Lee B. Golden III

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ENTER THE FAT DRAGON: Donnie Yen Announces Remake Plans With Wong Jing For Later This Year

It’s a bit of a guessing game pertaining to some of the gems actor Donnie Yen has been throwing at fans on social media. Its taken confirmed trade news and other reports to help weave together a more concrete idea on what to expect from the action star as he’s notoriously piled on in the last several years. Thus, some projects are non-existent. Other are still lying in wait and as of Yen’s recent news conference next to celebrated filmmaker and producer Wong Jing while promoting their latest pairing on Chasing The Dragon, word of more remake fare for Hong Kong cinema fans fond of Sammo Hung’s 1978 hit, Enter The Fat Dragon. Hung starred and directed the action comedy centered on a pig farmer who finds himself showcasing his fighting prowess as he’s pitted against swarms of thugs upon arriving in the big city to aid his uncle’s restaurant. […]

Enter To Win Your Copy Of Na Hyun’s THE PRISON From Well Go USA

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Update: Check here for a new release date! Pre-Order THE PRISON [Blu-ray] Today! Well Go USA is presenting freshman director Na Hyun’s directorial debut, The Prison, in fine form for its Blu-Ray and VoD release on September 12. Pre-orders are up and running wherever movies are sold while none the more an opportune moment than now for folks reading this and looking to score a copy of their own for free. After a fatal accident, Yu-gon, a former police inspector, is sentenced to hard time in a prison he once helped fill. Once inside, he discovers the entire penitentiary is no longer controlled by the guards, but by a vicious crime syndicate that breaks out at night, using their prison sentences as the perfect alibi to commit intricate heists. Looking for revenge against the system that placed him inside, Yu-gon joins the syndicate… but with every man out for himself, […]

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Materializes Its Latest Official Poster

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Director Fumihiko Sori’s new action adventure, Fullmetal Alchemist, arrives on December 1. With it, as previously reported, comes the daunting task of condensing a 27-volume manga and adapting it into a feature film which is still hard to believe, especially if you’ve seen the anime – which I have. Both iterations, in fact. Can Sori-san pull it off? I really don’t know and the trailers, as ample as they are in just showing the necessary bits and pieces to stir hype, don’t really speak much to the aforementioned m.o.. It’s a big story with a lot of characters and my guess is some have been written out in the course of its development. At any rate, we’ll find out soon enough, but you’re bound to be in full view of some of the more outstanding principles from the good and evil spectrum. That divide weighs centrally on its period setting […]

MAN OF WILL: Cho Jin-Woong Leads The Revolution In The First Teaser

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Taking cues from the pages of history is debut director Lee Won-Tae for the new film, Man Of Will. Such is the title now branded on the most recent poster featuring actor Cho Jin-Woong in the principle role of Kim Chang-Soo who saw his rise as a leading figure in the fight for Korean independence at the turn of the last century after landing for murdering a Japanese man who partook in Empress Myeongseong’s assassination. The first official teaser trailer is also out, (currently branded with the title, Commander Kim Chang-Soo, so we’ll likely see something different in the marketing if the title on the poster sticks) and for a freshman director with only two credits as screenwriter and producer, Man Of Will looks like a solid period drama. Cho is joined by actors Jeong Man-Sik, Jung Jin-Young, Lee Seo-Won, Kwak Dong-Yeon, Yoo Seung-Mok and Shin Jung-Keun for the film’s October […]

HiGH&LOW THE MOVIE 3: FINAL MISSION: Catch The First Teaser!

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I still have high hopes that both seasons as well as the films and spin-offs within the HiGH&LOW action franchise make their way overseas, and of course it could take years at the very least. The premise of its entirety reads like something I can totally get into, dealing with boyhood drama and high octane action platformed on a gangster saga, and all led by an ensemble talent roster of actors and J-pop actors. The trailers speak for themselves and I’m a little more than frustrated with not being a local to see these sooner. However, for those of you keeping score with Shochiku’s theatrical rollout of the HiGH&LOW saga, the first teaser for HiGH&LOW The Movie 3: Final Mission arrived over the weekend and you can check it out below with cast members Akira, Aoyagi Sho, Takahiro and Tosaka Hiroomi all return to their roles to follow up on the events […]

Sony Pictures To Distribute THE CROW Reboot

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It has been nearly a decade since plans went under way to revamp the popular 1994 revenge thriller, The Crow. The revolving door of actors and directors has been all but continuous up until the last few years to date with Friday’s news of a reported plan by the trades to keep Corin Hardy and actor Jason Momoa attached for what was titled as of last August as The Crow: Reborn. That update also comes following a long-winded series of headlines that eventually saw Samuel Hadida’s Davis Films, Highland Film Group and Electric Shadow acquire the rights from floundering film studio, Relativity Media, to advance the film’s financing and production. As for distribution, that end now has Sony Pictures taking the mantle as production aims for a closer approach to James O’Barr’s cult-acclaimed 1989 graphic novel. Momoa, if confirmed as expected, will headline as the title character, awakened from the […]

THE NIGHT COMES FOR US Dawns A Stern New Photo From The Joe Taslim Actioner

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Keeping certain of our attention through 2018 with the usual slow pacing of jewels for Timo Tjahjanto’s The Night Comes For Us, we have another still from the post production phase as its end inches closer. The film is Tjahjanto’s solo feature debut with actor and martial artist Joe Taslim since breaking out in supporting fashion with Gareth Evans’s The Raid (2011) and in Justin Lin’s Star Trek: Beyond (2016) for his first Hollywood endeavor. Taslim plays Ito, a gangland enforcer arriving from his stint at abroad and home to his crime family in Jakarta only to find himself caught in a web of turmoil, treachery and violent upheaval. Reuniting with Taslim is action star Iko Uwais following their appearance together in Gareth Evans’s The Raid, along with Uwais and Tjahjanto’s Headshot cast, actress Julie Estelle and actors Sunny Pang and Zack Lee, and with Epy Kusandar, Hannah Al Rashid and […]

YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE Gets A New Trailer For Lynne Ramsay's Hit Crime Drama

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Director Lynne Ramsay hit a few high notes over the summer with her new thriller, You Were Never Here. Next to a seven-minute standing ovation, the film made noise in May competing for the Palme d’Or at Cannes and ultimately earned best sceeenplay and best actor with Joaquin Phoenix leading the tale inspired by Jonathan Ames’s 2013 novella. A missing teenage girl. A brutal and tormented enforcer on a rescue mission. Corrupt power and vengeance unleash a storm of violence that may lead to his awakening. Amazon Studios acquired U.S. rights to the film several months before the film launched its shoot last year. Its releases remain pending while the film is expected to open later this year in Europe. Phoenix is joined by Ekaterina Samsonov, Alessandro Nivola, Judith Roberts and John Doman. The official teaser arrived on Thursday in the months following teaser clips. Check it out below!

CHASING THE DRAGON: Donnie Yen And Andy Lau Debut Together In The First Teaser For The Upcoming Crime Thriller

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The wait period between now and the next time we see actor Donnie Yen in a full-fledged fighting role shouldn’t be too long. In the meantime, fans will soon get to watch as the acclaimed action star exhibits other dimensions to his craft here in a mild departure into more dramatic territory in upcoming crime thriller, Chasing The Dragon, which opens on September 28 in Hong Kong from Mega-Vision Pictures Limited. Wong shares the mantle with debut director Jason Kwan for the cinematic revival of Ng Sek-Ho (previously portrayed by actor Ray Lui in Poon Man-Kit’s seperate 1991 iteration, To Be Number One); Ng was an illegal immigrant who saw the rise of his criminal drug empire from the mid-1960’s and onward in British-ruled Hong Kong, ultimately earning the notorious nickname, Crippled Ho, from his skirmishes with other rivals. Celebrated actor Andy Lau reprises the role of corrupt lawman Lee […]

OPERATION FINALE: Isaac, Raz, Kingsley To Lead WWII Nazi Capture Tale

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At a time no less opportune for a film project to bring the evils of Nazism to light, actors Oscar Isaac and Lior Raz are set to lead upcoming drama, Operation Finale. The news comes just shy of two years since MGM opted for UK screenwriter Matthew Orton’s script with the goal of fast tracking its development, now targeting locations in Argentina for the start of production this Fall. Twilight Saga: New Moon helmer Chris Weitz is set to direct the film, aiming to echo tones similar to that of Ben Affleck’s Argo and Steven Spielberg’s 2005 thriller, Munich with its premise encircling the story of the team that captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Raz and Isaac will star in the respective roles of Mossad director Isser Harel who allows Peter Malkin to lead the Argentina mission to capture Eichmann, the latter to be performed by actor Ben Kingsley. via THR: […]

The U.S. Trailer For Miike Takashi’s BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL Arrives, Drenched In Blood, Body Parts And Brutalizing Fun!

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Celebrated director Miike Takashi has had a major year in film with several manga adaptations hitting festivals this year – two which saw official theatrical releases to high acclaim and fanfare. One of the two, Blade Of The Immortal, made its way to Japan cinemas back in April before hitting screens at Cannes and then Fantasia thereafter. Samurai Manji has taken a lot of lives, both innocent and guilty, and now lives life in feudal Japan as a criminal. After being cursed with immortality until he kills enough evil men, Manji meets a young girl who enlists him to be her body-guard. Swearing loyalty, protection and vengeance against the group of sword fighters who slaughtered her family, the unlikely duo set on a remarkable quest to make right against those who did them wrong. It’s been a big year for manga adaptations and will continue to be so for fans […]

Battle Erupts Within THE FORTRESS In The Newest Trailer

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At some point earlier on, an international trailer was unveiled for Hwang Dong-Hyuk’s new period war drama, Namhansangseon. Of course it helps now that its new title is The Fortress for said internarional appeal and while a date is still yet to be set, the latest trailer has arrived – Korean subbed, but plenty of excellent footage to delve into with Hwang’s fourth movie. The film is based on author Kim Hoon’s 2007 Hakgojae novel publication, set amid the warring 17th century Joseon era. Actor Park Hae-Il leads the cast as a King now under siege by Qing forces and forced into hiding in his moutain fortress where his two retainers, played bg Lee Byung-Hun and Kim Yun-Seok, both butt heads in their philosophies and ideals on how to deal with the Qing soliders; One wants to negotiate while the other wishes to fight head on. An epic deadlock ensues and […]

BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99: Get Your Dukes Up For The New Trailer For The S. Craig Zahler Action Thriller

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In a partnership so good that it’s spawned a second film together, the first pairing of Bone Tomahawk helmer S. Craig Zahler and actor Vince Vaughn is on deck for premieres in Venice and Toronto this season for Brawl In Cell Block 99. The official trailer finally unveiled on Tuesday with more info available at the official website for the upcoming Venice Film Festival which kicks off tomorrow. A former boxer named Bradley loses his job as an auto mechanic, and his troubled marriage is about to expire. At this crossroads in his life, he feels that he has no better option than to work for an old buddy as a drug courier. This vocation improves his situation until the terrible day that he finds himself in a gunfight between a group of police officers and his own ruthless allies. When the smoke clears, Bradley is badly hurt and thrown […]

KILLING GUNTHER: Lights, Camera, And Shenanigans In The First Trailer For The Action Comedy

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You know, if action star Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t such a consistently fun person to watch on camera, you would think his career hit a fever pitch and that he should just call it quits. His latest turnout with Taram Killam’s Killing Gunther serves us ample counterpoint on the matter with an equally fun character and premise to boot. Bobby Moynihan, Cobie Smulders, Hannah Simone, and Allison Tolman are among those joining the roster here as the film takes you on the journey of a camera crew hired at gunpoint by a ragtag team of assassins to take out the world’s most infamous hitman. The film is opening on Ultra VOD on September 22 before releasing in select theaters and on demand on October 20. Saban Films acquired the rights in July. Check out the trailer.

THE HIDDEN SWORD: Swords And Secrets Clash In The Stylish Trailer For Xu Haofeng’s New Martial Arts Epic

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Filmmaker and novelist, The Final Master helmer Xu Haofeng’s body of work is a catalog of fantastic and comprehensive martial arts cinema. His latest, The Hidden Sword aims to add to the succession with the consistency of the acclaimed helmer’s own added touch having worn multiple hats on set for his own previous work. Legendary kung fu cinema star, actor Chen Kuan Tai (Iron Monkey, Dragon Tiger Gate), reunites with our director for another offering inspired by his own literary work, setting in 1930’s China where an elderly sword maker’s skillset continues to attract the embattled, war-ridden outside world that once forced him and his family into hiding. A date is still pending for the film following Screendaily’s report in May of its acquisition by Distribution Workshop. Chen is joined by Huang Jue and Geng Le, actressses Summer Xu Qing and Chen Xia, and in reunion with fellow Xu cohort, The […]

THE HIT LIST: August 28, 2017

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I’m still in recovery mode and will likely be so for the next several days. I forgot that’s what happens when you have as much fun as I did for two nights in a row. Still, I had stuff ready for this week’s Hit List and I couldn’t help but finish it in time for you guys. Alas, the hits keep coming this week starting with a new batch of stunt reels featuring Fleur van Eeden, Veasna Keo, Ronin Skai, Meghan Koch, Joseph Roark, Brandon Recor, Deanna Page, Josh Brauer, Max Bojorquez, Emily Tung, Croy Tan, Fernando Huerto, and fight choreography favorite, David “Dax” Bauer. The finale hails from freerunner Aaron Burns with a 16-day montage of shots across five states for some inspirational parkour musings. Endulge! There’s wasn’t much in the way of promotion, initially… At least I thought so until I went online on Monday having spotted the first official […]

IRON PROTECTOR: Enter To Win Your Blu-Ray Copy Of Yue Song’s Latest Martial Arts Thriller From Well Go USA!

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*This contest has expired. Pre-Order Iron Protector On Blu-ray Today! While flawed in some aspects, Yue Song’s 2013 action drama, The King Of The Streets, if nothing else, was a daring display of the fledgeling actor and director in his element as actor and martial artist. The hype never fell short in the three years that followed as Song’s sophmore effort, Super Bodyguard, began its campaign ahead of its festival screenings prior to, and after opening in China. The film even gained reception in New York City’s cult Asian festival scene last year – something I would’ve liked to have attended but ultimately couldn’t. Thankfully the film is getting a proper U.S. rollout promising Asian film fans something to treat themselves with this Fall, now branded with the title, Iron Protector, for its September 5 release on Blu-Ray and Digital HD from Well Go USA. After the death of his […]

CRIME CITY: Don Lee Is All Smiles And Fists In The First Trailer

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Actor Don Lee (a.k.a. Ma Dong-Seok) is an absolute favorite of mine, especially after his performance in Train To Busan with Gong Yoo. He’s joined now by documentary filmmaker Kang Yoon-Seong whose narrative debut, Crime City, has arrived in fine, ripped-from-the-headlines crime comedy noir fashion. The four-year effort from Kang – inspired by a spate of arrests in 2007 – sees Lee and actor Yoon Kye-sang leading the story of a detective who struggles to bring down a crime ring in the Garibong neighborhood in Seoul comprised of Korean immigrants from China. Also starring are Inside Men co-star Jo Jae-yun and The King actor Choi Kwi-hwa for the film’s forthcoming release in October. Check out the first official trailer.

AMBER: Jack Jagodka Takes On London’s Best And Badass In The First Official Trailer

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The U.K.’s talent pool continues onward in bustling fashion as we approach the 25th installation of the Raindance Film Festival in September. Stuntman and freshman director David Newton aims to join the party accordingly now with his turn at the helm well on its way in the new thriller, Amber. Jack Jagodka follows up his own career in stunts for the chance of a debut lead role from Newton’s script that sees a London ex-hitman forced back into the game in order to save his daughter. Rounding out the cast are Kevin Mangar, Vanessa Coffey and Beau Fowler with Yolanda Lynes, Katrina Durden (Doctor Strange), Jean-Paul Ly (Jailbreak), Marcus Shakesheff (Kamikaze), and with actress Connie Jenkins-Grieg in the title role. The official trailer is out as of the weekend while tickets are now available for the film’s September 27 premiere at the Raindance Film Festival. Take a look!

FOOD FIGHTING IN BROOKLYN: An Evening With Tony Chu

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I’m currently reeling over a two-year gripe about a fan film as I’m writing this (and possibly as you’re reading this). However, I still have other things to do and as I continue to recover from my short-term rest from the night before, I wanted to share my latest experience this month with another individual I’ve come to love and respect over my years as a martial arts film fan and supporter of independent film and stunts. This gratitude comes in the wake of having met another member of legendary stunt group, Zero Gravity, by the name of Tony Chu. He currently resides in San Francisco with his wife and newborn daughter and while having experience and often collaborating from time to time with other stunt performers to film things, he’s a photographer by trade, and you can learn more about his work via his official website, TonyChuPhotography.com where he’s […]