Lee B. Golden III

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THE GREAT YOKAI WAR: GUARDIANS New Official Trailer Charges Online!

A brand new trailer is now running online for Takashi Miike’s The Great Yokai War: Guardians. Interestingly the film is being billed as a sequel on some pages, and as a reboot according to other reports. At any rate, the film gets an August 13 release in Japan, which leaves an interesting window of opportunity to take a gander at between now and then with festivals coming back this summer. Actor Kokoro Terada stars from a script by Yusuke Watanabe (Twentieth Century Boys), for a story centered on a fifth grader who has inherited hunter’s blood and sets out on a quest to defend the world against the Yokai and the monsters who’ve aligned with them. The film also reunites Miike with actor Nao Omori (First Love) among the cast with Hana Sugisaki (Bleach), Takao Osawa (Kingdom), Sakura Ando (Shoplifters), Kenichi Endo (The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio) and many more. Check out […]

ASSAULT ON RIO BRAVO Wraps Production

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A Prayer For The Damned helmer Joe Cornet’s new film, Assault On Rio Bravo starring Alexander Nevsky (Black Rose), is announcing completion of production on the Benson, Arizona set. Pic is an international co-production between ETA Films, San Rafael Production and Nevsky’s Hollywood Storm; Nevsky is producing the film via his banner with Ruslan Vitryanyuk also producing, and with Eric Brenner exec producing alongside Cornet. Texas, 1875 – A bloodthirsty gang of outlaws is on the eve of attacking a border town to free their leader from prison. They’re an army of ruthless killers known as the most dangerous gang in the West. Their plan is to burn the entire town to the ground with everyone who in it. But a handle of warriors led by a mysterious foreigner will stand in their way… Cornet directed from a script by Craig Hamman (Boogie Boy), and joins Nevsky on screen, as well as Cornet, with a cast roster that includes Matthias Hues (Dark Angel), Natalie Denise Sperl (Mank), Olivier […]

ABRAHAM’S BOYS: Natasha Kermani To Adapt Action Horror Tale From Joe Hill’s Short Story

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Got an affinity for Bram Stoker’s Dracula and fond of director Natasha Kermani? The Imitation Girl helmer’s latest, Lucky, is currently streaming on Shudder for those keen to see what the director’s applications are like as we venture onto her latest development: An adaptation of Joe Hill’s 2004 short story, Abraham’s Boys, for the big screen. The plot follows Max and Rudy Van Helsing, who know nothing of their father Abraham’s past and cannot understand his overprotective attitude and strange behavior. To make matters worse, Abraham is becoming increasingly more unhinged, paranoid, and violent. Kermani’s adaptation is set to explore the boys’ trauma through the eyes of a young Asian woman who is no stranger to death. We were fortunate to score a look at Kermani’s Lucky during its festival run for review. By comparison, I can definitely assert Kermani’s ability to increase a story’s intensity, and with a full-dive […]

THE LAST MERCENARY: Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Latest Action Hoorah Gets An Official Trailer

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Kicking his way back to the screen is action star Jean-Claude Van Damme in the official trailer for The Last Mercenary, directed by David Charhon from a script co-written with Ismaël Sy Savané. A mysterious former secret service agent must urgently return to France when his estranged son is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking by the government, following a blunder by an overzealous bureaucrat and a mafia operation. Consider this your latest invitation to what looks to be in another in a string of performances by a veteran action star who’s really come into himself in just over a decade. Talk about longevity. The Last Mercenary also stars Alban Ivanov, Assa Sylla, Samir Decazza, Patrick Timsit, Eric Judor and Miou-Miou, and launches on Netflix on July 30.

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REFUGE: Voltage Takes World Sales For Renny Harlin Horror Thriller Now Filming

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Principal photography is currently underway in Bulgaria for the new horror thriller, Refuge, from director Renny Harlin, and will be presented to buyers at the upcoming Marche du Film on June 21 with Voltage handling worldwide sales. Refuge centers on the horrific revelations that ensue when wife Kate discovers the truth behind her husband’s PTSD after he returns home, changed, from his tour in Afghanistan. The film stars Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Raza Jaffrey (“Homeland”) and Sophie Simnett (Netflix’s “Daybreak”), with Johanna Harlin (Class Reunion 3) and Aston McAuley (20th Century Fox’s Rocketman) from a script by action sci-fi writer Ben Sztajnkrycer, with more cast TBA. Refuge is a Revelations Entertainment and B2Y Production; Yariv Lerner (Hellboy, Rambo: Last Blood) and Rob Van Norden (Olympus Has Fallen, Rambo: Last Blood) are producing alongside Revelations Entertainment’s Gary Lucchesi (Underworld franchise, The Lincoln Lawyer), Michael McKay (Brahms: The […]

JOHN WICK 4 Adds Donnie Yen For The Next Installment Of The Hitman Saga

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Welp, if there’s anything that’ll guarantee butts in seats for the next and fourth chapter of the John Wick film franchise, it’s Donnie Yen. Mike Fleming Jr. reports at Deadline the martial arts superstar will lend his screenfighting prowess to the fray of director Chad Stahelski’s world of assassins and criminal politics. Yen joins lead returning actor Keanu Reeves in a role described as “an old friend of Reeves’ super assassin John Wick, who shares his same history and many of the same enemies.” Also starring is Japanese-British pop superstar Rina Sawayama. Shooting begins this summer in France, Germany and Japan from a script by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch, with Stahelski, Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee producing. Reeves is exec producing with Louise Rosner executive producers. “We are very lucky to have Donnie Yen join the franchise,” said Stahelski. “I am looking forward to working with him in this exciting new […]

KATZENJAMMER: Stuntman/Filmmaker Eric Jacobus Outlines His New Venture With Animated Action Comedy [EXCLUSIVE]

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Independent filmmaker Eric Jacobus is currently in early, albeit deep development with action comedy feature, Katzenjammer. The film, which was announced back in February in a since deleted Facebook post, signals a major pivot for Jacobus into the animation arena where he will apply his longtime craft in filmmaking, action and stunts for the first time. Katzenjammer will center on Lester Katz, an electric violin virtuoso bent on rescuing his childhood sweetheart, pop idol Vanessa from the evil clutches of a major studio that now claims her as its most-prized commodity. To accomplish this, he enlists the help of his adopted father, Abe, in order to infiltrate the studio by competing in its fierce audition system. In doing so, when his own burgeoning success puts him face to face with the studio’s dark underbelly, Lester must contend with his own long lost fame and recognition as an orphan, and is […]

REMINISCENCE Official Trailer Teases A Future Dystopia Riddled With Suspense, Danger And Illusory Mystique

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Lisa Joy’s feature debut, Reminiscence, looks nothing short of signature for the work she’s contributed to television, most prominently HBO series Westworld. The official trailer is out for all to witness now and with a cast that lists Hugh Jackman as a P.I. who treads metaphysical battlefields in a story that unearths even more riddles for his own self-discovery. Nick Bannister (Hugh Jackman), a private investigator of the mind, navigates the darkly alluring world of the past by helping his clients access lost memories. Living on the fringes of the sunken Miami coast, his life is forever changed when he takes on a new client, Mae (Rebecca Ferguson). A simple matter of lost and found becomes a dangerous obsession. As Bannister fights to find the truth about Mae’s disappearance, he uncovers a violent conspiracy, and must ultimately answer the question: how far would you go to hold on to the […]

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COPS AND ROBBERS To Own On DVD And Digital In The UK From Dazzler

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Scott Windhauser’s latest Michael Jai White/Quintin “Rampage” Jackson headliner, Cops And Robbers, is heading to DVD and Digital on June 28 from Dazzler Media. The two stars are joined by Tom Bergeron, Patrick Kilpatrick, Victoria Pratt and more, with pre-orders now available from iTunes and Amazon. In this slick action-thriller, a hostage negotiator plays a high stakes game of cat and mouse with a cornered bank robber. As the two men learn each other’s identity, they realise they have a shared past, with scores and grudges to be settled.

HYDRA: Kensuke Sonomura’s Japanese Action Debut Hits Hi-YAH! July 2, On Digital, DVD and Blu-Ray July 20

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Leave it to Well Go USA Entertainment and their in-house streaming service, Hi-YAH! to hail the coming of new names to the forefront of martial arts action and thrills. Paving the way for stunt professional-turned-filmmaker Kensuke Sonomura since taking his freshman feature actioner, Hydra, on the road back in 2019, Hi-YAH! is announcing a July 2 premiere for subscribers. The film marks a headlining stake for Japanese actor and action star Masanori Mimoto who has appeared in a number of U.S. releases such as Funimation’s Sushi Typhoon release, Alien Vs. Ninja and Samuel Goldwyn Films’s Yakuza Apocalypse, as well as Well Go USA’s Enter The Fat Dragon starring Donnie Yen. After retiring as an assassin, Takashi leads a quiet life as a chef at a sushi bar, where he secretly watches over the daughter of a former associate. His peace is short-lived: soon, he is recruited for a final job […]

THE YACHT: Voltage Nabs Rights For New Ruby Rose Action Thriller Ahead Of Cannes

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Currently in post-production is Declan Whitebloom’s debut feature, The Yacht. The new action thriller starring Ruby Rose (The Doorman, Vanquish), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Daniel Isn’t Real, Echo Boomers) and Frank Grillo (Beyond Skyline, Boss Level) has been acquired by Voltage Pictures for international sales and will be presented to buyers at the upcoming Marché du film, which runs from June 21st through the 25th. Saban Films will release the film in the United States. Billed as a high-octane and tense action-thriller in the mold of Die Hard and Panic Room, The Yacht follows a tenacious and troubled young woman who inherits a luxury yacht from her estranged father and has to fight to survive when it gets hijacked by thieves. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and takes matters into her own hands. […]

SILAT WARRIORS: DEED OF DEATH Trailer Signals Malaysian Martial Arts Action And Thrills This Friday On Hi-YAH!

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Out of all of last year’s choice festival selections, Areel Abu Bakar’s Geran has to be one of the proudest for those able to screen films. Highly celebrated by NYAFF, the award-winning action thriller now gets a fair shake with an official trailer for its stateside release as Silat Warriors: Deed Of Death. release this Friday on Hi-YAH!, before hitting Digital, Blu-ray and DVD from July 6 through Well Go USA. When a reckless young gambler’s wild lifestyle of illegal betting, drag racing, and brutal street fights pits him against a ruthless criminal enterprise, his luck finally runs out. The gang shows up at his father’s home to collect on the debt, forcing his family to fight in order to save their land—and his life. In addition to actors Namron (One Two Jaga, Dukun, Redha) and Fad Anuar (Dollah Superstar, TV’s “KL Gangster: Underworld”), first-time film director Areel Abu Bakar […]

SHARK: THE BEGINNING: Kim Min-Suk Vies For The Title Of Undisputed In The Latest Trailer

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Actor Kim Min-suk has already begun his stride from a promising TV drama career to debuting in theaters for Lee An-gyu’s crime drama, A Special Lady. His latest role now lands him in one of his toughest yet judging by trailer footage making the rounds for Justice High helmer Chae Yeo-jun’s latest, Shark: The Beginning. The film is based the work of webcomic creators Kim Woo-seob and Woon, and centers on Min-suk in the role of Cha Woo-Sol, a teenage juvenile prisoner who enlists the training of an ex-MMA champion-turned-convict in order to defend himself against the facility’s latest inmate: the same bully whose actions landed him behind bars. Shark: The Beginning also stars Jung Won-chang (0.0MHz) and and Wi Ha-joon (Miss and Mrs. Cops) and launches on Korean streaming/VoD service, TVING, beginning June 17.

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BATTLE OF THE BULGE: WINTER WAR Rages On In The UK This Month

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Steven Luke’s latest war thriller, Battle Of The Bulge: Winter War, is making way for a UK DVD and Digital release on June 21 from Dazzler Media. The film also stars Luke among headliners Tom Berenger (Inception, Platoon) and Billy Zane (Curfew, Titanic). The Battle of the Bulge has begun. Lt. Cappa and his men from the 2nd Infantry Division must find a way to stop the German invasion by any means possible. Friends are not who they seem, and enemies are everywhere. Battle Of The Bulge: Winter War is up for pre-order now via iTunes and Amazon.

CAUGHT IN TIME: Action-Packed Crime Thriller Starring Daniel Wu Now Available On-Demand In The U.S.

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Having since enjoyed a local theatrical run in China that gave it top-billing for two weeks at the tail end of 2020, Two Thumbs Up helmer Lau Ho-Leung’s new sequel-bound sophomore work, Caught In Time, now hinges its stateside efforts in part on China Lion Film. Written by Lau and co-writer Liang Hong, the film is based remarkably on the true story of an elusive and deadly criminal in the 1990s, played by actor Daniel Wu (Tomb Raider, AMC’s Into The Badlands). Based on real life events from the 1990s, a ruthless gang manages a number of high level, high risk and high reward heists, meticulously planned out and executed over nearly a decade. When a police detective thinks he’s figured out their pattern, the head of the gang (Daniel Wu) starts to openly taunt him, resulting in a race to the ultimate showdown between the cops and robbers. Wu […]

THE TRIP Trailer: Noomi Rapace And Askel Hennie Battle Irreconcilable Differences And Criminals In Tommy Wirkola’s New Action Comedy

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It’s safe to say that if Noomi Rapace hasn’t yet earned a place in your roster for action fandom and entertainment, you don’t deserve her. The star of the Millenium trilogy as well as actioners Bright and Close is already on deck for more thrills between now and next year, including having since reconvened with her What Happened To Monday? director Tommy Wirkola for their latest offering, The Trip (I Onde Dager). The film was announced back in September with XYZ Films financing the pic and launching sales out of the Toronto International Film Festival, with Nordisk Film Distribution handling its local release. It also stars Atle Antonsen, and headlines Rapace with actor Askel Hennie who last appeared with Ruby Rose and Jean Reno in Ryuhei Kitamura’s actioner, Doorman, and has Wirkola directing from a script he wrote with Nick Ball and John Niven. The film will follow a dysfunctional […]

KATA Teaser: Sweat The Technique In The Official Teaser For James Latimer’s New Tribeca-Selected Short

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Playing for the Shorts: Go Big documentary portion of this year’s virtual Tribeca Film Festival will be Kata, from Tokyo-based writer/director James Latimer. Deadline’s Brandon Choe brought an exclusive first look at the latest work from Latimer’s seven-minute which already has a sold out screening set for June 10 with passes still available for the following day. A fantastical and dramatic journey through the mind of 13-year-old Mahiro Takano, a long-time undefeated national kata karate form champion, who comes face-to-face with her greatest enemy yet. As someone who spent a good deal of his youth as a practitioner of Shotakan myself, I’m never not impressed by someone as celebrated as Takano. Point in fact, the best part of Karate for me was learning Kata. I loved the performance aspect and honing in my own potential with each technique while sharpening them just a little more. Most other students in my […]

Now Streaming: Andy Long Nguyen’s LUC VAN TIEN: KUNG FU WARRIOR Hustles Next-Generation Kung Fu Movie Muscle [Reprint/Revisal]

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This review was originally published in May of 2019 as the film was still circulating buyers, long prior to its ad-supported streaming release on Tubi last April. This review is being republished in the wake of last week’s announcement by Nguyen for the film’s official release on Amazon Prime. Jackie Chan Stuntmen Association member and burgeoning action star, actor Andy Long Nguyen fulfilled a dream back in 2016 with the production of Vietnamese martial arts comedy, Lục Vân Tiên: Kung Fu Warrior. It’s a milestone achievement for Nguyen who has come a long way from his heyday in Pforzheim to becoming one of the most prolific and active members in his field today – a career path paved in part with inspiration from one of the genre’s greatest cinematic heroes. That notion gets extravagantly sprinkled throughout the film, shepherded by Hoang Phuc who shares numerous acting credits of his own […]

THE ATROCITIES: ’12 Hour Shift’ Director Launches New Screen Adaptation For The Squirrels Production Outfit

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Actress and filmmaker Brea Grant caused a stir this past year generating buzz with harrowing thrillers like 12 Hour Shift and starring in Natasha Kermani’s cyclic and nightmaring feminist home invasion romp, Lucky. As of late, Fangoria was first to report and with the rest of us now able to get the word out on her latest venture with writer/producer/director Ed Dougherty (Paint It Black, 7 Witches), optioning the rights to Jeremy C. Shipp’s horror novella The Atrocities. The move signals a launchpad for joint venture, The Squirrels, under Grant and Dougherty. The two are penning the script with Grant making her return to the director’s chair, adapting the story of “Danna, a modern-day governess who works for the elite and is summoned to Stockton House to tutor a young girl named Isabella Evers. Upon arriving, she realizes her new charge has already passed away, but the girl’s parents insist […]

SPARE PARTS Review: The Sum Of All Its Parts, Covered In R-Rated Gratuity And Glee

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The first time I saw the trailer for Andrew Hunt’s new film, Spare Parts, gave me several kinds of feels and flashbacks. Without question, I can certainly attest that fans of this genre will take a liking to what the longtime executive producer (Deeper: The Retribution Of Beth, Avenged, SuperGrid, Lifechanger, For The Sake Of Vicious) delivers in his second and only film in the last twelve years. Returning to female empowerment narratives once more, Hunt, joined by screenwriters David Murdoch and Sven Rouskov, introduces the story of traveling road musicians, sisters Amy (Michelle Argyris) and Emma (Emily Alatalo), and romantically-involved bandmates Cassy (Kiriana Stanton) and Jill (Chelsea Muirhead). When it comes to the music, they play hard, and with unruly patrons and stage hoppers, they fight harder, and more often and not, some of that fighting occurs in-house, especially between Amy and Emma with their differences. As their evening […]