shows. Halasima hopes "The Last Descent" will inspire audiences to walk out of the theater with a different perspective on their lives. As snow sifted down on the evening of December 14, 1702, the forty-seven ronin met once more at Honjo, near Edo, prepared for their attack. The fate of the forty-seventh ronin is not entirely clear. Forty-seven of Asano's 320 warriors, however, decided to remain alive and seek revenge. It has been nearly seven years since tragedy struck at Utah’s Nutty Putty Cave in Utah County. He began to treat the two daimyos with contempt. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Kira himself, wearing only undergarments, ran to hide in a storage shed. Chadwick Hopson stars as John Jones in "The Last Descent," which tells the story of Jones' death in the Nutty Putty Cave. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Mulan is ordered to become a concubine, so she kills herself. Submitted for the approval: Everything you didn't know about Are You Afraid of the Dark? The story of their revenge spread through town quickly, and crowds gathered to cheer them along the way. In the "Sui Tang Romance" version of the story, first released in 1695, Mulan only has sisters and a baby son, so Mulan takes her father Hua Hu’s place in the army. To help put Kira off his guard, the ronin scattered to different domains, taking menial jobs as merchants or laborers. Although the shogun himself was tempted to grant clemency, his councilors could not condone illegal actions. Taking that idea further, licensed Jeepers Creepers comic books reveal that The Creeper participated in a human sacrifice during the time of the Aztecs, and that it was actually responsible for the infamous disappearance of settlers from America's Roanoke colony in the late 1500s. Michael Kennedy is an avid movie and TV fan that's been working for Screen Rant in various capacities since 2014. At the drummer's signal, the ronin attacked from the front and rear. When not writing, Michael enjoys going to concerts, taking in live professional wrestling, and debating pop culture. This cycle has clearly been going on for centuries, and while The Creeper has been challenged many times, he seems to be nearly impossible to kill. Except every week in your inbox. In flashbacks, Halasima shows the arc of John and Emily's relationship, from first date through courtship, as his romantic spirit runs up against her wariness of commitment. Her father has died in her absence, and her mother has remarried. Fictionalized versions of the story are known as Chushingura and continue to be very popular to this day. This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2016, and information in the article may be outdated. Courtesy Excel Entertainment, Alexis Johnson plays Emily Jones, walking above Nutty Putty Cave while rescuers try to save her husband, in the movie "The Last Descent."? The apostle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints addressed the international faith forum, originating from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s a story that, I think, got all of us,” Halasima said. Sign up for the A high shogunate official, Kira Yoshinaka, served as master of ceremonies for the visit. Writer-director-editor Isaac Halasima moves beyond those facts to paint a portrait of Jones' life and capture the noble spirit of the rescue team. A medical student gets stuck in a cave in this tenderly moving drama based on a real Utah incident. To sustain itself, The Creeper needs to harvest organs from humans, and use them to replace whatever happens to be failing inside its own body. In honor of SYFY FANGRRLS' theme this November, Warrior Women Month, let us introduce you to the "real" Mulan. A Chinese animated film version was also released in 1998, in which the characters are talking animals. The 2001 horror hit Jeepers Creepers introduced fans to The Creeper, a terrifying monster that harvests and eat the organs of human beings. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. These scenes are intercut with moments of John talking to the people rescuing him. Now, Mulan was already a good fighter who had been trained in martial arts, sword fighting and archery. However, The Creeper isn't just a rampaging monster, he actually has some rules to follow. Kira's samurai were caught asleep and rushed out to fight shoeless in the snow. The tale of the 47 Ronin is one of the most famous in Japanese history, and it is a true story. Twenty-six-year-old John Jones was exploring the cave with his brother the day before Thanksgiving in 2009. The Last Post has become synonymous with remembering the dead. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987. Fearful for their lord, Kamei's retainers secretly paid Kira a large sum of money, and the official began to treat Kamei better. When Kira called Asano a "country bumpkin without manners" in the main hall, Asano drew his sword and attacked the official. In 1701, the emperor Higashiyama sent imperial envoys from his seat at Kyoto to the shogun's court at Edo (Tokyo). The 34-year-old Asano was ordered to commit seppuku. It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet.