Streaming Sleepers: Bren Foster’s LIFE AFTER FIGHTING Fights On Via Tubi!
I can say with full certainty that actor and filmmaker Bren Foster’s new movie, Life After Fighting, is one of this year’s best watches among the martial arts fandom. And, plenty would agree. The film opened in the U.S. on digital over the summer and enjoyed festive screenings for select audiences in the U.S. as well as locally in Australia where Foster is based.
The action-packed drama sets off when an ex-champion-turned-teacher is forced to confront a chilling revelation in his neighborhood when two of his students go missing. The story intensifies well into the second half when our hero finds himself confronting the odds, turning his school into ground zero for the ultimate battle against a small army of child traffickers.
Crucial to its success, in my view at least, is the heightened drama that sets in when the stakes are raised. The tangible subject matter is easily something anyone could get behind, and the best part is that it doesn’t come cuffed with the all too familiar stench of fringe politicization and malfeasance that now plagues almost any discourse anywhere, particularly in film.
Add to the fact that the screenfighting action and stunts are some of the best fans will see this year, and you’re in for two hours of exciting martial arts action, drama, and thrills that aptly bolster with entertainment and an essential message to boot. Fans keen on owning physical copies of it will find plenty over at the Retro Gold website on Blu-Ray with all the trimmings unless they’ve sold out, and I honestly have no idea when or if a U.S. banner will take the wheel and market some of these puppies to us with Region A coding. Lord knows I’m dying for one.
For those of you who are preferential to streaming in the U.S., you can currently find the film on FAST platform Tubi.