Lee B. Golden III

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KTV: KILLING TIME VIOLENTLY Reunites Select ‘Jailbreak’ Cast And Crew For New Action Thriller Filming Next Month

Jailbreak director Jimmy Henderson still has plans to shoot the long-awaited sequel to his hit 2017 action comedy with actors Dara Our and Jean-Paul Ly. Those plans are still on hold as things develop, while Henderson and his team are currently set up to shoot their latest project in Cambodia next month, KTV: Killing Time Violently, which rolls cameras from early September through October. The film reunites Henderson with actor and martial artist, Our once more for their fifth pairing together after breaking out in 2015 with regional hit, Hanuman, followed by The Forest Whisperers, Jailbreak, and Gu Shengwai starrer, The Prey. Our stars as Mak, an estranged father who must use his skills as a reformed bar-brawler to find a way out and make it home in time for his son’s birthday when he gets caught up in a gang raid at a local club on his first day […]

THE LEGEND OF MAULA JATT Chops Away At New Poster Art For Bilal Lashari’s Ambitious Pakistani Action Epic

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Waar helmer Bilal Lashari is back with his brand new action epic, The Legend Of Maula Jatt. Well, actually, the film has been ready to go for some time now as it’s been hailed as one of the biggest-budgeted Pakistani films in the country’s history. Imaginably though, its previous legalities and the pandemic were imminent factors to weigh in until recently. Fast forward to 2022 and with this and the events of the last decade or so out of the way now comes word of the film’s newly stamped October 13 release in Pakistan from Mandviwalla Entertainment with Moviegoers Entertainment overseeing its release in other territories. We also have a brand new poster now making the rounds, which you can check out just above from Encyclomedia Via Rama Namachandran’s Variety exclusive on Wednesday: Mandvivalla said: “It is our immense pleasure to become a part of the most ambitious project from […]

BUTCHER HUNTER: Catch The Trailer For The New Crime Thriller Starring Wang Qianyun

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Caught In Time actor Wang Qianyun will hit the big screen once more with the mainland release of crime thriller, Butcher Hunter, when it opens in China this Friday. The film centers on a cop on the China/Myanmar border, who goes deep undercover to investigate a telecommunications fraud case linked to criminal organization. The film is directed by Guo Xiaofeng and also stars Ni Dahong, Guo Xiaodong, Guan Xiaotong, Eddie Cheung, and Amelie Xu.

COBRA KAI Season 5 Stills Tease The Return Of Another Familiar Face, And More!

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Marking one month from the premiere date of the fifth season for hit series, Cobra Kai, new stills are online to view below including a few featuring the return of actor Sean Kanan back into the role of Mike Barnes from The Karate Kid: Part III, and the addition of actress Alicia Hannah-Kim debuting as South Korean sensei, Kim Da-Eun. The two join this season’s huge roster toplined by William Zabka, Ralph Macchio, Xolo Maridueña, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser, Jacob Bertrand, Courtney Henggeler and Peyton List, along with Martin Kove, Yuji Okumoto and Thomas Ian Griffith. Creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg write and executive produce the series which premieres its fifth season on September 9 on Netflix. Check out the slides below, along with the previously released teaser from May!

THUNDERBIRD Trailer: Seo Hyun-Woo Gives Chase To The Hottest Wheels Of The Night

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Spiritwalker and Decision To Leave actor Seo Hyun-woo earned his share of ceremony over the summer, serving as one of two recipients of the Korean Fantastic Actors Awards at the 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival for his performance in Lee Jae-won’s feature directing crime drama debut, Thunderbirds. As of this week with a September release TBA, the film now has an official trailer which you can view above. The money is in the car. Find the car. Taxi driver Tae-gyun receives a call from his younger brother Tae-min. He asks Tae-gyun for help, saying that his car “Thunderbird” was pawned and in it, there is a lot of money that he won from gambling. Now Tae-gyun, who urgently needs money, Tae-min, a gambling addict sitting in a pile of debt, and Mi-young, Tae-min’s girlfriend who is a former casino dealer, all go out to get the car back. But […]

EMERGENCY DECLARATION Review: Measuring Terror At 30,000 Against All Odds

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A pilot passes by someone he recognizes. A man gets irate with an airline clerk before resuming a grisly task in the mens’ room. A detective on the ground makes a gruesome discovery… These are just a few of the precursors that happen going into the next 140 minutes of nearly non-stop suspense in Han Jae-rim’s new aviation thriller, Emergency Declaration, from director Han Jae-rim, and starring Song Kang-ho and Lee Byun-hun among the roster. With a plane full of as many as 150 passengers headed from Incheon to Honolulu as its taking off, a mysterious man (Im Si-wan) plots something nefarious in the bathroom, and as the hours pass, it becomes clear that people are suddenly getting sick and dying from whatever is circulating on the plane. The illness is soon discovered as a bioweapon attack carried out by a disgrunted former employee of a company who had uploaded […]

Netflix Series SANTO: ‘Yakuza Princess’ Director’s New Crime Thriller Drama Series Premieres Next Month

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Netflix is hailing the Spanish audiences with the latest look at Santo, the upcoming crime series debuting September 16 on the streamer. Produced by Nostromo Pictures and filmed between Spain and Brazil, Santo tells of two radically opposed cops, Cardona (Bruno Gagliasso) and Millán (Raúl Arévalo), will must learn to work together in order to survive while solving their latest, dangerous case involving an elusive drug trafficker whose face has never been revealed. The six-part crime procedural also stars Victoria Guerra, Greta Fernández, Luiz Felipe Lucas, and María Vázquez. Carlos López created the series for which Vicente Amorim, best known for A Divisão, Motorrad, and Magnet Releasing’s Yakuza Princess, serves as director.

“IF YOU SEE SOMETHING…”: A Word With AIMEE Director Lee Whittaker

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Stunt professional Lee Whittaker is approaching nearly thirty years into his successful career, having climbed the ladder and worked on some of entertainment’s biggest and most beloved projects in TV and film, including martial arts saga WMAC Masters, Sammo Hung vehicle Martial Law, and Universal’s Fast Five to name a few. This especially goes for the opportunities he’s earned working in India, and to a much larger point, it’s still a career that’s had its hurdles, and prerequisites for discretion in one area: directing. There’s a reason for it too, and Whittaker goes into all of this and much more as we now grow closer to ramping up the campaign for Whittaker’s completed feature directing debut, Aimee. Written by Whittaker and co-writer Kara Myers, the film stars German-American actress Jet Jandreau in her latest role here as a U.S. Marine vet suffering from PTSD. Upon arriving from Afghanistan, she comes […]

PROJECT WOLF HUNTING Commences In The Grisly Official Trailer For Kim Hong-Sun’s TIFF-Selected Thriller

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The 47th Toronto International Film Festival is officially announcing its Fall line-up later this month. Premiering in the Midnight Madness category for this year’s festivities is high seas crime thriller, Project Wolf Hunting, from The Chaser and Metamorphosis director Kim Hong-sun ahead of its September 28 release from TCO. Bloody bedlam breaks out on the high seas in writer-director Kim Hongsun’s gnarly action thriller that pits cops versus cons aboard a cargo ship with a sinister secret in its hold. Project Wolf Hunting stars Seo In-guk and Jang Dong-yoon along with Choi Gwi-hwa and Sung Dong-il, Park Ho-san, Jung So-min and more. Peep the trailer above along with a distributor promo here and poster just below.

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THE SWORDSMAN Review: Choi Jae-Hoon’s Feature Debut Sets The Stage For Jang Hyuk’s Rising Starpower

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2022 has been a banner year for actor Jang Hyuk who just recently toured his latest action thriller, Choi Jae-hoon’s The Killer, in Los Angeles, as well as in New York City where he donned his best charm upon receiving the Daniel A. Craft award for Excellence In Action Cinema at the New York Asian Film Festival last month. In good company, Jang and his team also managed to bring along another celebrated title to mark the occasion at the NYAFF with a screening of Choi’s 2020 feature debut, The Swordsman. Choi garnered a few notches on his belt in the field of art direction and production design on films like Detective Mr. Gong, 2007’s The Cut and Kim Cheol-han’s Outlaw in 2010. I haven’t seen these films yet myself, but they’re worth highlighting for those who may still be new to Choi and his work, particularly as he becomes […]

Omar Sy To Tackle John Woo’s THE KILLER In New Reimagining For Peacock

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The Takedown and Jurrasic World: Dominion actor Omar Sy will lead The Killer for John Woo’s newest directorial effort for Peacock, as reported by the trades on Thursday. Chow Yun-Fat starred in the original 1989 movie which centers on an assassin who accidentally damages the eyes of the singer during a shootout and decides to perform one last hit to pay for her operation. When he’s double-crossed, he teams up with a cop to get even. The film was posied for a remake twenty years ago and circled a number of screenwriters, potential stars and directors, the latest being actress Lupita Nyong’o who boarded the project in early 2019 and left it later that year. Matthew Stuecken and Josh Campbell (“10 Cloverfield Lane”) penned the screenplay along with as Eran Creevy (“Welcome to the Punch,” “Collide”) and Brian Helgeland (“42,” “Legend,” “Spenser Confidential”). A streaming date is expected for 2023 with a release date pending for Woo’s recently-completed actioner, Silent […]

THE TERMINAL LIST Review: When A Hero’s Homecoming Creates Villains

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Created by David DiGilio and based on a series of novels from author and former U.S. SEAL, Jack Carr, Amazon Studios debuted the eight-episode action drama, The Terminal List last month. The show centers on Lieutenant Commander James Reece (Chris Pratt) who is forced to take matters in his own hands when members of his team are murdered, and his family is assassinated. The conspiracy goes even deeper when he learns that a brain tumor he’s just been diagnosed with is connected to an unlicensed drug given to him and his team. Armed with all the artillery he can gather and with the help of dauntless reporter Katie Buranek (Constance Wu), CIA Ground Operative and former SEAL and BUD/S classmate Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch) and private airline pilot and former U.S Army Officer Liz Riley (Tyner Rushing), Reece sets out to find answers, and make all those who benefitted from […]

‘Bullet Train’ Director’s BANG! Leads New Netflix/Dark Horse Slate With Idris Elba Set To Star

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Deadpool 2 director David Leitch is reuniting with Fast And Furious Presents: Hobbs And Shaw co-star, upcoming Beast leading man Idris Elba for Bang!, a new live-action adaptation packaged within a new multi-year partnership between Netflix and Dark Horse Entertainment. Bang! is based on the comic series by Matt Kindt (“Ninjak vs the Valiant Universe”) and Wilfredo Torres (“Captain Kid”). Elba will star as the world’s most celebrated spy who is sent to track down and kill the author responsible for a terrorist cult campaign out to start the apocalypse with a series of novels meant to brainwash their readers. Kindt will pen the script alongside Zak Olkewicz who adapted the Japanese novel, “Maria Bettle” for Leitch’s new action thriller, Bullet Train, pulling into theaters this Friday from Sony. Wednesday’s news comes following the season three premiere of The Umbrella Academy back in June, marking a third-time partnership between Netflix […]

THE BRAVE ONES: Mystics And Magic Revealed In The Official Trailer For Upcoming SA Fantasy Drama Series

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Netflix has announced a September 16 premiere date for South African supernatural fantasy series drama, The Brave Ones. The series was announced as part of a package of shows and programs from the region, unveiled at Netflix’s See What’s Next Africa 2022/23 content showcase. The six-epsiode series was created by Akin Omotoso, who also directs episodes alongside Rolie Nikiwe,Tosh Gitonga and Stephina Zwane, and serves as exec producer next to Robbie Thorpe and Stan Joseph. Ntsiki Gasa (Sthandile Nkosi) is a mystical being reincarnated as a human who sets out to avenge her sister’s death. However, Ntsiki faces a powerful and determined enemy in Ayanda Mbatha (Nomalanga Nkosi), the ruthless wife of an equally heartless land-grabbing property developer, Luthando Mbatha (Tony Kgoroge), who has her own compelling reasons for exploiting the powers of The Brave Ones. To defeat her formidable enemies and save her family from destruction, Ntsiki must learn to […]

Fantasia XXVI Review: THE KILLER, Jang Hyuk Steers A Cold-Blooded, Action-Packed Thrillride!

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Originally published August 2: After their success with The Swordsman, agreeably, it would only make sense that the respective star and director of that film would join forces for another venture. Thus, we have Choi Jae-hoon’s latest, The Killer, a ubiquitous production that has since gone on to see South Korean actor Jang Hyuk on a major stateside promotional tour for the film this summer. Invariably, the film does play on some familiar action movie tropes and even lends a jocular nod to a particular 2010 action thriller that fans of South Korean action would immediately recognize. It certainly doesn’t waste any time inviting a brief moment of our hero, Yi-gang (Jang), laying waste to a small group of hooligans in an action sequence that plays out in full way later into the film. Evidently, this all stems from the film’s key premise, which sees our protagonist eventually leading a […]

ROAD HOUSE Opens Its Doors As Cameras Rolls For Prime Video Reimagining Of The Patrick Swayze Action Classic

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It was last November when the long-gestating remake of 1989 United Artists action thriller, Road House, managed to set actor Jake Gyllenhaal and director Doug Liman together on the project. As of Tuesday, the film, once designated for MGM, is now home at Prime Video with additional casting info announcing Billy Magnussen, Daniela Melchior, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Lukas Gage. Liman will direct from a script by Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry, which “follows a former UFC fighter (Gyllenhaal) who takes a job as a bouncer at a rough-and-tumble roadhouse in the Florida Keys, but soon discovers that not everything is what it seems in this tropical paradise.” Rounding out the cast are Hannah Love Lanier, Travis Van Winkle, B.K. Cannon, Arturo Castro, Dominique Columbus, Beau Knapp, and Bob Menery. Joel Silver, who worked on the original film starring Patrick Swayze, is producing for Silver Pictures. Exec producing are JJ Hook, Alison Winter, […]

WARRIORS OF FUTURE: Don’t Miss The Newest Trailer For Ng Yuen-Fai’s Sci-Fi Action Debut

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It’s been eight (count ’em, EIGHT) years since VFX steward Ng Yuen-Fai’s conceptual sci-fi action short, Virtus, made the rounds with the substantial backing by the presence of actor Louis Koo whose One Cool Film label has been shepherding the project as producer. Indeed the wait has been long for the sci-fi thriller we all know now as Warriors Of Future, which joins Koo alongside actors Sean Lau, Carina Lau, Nick Cheung, Phillip Keung, Qian Wu and many more. Penned by Law Chi-Leung, the film is set in the future where Earth is devoid of life due to climate change and pollution, while a meteorite brings an extraterrestrial life to our planet. That’s the basic gist of what we’ve been seeing apart from the ambitious production design and feel we’ve been gathering from the recent trailers and behind-the-scenes featurettes making the rounds, including a new trailer available as of Monday which […]

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Here’s What’s Coming To Hi-YAH! In August!

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Well Go USA’s niche martial arts streamer, Hi-YAH!, is doling out another round of weekly titles this August with premiere dates also available. Following announcements back in May, first up will be the August 5 release of Indonesian action crime thriller, Preman: Silent Fury, which now gets a public trailer debut after screening at Comic Con International last month. The film also releases on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD on September 27 from Well Go USA, and stars Khiva Iskak as Sandi, a deaf gangster whose organization is on a campaign to run villagers out of town at the behest of a corrupt politician. When Sandi’s son bares witness to the murder of the village elder at the hands of his ruthless leader, Sandi is forced to protect his son at all costs. Feel free to read my review following the film’s screening last month for the New York Asian Film […]

Fantasia XXVI Review: Takashi Koizumi’s THE PASS: LAST DAYS OF THE SAMURAI, An Exquisite Snapshot Of Tumultuous Japanese History

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The late Ryotaro Shiba remains one of the most celebrated authors of his time, with his work standing front and center for many a film adaptation. Such is the case for his 1968 novel, Touge, adapted and directed for the big screen by Takashi Koizumi, who plies his trade once more – following a career that includes having worked as assistant director for the legendary Akira Kurosawa on films like Ran (1985) and Kagemusha (1980) – now with his sixth narrative feature, The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai, under his belt. After 260 years of peace, Western colonial influence has shaken the atmosphere of Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate, compelling the 15th shogun, Yoshinobu (Higashide Masahiro) to restore imperial rule to help realign and unify Japan in 1867 – a decision that only proved to be problematic than expected with two pro-imperial influencers out of Satsuma province insisting that […]

STOWAWAY Review: Ruby Rose Hitches A Ride Less Thrilling

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Stowaway streams exclusively on AMC+ beginning August 5. Declan Whitebloom’s feature debut brings the ambitious casting of Ruby Rose and Frank Grillo in Stowaway, a Die Hard-meets-Panic Room-on-a-boat thriller that centers on a party girl named Belle (Rose) who one day gets a phone call from a man named Meeser (Grillo), informing her of her father’s passing. Despite her own personal feelings about her father, she sets down to Mississippi to begrudgingly accept the assets he’s left her in his will, which is comprised of a large yacht. After meeting a barhop named Michael (Patrick Schwarzenegger), the two settled down for a trist. Little does Belle or her suitor know that her father’s yacht is about to become a battleground for survival when three men trespass onto the yacht with the intent of breaking into a secret safe and acquiring its alleged contents of $80 million dollars. Violence ensues and […]