‘HOURS’ ROLLING: An Interview With ADMIRAL Director Roel Reine
The name, Roel Reine, appeared on my radar about seven years ago when I stumbled onto a review of the recently released The Marine 2. The only thing that surprised me more than someone feeling the need to make a sequel to The Marine (there are now 3 sequels!) was that the review was actually positive; possibly even more positive than reviews of the first film. A lot of credit was heaped onto the film’s director, who had also directed a surprisingly decent Steven Seagal DTV actioner, Pistol Whipped. Over the years, Roel’s name would come up regularly, often in conjunction with a DTV sequel that was leagues better than it had any right to be: Death Race 2 and 3, Scorpion King 3 and 4, The Man with the Iron Fists 2, etc. When I found out he would be directing a sequel to the John Woo cult classic, […]