Lee B. Golden III

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JIU JITSU Will Save The World In The Official Trailer For The Martial Arts Sci-Fi With Alain Moussi, Tony Jaa And Nicolas Cage

At long last after two Kickboxer reboots, martial arts fans can now take a gander at what director Dimitri Logothetis has in store with sci-fi thriller, Jiu Jitsu, starring Nicolas Cage, and Kickboxer reboot star of late, actor and martial artist Alain Moussi. And if you’re gettin’ some Mortal Kombat-meets-Predator vibes, I guess you’re not alone! Every six years, an ancient order of expert Jiu Jitsu fighters faces a vicious race of alien invaders in a battle for Earth. For thousands of years, the fighters that protect Earth have won…until now. When celebrated war hero Jake Barnes (Alain Moussi) is defeated by Brax, the indomitable leader of the invaders, the future of humanity hangs in the balance. Injured and suffering from amnesia, Jake is rescued by Wylie (Nicolas Cage), Keung and his team of fellow Jiu Jitsu fighters. They must help Jake to regain his strength in order to band […]

EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Rolls Camera, Unveils Key Cast

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If it feels like things have shifted drastically since January, you’re not going nuts. Things definitely have been remapped to an immense degree, and that no less goes for director Ranjeet S. Marwa as he begins the next phase of production for survival thriller, Exiled: The Chosen Ones. Cameras are rolliing in Birmingham in the U.K. as of Monday with Marwa directing from his own script, a cast that reunites The Night Comes For Us actors Sunny Pang and Hannah Al-Rashid in lead roles, and also co-stars and serves as action director. In addition to the aforementioned, producer Djonny Chen took to social media this week to affirm the announcement with an official cast roster that also lists James Jaysen Bryhan, Jon Xue Zhang, Craig Edwards, Carl Wharton, Francois Mequer, Ermar Alexander, Nisaro Karim, Ken Hough, David Blackwell, Jordan Hale, actor and hip-hop recording artist J. Cheung (a.k.a. Cryptik Soul), […]

Well Go USA Reveals TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA 4K Ultra Key Art Ahead Of Digital And Disc Releases

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Yeon Sang-ho’s sprawling hit zombie franchise, Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula, was a fashionable and entertaining road thriller in the action horror millieu following his 2016 predecessors, Train To Busan and Seoul Station. You’re welcome to check out my review for some perspective. In the meantime, how fast a new installment arrives remains to be seen, while fans in the U.S. can now await the undead invasion when the film heads to home screens with a Digital release on October 27 from Well Go USA. The Planos, Texas-based firm is also slotting a 4K Ultra Blu-ray Combo Pack, a Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD release from November 24 (with features such as a BTS featurette, cast/crew interviews and an all-new English dub), in addition to a 2021 release pact with AMC’s horror streamer, Shudder. Four years after South Korea’s total decimation in TRAIN TO BUSAN, the zombie thriller that captivated […]

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THE COMMANDO: Michael Jai White Returns To The Battlefield For ‘Astro’ Director Asif Akbar This Month

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Actor Michael Jai White will star in The Commando, according to Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro on Monday.. White, coming off of recently completed actioners such as Christian Sesma’s Take Back, and Jon Keeyes’s Red 48, joins Mickey Rourke who boarded the project last month, with word that production will commence in New Mexico this month. Asif Akbar, who previously directed Gary Daniels alien sci-fi, Astro, will direct from a script by Koji Steven Sakai who also storied the pic with Al Bravo, and Akbar. White will star as Baker, a PTSD sufferer home from the field after a botched mission, who is soon faced with a new mission to protect his family when a newly released criminal (Rourke) and his henchmen descend unto Baker’s property, intent on retrieving a stash of millions hidden inside the agent’s home. Premiere Entertainment Group’s Elias Axume is handling international sales, and will serve as producer, with […]

CONTRACTS Trailer: Indiecan Gives Alex Chung’s Martial Arts Indie Thriller A Red-Band Welcome Ahead Of November Release [UPDATED With Home Release Artwork And Disc Details]

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Actor and stunt performer Alex Chung’s latest film, Contracts, didn’t exactly set out to be a full-length feature at first, and yet, this is where we’re at. Some ten years and change, a few shorts followed by an extensive independent production and two award wins out of last year’s Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Chung’s feature debut as writer and director is finally on the way to a Blu-Ray, DVD and VOD release on November 10 from Indiecan Entertainment; On-demand pre-orders are now up and running here! Jaded assassin Anthony Lo (Alex Chung) is tapped on the shoulder by Marc Sullivan (Jermaine Carty), who commands a band of killers dedicated to achieving world peace by any means necessary. Sullivan seeks Anthony’s help to find and eliminate a rogue assassin who’s picking off Sullivan’s crew one by one. In exchange, Sullivan offers Anthony the opportunity to get revenge on the person […]

CANYON DEL MUERTO Rounds Out Cast Ahead Of Late October New Mexico Shoot

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Commencing principal photography later this month in Albuquerque, Mexico is independent adventure pic, Canyon Del Muerto, starring Abigail Lawrie (The Man With The Iron Heart), Tom Felton (Ophelia) and Val Kilmer (Paydirt). Coerte Voorhees will direct from his own script, based on two books by one of America’s first female archaeologists, Ann Axtell Morris, on whom the film centers. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Etan Vlessing, the film “will tell the true story of Axtell Morris, who helped discover North America’s first civilization.” Felton will play Earl Halstead Morris, Ann’s husband, and reportedly a key figure that inspired the Indiana Jones character, next to historical character, Sylvanus G. Morley – to be played by Ewen Bremner (Wonder Woman). Rounding out the key cast are Elias Koteas, Bronson Webb and Hanako Footman. Pic hails from Visionary Film, First Line Films and The Vladar Company, with Voorhees and Axtell Morris producing alongside […]

Nightstream 2020 Review: DEF BY TEMPTATION Tests Faith Against Impulse With Amusing Throwback Horror And Laughs

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Actor James Bond III’s career dates back to the seventies, it’s interesting that his last major movie gig would be his final curtain call, and for horror and black cinema fans, Def By Temptation serves its purpose on multiple ends. Screened for this year’s inaugural Nightstream Film Festival, the horror comedy’s restoration comes courtesy of Troma Entertainment and the American Genre Film Archive. Making his entrance amid the height of his TV stardom in the sitcom, “A Different World”, is actor Kadeem Hardison who stars alongside Bond III, and actress Cynthia Bond, as the scintillating antagonist in this story. The film doesn’t hesitate much before introducing our sultry villainess in the first act, diving headfirst in the moments thereafter into the grisly scenery of our Temptress (Bond) dousing her latest victim in a shower of blood, before sending him running stark naked for dear life and trapped, only to be […]

PRABHAS 21: What We Know So Far About The Sci-Fi Thriller Coming In 2022

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There’s something big happening in the world of Bollywood for the Prabhas fandom as it awaits for whatever is to come for the project currently known as Prabhas 21, which takes off from the name of the starring actor himself. The past year has since seen a slow accumlation of major casting developments, firstly announcing actor Prabhas in February, before announcing actress Depeeka Padukoe in July. As of last week Friday, the project has welcomed screen legend, Amitabh Bachchan, with word from Deadline’s Tom Grater and Nancy Tartaglione, of a 2022 worldwide release. There are know plot details or any specifics about the project that are reportable, save for reports from the website suggesting it’s a “sci-fi drama set against the backdrop of World War III”. The pic hails from Vyjayanthi Movies, with Nag Ashwin directing and Aswini Dutt producing. Prabhas been on the screen for nearly twenty years now, […]

Nightstream 2020 Review: Natasha Kermani’s Feminist Horror, LUCKY, Is A Non-Stop Fight From Within

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One of a trio of horror selects acquired by Shudder back in August, Natasha Kermani’s new horror thriller, Lucky, is now set to grace virtual audiences for the first-ever Nightstream, and host to a peculiar story that puts a unique, fresh and mind-boggling spin on the home invasion genre. The film is especially an extra foot in the genre game this year for actress Brea Grant, who’s been making the festival rounds this year for her own directing debut, 12 Hour Shift. Starring from her own script under Kermani’s direction, you could probably bill Lucky as a The Twilight Zone meets Groundhog Day, as it immerses you into a world unlike what beleagured self-help author and business writer May (Grant) is used to. After coming home from her usual travails, May and husband Ted (Dhruv Uday Singh) find themselves intruded on by a masked man in black, and while it […]

UNDERDOG: Don’t Miss The Latest Official Trailer Ahead Of Its Tokyo Festival Premiere

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Reuniting with his 100 Yen Love scribe Shin Adachi, director Masaharu Take returns back to the boxing fray with the new sports drama, Underdog. The first trailer premiered over the summer, but the second and latest trailer has been up for about a week as of this post and you can now check it out above. Falling from a path to become a world champion, which he almost achieved in the past, a pro-boxer, Akira Suenaga stands up on a ring as an “underdog” facing an every day threat of retiring. Abandoned by a mother and once lived in the underworld, a young man Ryuta Omura’s boxing talent is acknowledged and expected to succeed worldwide, while a comedian without any notable achievement happens to take up a challenge for pro-boxing as a part of variety TV show, that is Shun Miyagi. Having different living backgrounds, those three crush their fists […]

HIGH & LOW 2: END OF SKY Review: Sad Goodbyes, Sinister Plot Twists And Blockbuster Action Mark The Beginning Of The End

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Following his solo turn at the helm for High & Low: The Movie, the aftermath of Yudai Yamaguchi’s High & Low: The Red Rain now brings our attention to the latest of major final chapters of the High & Low film saga. It’s understandable if you feel like things have hit a fever pitch too, especially if you’ve seen both seasons of the NTV and Hulu dramas that pre-empt the current film saga from LDH Pictures and Shochiku. Still, it bares noting the freshness and practicality with which these films have been treated in bringing this contemporary Japanese gangland action cineverse to life, with none other than some of J-pop’s brightest stars composing most of the roster. In High & Low 2: End Of Sky, things are heating up even more in the district of S.W.O.R.D., with the emergence of outside gangs looking to muscle their way in amid the […]

Nightstream 2020 Review: BLOODY HELL, A Rousing Expedition Through Our Darkest Afflictions

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Tiger director Alister Grierson may have just inadvertently found an action star in actor Ben O’Toole, having made ample use of the Nekotronic star for an action horror vehicle that’s inclined to employ more action movie puns in its introspection than you might expect. For this, we’re talking Bloody Hell, which propels you into the bleak evening scenery of a young girl’s escape from a menacing family, to the affable daytime setting of Boise, Idaho. Enter Rex (O’Toole), a former soldier home from war, a seemingly normal human being albeit possibly suffering from PTSD (or worse) and currently in the midst of trying to woo a beautiful bank employee when a quartet of would-be bank robbers make their deadly entry. A few moments pass before Rex retaliates and takes matters into his own hands, saving nearly all the hostages in the process, that is, all but one, and after an […]

ROGUE CITY Is Where The Action Is In The Official Trailer

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Its French title is called Bronx. Out here in the Western world, Rogue City is the name from writer and director Olivier Marchal, and the official trailer is now here with a cast formidably headlined by the likes of District B13 actor David Belle, and The Doorman co-star Jean Reno. In Rogue City, a complex case of rivalry between gangs and a group of cops unfolds in Marseille, where the border between personal and professional justice is blurred. A dark and intense thriller directed by Olivier Marchal. Actor and musician Kaaris also headlines alongside actors Lannik Gautry and Stanislas Merhar for its Netflix release on October 30.

Nightstream 2020 Review: HUNTED, An Unbound Thriller With Ferocity, And Some Frills

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Filmmaker and comic book artist Vincent Paronnaud’s directorial debut is a mix of different things in its execution. In the case of Hunted, these kinds of films are generally entertaining and thrilling to watch; They still take a little more ingenuity each time, and so it depends on the director’s vision, and their handling thereof, and casting Lucie Debay proves an excellent choice for Paronnaud who co-wrote the pic with Léa Pernollet. Following an animated prologue featuring an evening moment of storytime in the woods with a survivalist and her son, Hunted introduces the story of Eve (Lucie Debay), an on-site contract supervisor stressed by her job by the demands of her foreman, and far from interested in answering her loved ones’ calls. Instead, she sets out to drink her night away at the local bar where after being accosted by a drunk patron, a man (Arieh Worthalter) emerges from […]

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Ranjeet S. Marwa’s EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Casts Hannah Al-Rashid (EXCLUSIVE)

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English-born actress Hannah Al-Rashid has taken the female lead in Exiled: The Chosen Ones, the new independent action thriller from Ranjeet S. Marwa (The Boy Who Never Came Home). Talks have been underway as pre-production continued this past week with Singaporean actor Sunny Pang (Headshot, TV series Code Of Law) arriving in Birmingham, U.K. for Monday’s start of principal photography. Marwa is directing from his own script, reteaming Al-Rashid with her The Night Comes For Us co-star, Pang, and joining a primary cast that also lists Carl Wharton (The Tombs), and a reunion for Marwa with Faith Can Wait actors James Bryhan (Shadow And Bone) and Craig Edwards (Pumpkins), and actor and stunt performer Nick Khan (Tribal: Get Out Alive, The Asian Connection) who is also designing the gruesome action sequences. Production also marks the latest tenacious effort by Marwa who initially started the year out by promoting crowdfunding for […]

FIGHTING FOR FILM – Part II: A Word With Actor Alex Montagnani

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Professional fighter-turned-actor Alex Montagnani has a few goals going forward into 2021, one of which stems from more than five years of team effort with friend and cohort, director Jesse Quiñones. Their newest MMA drama, Cagefighter: Worlds Collide, is now available in the U.S. from Screen Media Films, and so without further ado, Montagnani joins us to share his perspectives on the film, filmmaking, the current state of the industry, and his hopes for the future. Feel free to check out my interview with Quiñones as well by clicking here, and don’t forget to rent or purchase Cagefighter: Worlds Collide, wherever movies are sold (also click to check out previous interviews with Cagefighter co-star/stunt performer Jason Truong and stunt coordinator Daniel Ford Beavis). Click here to read my my review. Greetings Alex, and thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us. How have you and yours made […]

ALICE IN BORDERLAND: The Death Games Begin In The Official Series Trailer

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If you take away nothing else from the work of Bleach helmer Shinsuke Sato, take the fact that he nearly never disappoints when it comes to storytelling. His latest work, Alice in Borderland, looks to continue that legacy heading toward its December 10 stream date at 3:00 a.m. EST on Netflix, and we finally have an official trailer to show for it. Arisu—a listless, jobless and video-game-obsessed young man—suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive. In this strange world, Arisu meets Usagi, a young woman who’s navigating the games alone. Together, they set out to unravel one mystery after another as they risk their lives and confront what it means to live. Sato ran point for all eight episodes, based on Haro Aso’s Shogakukan man publication. The film marks a reunion for […]

THE DOOR INTO SUMMER: Kento Yamazaki Chooses The Future In The First Teaser

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Taking his cues from Robert A. Heinlen’s 1957 novel of the same name, Fortuna’s Eye helmer Takahiro Miki’s got his sights set on some alluring cerebral sci-fi as teased in the latest footage for next year’s The Door Into Summer. Starring Kento Yamazaki from a script by Time Traveler: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time scribe Tomoe Kanno, Toho and Aniplex are teaming up for the film’s Japan release in February. The Door Into Summer is set in 1995, and centers on Soichiro Takakura (Yamazaki), a robotics specialist who is also on the verge of completing a plasma storage battery, thus fulfilling the dream of his late father’s deceased friend, Matsushita. Devastated and faced with an ultimate betrayal by his partners and loved ones, Takakura takes it upon himself to rest in cryostasis in hopes of awakening to a better future, which still remains to be seen when he finally […]

FATMAN: Mel Gibson’s Santa Has A Not-So-Special Present For His Enemies In The Official Trailer

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Santa Claus has had it with everyone’s shit this year, and he’s letting off some steam in Fatman, the new action comedy from Small Town Crime duo Ian and Eshom Nelms. To save his declining business, Chris Cringle (Mel Gibson), also known as Santa Claus, is forced into a partnership with the U.S. military. Making matters worse, Chris gets locked into a deadly battle of wits against a highly skilled assassin (Walton Goggins), hired by a precocious 12-year-old after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking. ‘Tis the season for Fatman to get even, in the action-comedy that keeps on giving. Saban Films is out and about with the official trailer making reindeer tracks with its YouTube views as we speak as the film heads to a select theatrical release on November 13 before hitting digital on November 17. Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Chance Hurstfield also star.

SKYFIRE: Simon West Disaster Thriller Picked Up By Screen Media For December

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Simon West’s volcanic survival thriller, Skyfire, will get a theatrical and on-demand release this December in North America through Screen Media Films, as announced by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. on Thursday. The film released in the mainland last December to box office acclaim, billed as “China’s first large-scale disaster movie”, with a cast that lists Jason Isaacs (Hotel Mumbai), Hannah Quinlivan (Skyscraper), Xueqi Wang (Iron Man 3) and Shawn Dou (Wolf Totem). In Skyfire, chaos erupts when the once dormant volcano at the world’s only volcano theme park and resort starts to rumble. A young scientist (Quinlivan) must convince the resort owner (Isaacs) to evacuate the island before it is too late. West, best known as the blockbuster director behind Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Mechanic, and The Expendables 2, to name a few, directed from a script by Written by Will Wei Bu and […]