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Actor and filmmaker Tom Getty has been slowly ramping up his newly completed independent action feature, Rising Fear, for home release. It’s not hugely budgeted, but the film certainly plays its cards right, hitting the right notes hard enough in many areas to live up to its ambitions both in acting, as well as intensity and spectacle. For what it’s worth, it’s the kind of the film almost any filmmaker can, and should, appreciate, as does fellow independent filmmaker and Film Combat Syndicate contributor James Couche who had the following to say in his review back in March: Oftentimes, indie action films are notorious for their slow pacing and lack of energy. Any concerns about this movie’s pace are shattered within the first five minutes. Rising Fear’s plot is like the bus from Speed; it hits 50mph early on and NEVER slows down after that. The film never stops moving and the hyper-caffeinated, […]

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As stagnant as independent productions can go, it’s always rewarding to see them come to fruition and especially in the good company of a well-knit trailer. This is pretty much where Pennsylvania-based Acrolight Pictures comes in with actor Tom Getty wearing several hats for his fourth and latest feature film, Rising Fear, and on the cusp of a new year with four years in the making, he’s got a fantastic new trailer that speaks heavily to many of the tropes one can appreciate from a good espionage action thriller. SYNOPSIS: When a former marine is framed for a deadly terrorist bombing, he must track down the mastermind behind the plot. But soon he discovers an even deadlier conspiracy that threatens the nation. One that will force him to choose between the freedom of millions, and his own survival. There’s no release date although I suspect exclusive screenings may be in […]

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