Nevada-boen Rock star Brandon Flowers may be doing this solo for now, but the American synth rock band, The Killers's frontman has enlisted the help of Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron to play his hot heroin in his first action-packed solo music video, has premiered earlier Thursday, for "Crossfire," the official first single off his upcoming solo debut album, "Flamingo," due out in September 14, is heavy with tales of desolate landscapes and personal redemption, and features a duet with Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis, as well as work with "Day & Age" producer Stuart Price and Brendan O'Brien."Crossfire" melds the mild dancepop sensibility of its dialed down verses to soaring rafter-rattling hooks. Flowers has written more than a few songs about his tortured soul, but in the just-released video for "Crossfire," he's actually being tortured by ninjas, and only Theron efficiently dispatches with a cold eye and a samurai sword can save him. This is a fun video in 'Kill Bill' fashion, it was filmed by Australian director Nash Edgerton, and shows South African beauty Theron slings swords and throwing stars, by far the best onscreen use of whatever combat moves she learned for the ill-fated "Aeon Flux" film, to save kidnapped Flowers stuck in a sepia-tinged neighborhood from evil ninjas in a series of tricky situations. Not once, not twice, but on three separate occasions.
Flowers and Theron get into some serious scrapes in an all action shoot which sees both of them sporting bloody injuries. In the opening scene, the Killers frontman wakes up after presumably being knocked out, only to find that Theron has been kicking ninja tail and is set to free him. The usually somber-faced Killers frontman cracks a smile after each successful rescue mission. "Crossfire" doesn't veer too far away from the Killers' sound, which makes sense considering a number of the songs on "Flamingo" were originally intended for the band.
Flowers is finally the year when he steps out solo, something that had been rumored for awhile and was confirmed a few months ago. Back to the clip, there's a typically Hollywood-style ending, Theron and Flowers drive off together in the sunset to safety, at least for now. But perhaps this is a story to be continued, Flowers' solo album will giving him ample time to develop this epic saga. Flowers has alluded to the idea that his solo album could just as well have a new album for his band, The Killers, if they weren't on hiatus. "I would prefer if this was a Killers record, although it would obviously be very different if I'd made it with the rest of the band," he said. As it is, his first solo album is due this autumn, and the first song from it now has a video, next we'll be seeing Flowers performing the single on TV. Let's see if can make it as a soloist. Meanwhile, We don't need a lot of reasons to watch Theron. She's an Oscar winner, philanthropist, U.N. messenger of peace and kind of superhot in a smart, funny, attractive way.
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