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Jinn Official Trailer Breakdown: Trenchcoats, Swords and CGI equals Jinn movie?

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That about covers it... Last week, Exxodus Pictures released the brand new trailer for the much-delayed  movie    Jinn. The film--which had been in developmental purgatory for nearly 4 years (originally supposed to be released in 2011)--finally has a set date for release on April 4th, 2014. I expressed my thoughts on the initial teaser trailer over a year ago and said from the looks of it, the movie is not going to stay accurate to the Islamic teachings of Jinn but instead veer off into the typical "fantasy monster" movie genre. Lo and behold the brand new trailer confirmed my suspicions. It's friggin' Highlander meets Fast and The Furious meets Blade . They are even marketing it as a supernatural thriller adventure? Ugh... A few questions that have me scratching my head: