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The New Superbowl Spot For TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION Roars Online!

Superbowl viewers got a little treat over the weekend with the first footage from director Michael Bay‘s new film, Transformers: Age Of Extinction. Also of recent, while there are no details confirmed regarding the synopsis, recent reports may have offered a clue as to what the film may entail, which might include some spoilers expanded from a director’s quote last year about an Earth killed by “self-cannibalism” to a slightly more detailed plot outline with some possible spoilers that read as follows (consider yourself warned): “Four years after the Battle of Chicago, the government is using reverse-engineered leftover technology to build their own Transformers. Joshua (Stanley Tucci) is an arrogant designer who believes the Autobots are “pieces of junk” and creating his own robots is a form of art. He’s fills basically the same role as Agent Simmons (John Turturro) from the previous trilogy.  Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) is a […]

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Forget Keeping Calm And Watch The New Trailer For TENSION(S)!

Action fans who are familiar with the work of actor Louis Mandylor can expect a pretty exciting year with plenty of titles headed our way, including the latest new trailer for producer and director Vincent Lecrocq‘s new action packed hostage thriller, Tension(s). David Kinsman, Richard Roy Sutton and co-star, producer and fight choreographer Francois Mequer round out thw cast star with a screenplay by Sean Moussavi, and with a release date pending, we have a new trailer which you can check out below. SYNOPSIS: Jake Lamar (Louis Mandylor), an ex-negotiator, once pride of the Boston Police Department has now become the shadow of himself. A tragedy made him quit his job to become a rookie trainer. One early morning, Jake is taken hostage in his home by two mysterious masked men…  A psychological confrontation takes place while the kidnappers slowly reveal their plan to expose a political conspiracy and demand […]

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Genghis Khan Is Out For Blood In The New Trailer For KINGDOM OF CONQUERORS

Anyone up for some epic ancient 13th century swordplay action and thrills? Then Lionsgate has that covered this year, rebranding director Wang Ping‘s An End To Killing, to accomadate its upcoming North American release as Kingdom Of Conquerors. An epic production aided by the collaborative efforts of studios in China, Japan and Korea, Kingdom Of Conquerors made its domestic release overseas last year as the latest cinematic biopictoral telling of Mongolian warlord and ruler Genghis Khan, and now has a release date for the U.S. via press release, with plenty of details you can check out below. And of course, there’s a new trailer as well which you can check out at the bottom of the page. From a producer of Rain Fall and Battle of a Warrior, comes a new epic film about the rise of Mongol Emperor, Genghis Khan, as he builds an empire that spans most of Asia in Kingdom of […]

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EXCLUSIVE: New SKIN TRADE Set Photo Reveals New Cast Member

As the week moves forward with the continuing production of director Ekachai Uekrongtham‘s new international action thriller, Skin Trade, more and more pictures continue to go viral online, specifically through the social networking efforts of blockbuster action trio Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, and as of recent, Michael Jai White through their respective Facebook pages. Film Combat Syndicate has also gained the opportunity of sharing a few exclusive photos from time to time, and on Saturday, our exclusive coverage continues courtesy of producer Mike Selby with a new set photo at the top of the gallery below, featuring stars Jaa and White with fellow actor Leo Primerano who plays “Janko”. Set to release in 2015, Skin Trade is the latest pairing of Jaa and Lundgren in a story centered on a tough-as-nails detective whose journey to avenge his slain family leads him to Thailand, aided by a relentless detective to ultimately […]

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Film Of The Week: ABSTRACTION (2014)

SYNOPSIS: Tommy and Gary are criminals engaging in grand thefts in order to make ends meet. They are opportunists and have no fear. After a routine robbery goes awry, the friends are forced to put their criminal activity behind them. As Tommy’s relationship flourishes with his new girlfriend Scarlet, his economic hardships become obvious. Scarlet soon proposes a notion that will make all their money troubles vanish – the heist of a half a million dollar painting. With just a short window of opportunity, Tommy and Gary design an ambitious plan, one that will ultimately determine their fate. REVIEW: It’s been a while since I have been able to go to the movies enough to review anything on the site. However, I was recently offered a chance to screen director Prince Bagdasarian‘s latest multi-nominated, multi-award winning heist thriller, Abstraction, and I could not resist. It took a few weeks because […]

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The New Trailer For IRONCLAD 2: BATTLE FOR BLOOD Aims To Spill Lots Of It!

Fans of ultraviolent, explosive medieval swordplay action will have something to look forward to in 2014 with writer and director Johnathan English’s latest film, Ironclad 2: Battle For Blood. Set one year after the first film in 2011, English returns to repeat the success of his predecessor with co-writer Stephen McDool and its new cast, including Game Of Thrones actresses Michelle Fairly and Roxanne McKee with actor Danny Webb. Actors Tom Austen and Tom Rhys Harries round out the principle cast, with action sequences directed by 3 Days To Kill stunt coordinator Slavisa Ivanovic. Ironclad 2: Battle For Blood makes its way to UK cinemas beginning March 14, 2014 courtesy of Warner Bros. with dates expected for France (Metropolitan), Germany (Square One), Australia (Transmission), Benelux (Dutch Film Works), Canada (Mongrel), Japan (Nettai Museum), China (H.G.C. Entertainment), CIS and Baltic States (Zao West), Czech Republic & Slovakia (Bowline), Indonesia (PT Amero), […]

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Pain Runs Deep In The New Trailer For PUNCTURE WOUNDS

Lionsgate’s newest trailer has gone viral this week for the upcoming March 11, 2014 release of revenge action thriller, Puncture Wounds. The film has been a noted passion project for its lead action star, martial artist and MMA celebrity Cung Le for several years now since its earlier conception as its former title, A Certain Justice. To be honest though, the first title sounded like a better seller. In hindsight, however, the name change probably won’t affect the film’s delivery as a whole while action fans have yet another reason to enjoy action movies going into the new year, headlined by directors Giorgio Serafini and James Coyne. Pitched as a gritty cross between Rambo: First Blood and No Country For Old Men, Puncture Wounds stars Le as a former soldier with PTSD forced to arm himself once more against the Aryan Brotherhood to avenge his family. As with his 2012 […]

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Scott Adkins And Isaac Florentine Reunite For CLOSE RANGE!

Well, you know what they say: If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it! Nearly eleven years after pairing together for the direct-to-video/DVD 2003 martial arts action adventure war flick, Special Forces, premiere action filmmaker Isaac Florentine and martial arts action superstar Scott Adkins are preparing to team once more for a new action thriller in the form of Close Range, courtesy of Compound B. The film sees Adkins starring as Colton MacReady, a man left vulnerable by a corrupt sheriff and his men while cornered in his own ranch and forced to protect his family from a blood-thirsty drug cartel after rescuing his niece from their capture. The announcement comes on the heels of the successful fan support of the recently released Ninja: Shadow Of A Tear, and will mark their eighth team-up as lead actor and director on a film, accompanied by the latest announcement of Adkins‘ return to […]

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A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST Might Have You Die Laughing. Consider Yourself Warned!

Seth MacFarlane, the unapologetic creator of Fox Television’s Family Guy, and the director of the 2012 comedy, Ted doubles down on what he does best in his latest western action comedy, A Million Ways To Die In The West. And today, we have a trailer. And nope! Not just any trailer, but a RED-BAND trailer! So… yeah, this can only go one way. Watch below the synopsis and stay tuned as we lean near the film’s release date set for May 30, 2014! SYNOPSIS: Seth MacFarlane directs, produces, co-writes and plays the role of the cowardly sheep farmer Albert in A Million Ways to Die in the West.   After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man.  When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love.  But when her husband, a […]

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The New Shortfilm Trailer For YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, YOU CAN'T SEE ME Will Leave You Holding Your Nuts!

While director Awi Suryadi awaits his latest solo directorial offering in the upcoming Indonesian street racing actioner, Street Society, his latest partnership with co-director Dicky Fa will soon sail the winds of the internet with the release of the spectacular martial arts comedy shortfilm, You Can’t Hear Me, You Can’t See Me. Currently standing as a conceptual cinematic preamble to a hopefully much larger feature-length offering, the new shortfilm stars Andrew Suleiman and Verdy Bhawanta in a story of two friends, a blind soldier and a mute cat-burglar who are forced to fend off a small group of robe-wearing masked assailants bent on kidnapping their female host, a blind hipster songstress whose own music turns everything else off. Film Combat Syndicate previously had the pleasure to report on a private screener of the new shortfilm along with the public airing of some behind-the-scenes fight training footage illustrating some of the […]

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THE SMUGGLER Instateases New Footage!

Following the unveiling of five new stills for director R.L. Scott‘s upcoming action thriller, The Smuggler, a new viral Black And White Instagram teaser was prematurely leaked this week which you can now view below on YouTube, featuring split second glimpses of some of the film’s fight action and the grinding pavement as the lead character car, “Justine” revvs up. The film is the latest reunion of Scott and lead actor/executive producer Maurice Whitfield after last year’s production of the upcoming action crime drama, Call Me King, which releases later this year. In The Smuggler, Whitfield stars as Mason Luke, a world class smuggler who gets caught in the middle of a war between two powerful corporations while trying to smuggle a young woman named Alaina, (Alexis Miranda) into the United States. The film also stars actor Sam Puefua, who plays Aleki Sovo, a New Zealandian mercenary hired with the […]

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Filmmaker And Comic Book Legend Join Forces In The New Kickstarter For GHOST SOURCE ZERO!

Comic book artist and icon Larry Hama and independent filmmaker Mark Cheng are arming up for something big! Acclaimed visual effects artist, multifaceted independent filmmaker and Planet Nerd Rage Productions founder Mark Cheng is hitting the ground running this month with a brand new kickstarter launched to help conceive his latest labor of love, an epic science fiction cyberpunk found-footage-stylized film titled Ghost Source Zero. Designed as an original feature length episodic movie, the story is centered on an elite anti-cyber crimes unit as they chronicle their mission to stave off a brewing android revolution that could threaten mankind’s existence. Sounds fun right? Well, just ask famed comic book creator Larry Hama, best known for all the things fanboys have grown to know and love about comic books and pop culture, with such titles as G.I. Joe, X-Men and much more. As it stands, he is fully backing the project, […]

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The New Trailer For RE:SOLVE Whispers The Voice Of Terror!

Director Randy Ang is readying to deliver a first for Singaporean theatergoers with the country’s fresh new crime thriller, Re:Solve. And after building up the excitement with an explosive new teaser late last year, we now have a new poster and a full trailer for film’s domestic release set for February 27, 2014, courtesy of Red Action Entertainment & JF LENNON. Re:Solve stars Chris Lee, Mico Chang, Yuan Shuai, Jimmy Wong, Pamelyn Chee, Sunny Pang, Zheng Geping, Zhu Houren with Xiang Yun and Richard Low.  SYNOPSIS: Singapore’s first crime thriller follows Serious Crimes Unit Inspector Chen Shaoqiang (Chris Lee) as he tries to figure out a series of daring armed heists and seemingly unrelated murders. Shaoqiang must revisit his troubled past as a member of the elite Special Tactics Unit, after a botched raid seven years earlier that shattered the unity of his team, taking the life of his mentor […]

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Amy Johnston Lands The Lead In LADY BLOODFIGHT

It seems the production of the all-female underground martial arts action thriller, Lady Bloodsport, has undergone some changes in the past year since training began for the actresses slated to appear in it at the time. This week, the word now from the official Facebook page for Bey Logan’s production banner, B&E Productions states the film’s latest rebranding as Lady Bloodfight. And while further casting details will need some clarity, the film has officially aligned itself with the screenfighting stunt prowess of Raze co-star, actress Amy Johnston, who can currently be seen in Epic Rival’s first trailer for the fantasy martial arts action series, Clandestine. As per the benefits of being a viral internet sensation, the actress has gained a ton of notoriety from a simple demo test fight shot at a gym in California several years ago by the original creators of Clandestine over at Thousand Pounds Action Company […]

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The Gloves Come Off In The New Trailer For ARAGURE 2: ROPPONGI VS. SHIBUYA

Take the life of a gangster-turned-store owner who loves to fight, throw him in Japan’s underground fighting tournament and what do you get? Well, here, you get a ferocious sequel in director Hajime Gonno‘s newest film, Aragure 2: Roppongi VS. Shibuya. Following the events of the first film released earlier in 2013, Gonno returns to direct from a screenplay once again by Masao Ikegaya with several returning cast members, including lead actor Nobuyuki Suzuki with Yuya Endo and Shuhei Nogae. Also starring are actors Tamiyasu Cho, Shingo Kawaguchi and Shingo Mizusawa, actress Shizuka Nakamura and actor Hiroaki Kitami. The film bows in Japan on February 22, 2014. SYNOPSIS: Seiya (Nobuyuki Suzuki) of Roppongi works at a store in Shibuya which is run by his senior. He doesn’t get used to working there and dislikes his job. He’s also unable to fight which he enjoys. Seiya becomes stressed by his situation. He is then asked […]

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New Photos Kick Things Into Action On The Set Of SKIN TRADE!

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’)); Post by Tony Jaa Official. The official Facebook pages of blockbuster action heroes Tony Jaa and Dolph Lundgren continue to share a steady slate of still photos of the upcoming international action thriller, Skin Trade. The photos come as the film is expected to wrap soon with months of additional post production prior to the film’s expected 2015 release. Directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, Skin Trade is the latest pairing of Jaa and Lundgren in a story centered on a tough-as-nails detective whose journey to avenge his slain family leads him to Thailand, aided by a relentless detective to ultimately help put an end to a human trafficking ring. The film promises to deliver a fully-packaged quality action film equipped with a positive message, and […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Five New Stills From R.L. Scott's THE SMUGGLER

Director R.L. Scott is currently working to deliver his newest complete action crime drama, Call Me King, to a solid release date. In the meantime, Film Combat Syndicate is now unveiling five new exclusive still photos of his newest film, The Smuggler, which is currently in the middle of principal photography. The Smuggler stars reunites Scott with actor Maurice Whitfield who stars as Mason Luke, a world class smuggler who gets caught in the middle of a war between two powerful corporations while trying to smuggle a young woman named Alaina, (Alexis Miranda) into the United States. Whitfield can also be seen in a few of the stills below, including the still located second from the top with actor Sam Puefua, who plays Aleki Sovo, a New Zealandian mercenary hired with the task of killing Alaina, while faced with the conflictions of his own moral code respective to Luke’s. Scott […]

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UNLUCKY STARS Director Dennis Ruel Thanks Fans With New Footage!

It has been three years since Barrio Brawler co-star, actor, stuntman and multifaceted independent filmmaker Dennis Ruel began his journey into the semi-successfully crowdfunded production and subsequent principal photography of his upcoming feature-length action comedy adventure, Unlucky Stars. And this week, the team behind the long-awaited film has taken to their official Facebook page to officially announce picture lock prior to the final stages of post production before its entry into the film festival circuit later this year. Described as a homage to old school Hong Kong action comedy classics of the past, the film is a longstanding love letter to martial arts action cinema for a new generation of on-looking fans and aspiring performers. The film stars Ruel along with actor Ken Quitugua and will feature action choreography and performances from a wideranging list of some of today’s most prominent rising stars of the martial arts film genre and […]

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THE TRANSPORTER TV Series Delivers This Fall In North America

With a new film trilogy on the way, new reports are saying that Turner Broadcasting Company’s TNT has picked up both the first and second season of Atlantique Productions and QVC Inc.’s televised action series The Transporter. The first season of the series was announced in 2011 and filmed later in the year, prior to its select-airing the last two years in Germany, France and Canada with Cinemax ultimately backing out of the show’s North American distribution. Based on Europacorp’s longstanding blockbuster martial arts action epic trilogy with leading delivery man, actor Jason Statham, the television series here features actor Chris Vance for the lead role of Frank Martin along with Andrea Osvart, Delphine Chanéac and Charly Hübner rounding out the principle cast, with actor François Berléand reprising his role from the film trilogy as the relentless French inspector who often partners with Martin to take down the seedy criminal […]

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[UPDATED] Six New Videos Show New Footage And Take You Behind The Scenes Of ROBOCOP

New clips and BTS videos came out this week ahead of the upcoming release of director Jose Padilha‘s new film, Robocop. The film is currently geared for a 2D and IMAX release with actor Joel Kinnaman starring as the titular new breed of cybernetic law enforcement. Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle and Marianne Jean-Baptiste round out the cast with a North American release date for February 12, 2014. SYNOPSIS: In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years – and it’s meant billions for OmniCorp’s bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) – a loving husband, […]

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