andy long nguyen

BYE BYE RODNEY: Andy Long Nguyen’s Nostalgic Hong Kong Style Action Short Hits Hard!

I have a dream that one day Andy Long Nguyen will collaborate with another favorite creator of mine to make the dream throwback Hong Kong action opus. The idea has been replicated aplenty in Nguyen’s “Yellow Zone” short with Can Aydin, and with the “Tiger Cop” conceptual shorts from Maria Tran and Adrian Castro. I need this. It needs to happen, and I am almost certain I am not alone here. People know people, and frankly this is a thing that needs people who know people In the meantime, Nguyen, nowadays a core fixture in today’s Jackie Chan network of stunt and film proponents, knows other people too – people like Rodney Wong, Sefa Demirbas, and Marc Oberdorfer who’ve all come together for the first of a “Andy & Sefa’s Hong Kong Adventure” webseries with Bye Bye Rodney. It’s uploaded in 4K and cooks up to three minutes with all […]

The Kirby Brothers On Directing ACCIDENT MAN: HITMAN’S HOLIDAY

Matthew Essary

Brothers George and Harry Kirby just want to entertain fans of action on screen. The pair have done this by directing more than a dozen short films where the main focus is on action and, most importantly, fun. While they honed their craft with these films (and built a sizable online fanbase to boot), George Kirby steadily established a name for himself in the Hollywood stunt industry. His most high-profile work (so far) came as the fight coordinator on the 2021 blockbuster VENOM: LET THEIR BE CARNAGE but he has also been a stunt performer on such major films as ROUGE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, JUSTICE LEAGUE, and DOCTOR STRANGE. It was during the filming of DOCTOR STRANGE that the Kirby brothers first came to the attention of acclaimed British martial artist Scott Adkins. In them, Adkins found filmmakers with not only a strong visual style but ones […]

A Case For Better Action Movies: The Kirbys’ ACCIDENT MAN: HITMAN’S HOLIDAY Continues To Set The Standard

Lee B. Golden III

Four years after fighting for his life on the mean London streets and away from his former life at the once-flourishing Oasis, hitman-for-hire-turned-free agent “Miguel Fallonado” – otherwise known as the titular “Accident Man” himself, Mike Fallon (Scott Adkins), has since found himself on greener pastures making ends meet in the island country of Malta. With no friend or company other than the conveniently explosive and violent mannerisms of former waitress Siu-Ling (Sarah Chang) for his regular P.M.T. needs, it isn’t long before Fallon realizes his world is about to get just a little smaller with the appearance of fellow Oasis guild member Finicky Fred (Perry Benson), ensuing an informal reunion by way of an opportune, albeit tentative business partnership that also allows Fred to find his way to a love connection he met online. Just when things are going somewhat smoothly for the duo, Fallon and Fred are black-bagged […]

Scott Adkins talks ACCIDENT MAN: HITMAN’S HOLIDAY

Matthew Essary

Every new action film starring Scott Adkins is a reason to celebrate. The British actor and martial artist has long been one of the most reliable performers in the genre. Not only committed to delivering the best possible on-screen action with every new project despite any budget or schedule limitations, his “story first” mindset and dedication to the craft of acting are unparalleled among his action film contemporaries. This commitment to quality in all areas of production is readily apparent in his latest film ACCIDENT MAN: HITMAN’S HOLIDAY. This sequel to the 2018 action comedy ACCIDENT MAN, finds professional killer Mike Fallon forced to protect the insufferable heir to a powerful crime family from a series of increasingly outlandish assassins in order to save the life of an old friend who is being held captive by his charge’s vicious mob boss mother. This simple setup allows Adkins to show off his […]

PROJEKT ADLER: DIE ZEIT RENNT: Andy Long Nguyen And Salomon Wise Battle Mafia Goons And Nazi Mercs In The Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Four years in the making, and with a crew of just over seventy people during that period, in part, is what it took to manifest what we now know as writer/director Tamim Kaiwani’s new sci-fi action thriller, Projekt Adler: Die Zeit Rennt. I caught wind of this film sometime last year and tried to contact an individual close to it – that is, to no avail – which now leads to this latest catch-up effort on my end with KinoCheck’s exclusive trailer premiere from just a few weeks ago. Of course, the reason why it was on-and-off my radar for so long was due to the attachment of actor and avowed stunt professional and rising star Andy Long Nguyen. He’s been making a killing on both sides of the lens in the last several years since his CZ12 heyday, making headway as an elite member of Jackie Chan’s legendary stunt […]

Review: LUC VAN TIEN: KUNG FU WARRIOR Hustles Next-Generation Kung Fu Movie Muscle

Lee B. Golden III

Jackie Chan Stuntmen Association member and burgeoning action star, actor Andy Long Nguyen fulfilled a dream back in 2016 with the production of Vietnamese martial arts comedy, Lục Vân Tiên: Kung Fu Warrior. It’s a milestone achievement for Nguyen who has come a long way from his heyday in Pforzheim to becoming one of the most prolific and active members in his field today – a career path paved in part with inspiration from one of the genre’s greatest cinematic heroes. That notion gets extravagantly sprinkled throughout the film, shepherded by Hoang Phuc who shares numerous acting credits of his own including Clash, Hush and 2015 kung fu comedy, Kung Fu Pho. Intuitively, credits like these enough for an ample background for the kind of film Lục Vân Tiên: Kung Fu Warrior strives to be, albeit importantly with the aid of an inherently-devoted team of equally-aspiring stunt professionals – specifically […]

A Case For Better Action Movies…Or Why We Don’t Deserve Another Sequel After BOYKA: UNDISPUTED 4

Lee B. Golden III

Director Todor Chapkanov’s latest feature-length affair, Boyka: Undisputed 4, isn’t exactly the kind that would get the big screen treatment in North America. Elsewhere? Perhaps. Not so much here though, and it’s a shame as it was still a hope of mine that I shared as a theatergoer, albeit understandable with a limited number of screens at the least considering how rare it is to see martial arts movies these days, and of the caliber they bare in talent and content. I take this fact to mind in observing the career progression of martial arts star, actor Scott Adkins, once a stuntman and someone who has essentially woven himself into ample popularity as an action-capable actor, and with his biggest audience keen on major martial arts fanfare. It’s a succession that has not been easy – one plagued by the ever-continued proliferation of piracy that causes films like Adkins’s latest […]

THE HIT LIST: January 23, 2017

Lee B. Golden III

My weekend was loaded with work – I hope I can hold up this week! Goodness… Friday evening was fantastic though and I ended up using all of Saturday to write about it which you can read more on here. For all else, it’s time for the Hit List and we begin with another fine grouping of stunt action and training reels by some of today’s best and up-and-coming performers. Stacie Rathbone kicks things off nice and high with a mackin’ new reel of her own, as well as the Arkham Assassin himself, Spencer Mulligan, followed by reels from Michelle DeMond, Jerry Quill, the delightful Cheryl Lewis, Jeffrey Olynek, Adair Moran, Nate Ozeroff, Jared Beaulieu, Clancy Petersen, Rhys Williams and Tamas Haygo. Finshing out the playlist is none other than multifaceted action choreographer Vlad Rimburg whose craft has seen some great strides forward in recent years from independent action to mainstream projects overseas, […]

[UPDATED] LUC VAN TIEN: TUYET DINH KUNGFU: Andy Long Nguyen Debuts Martial Arts Action And Thrills In The Official Trailer!

Lee B. Golden III

From the start, martial artist and career stuntman Andy Long Nguyen’s two-and-a-half decade long journey has seen him round up a neat morsel of memories both off-set and on. He documented plenty of them in a tribute reel made for friends and fans of the work he performs in general, and humbly in the graces of his biggest collaborator, action cinema legend and film icon Jackie Chan. Nguyen discussed this and much more in our interview closing out 2016, in addition to his other goal which was to star as the lead in his own film. Such is the case with the new martial arts adventure comedy from director Hoàng Phúc titled Lục Vân Tiên: Tuyệt Đỉnh Kungfu, which sees Long as an ancient warrior on a trepidating search for his lost love – a search that ultimately ensues some full-fledged martial arts battles designed by Nguyen and an alluring […]

Dave Ardito’s PERCEPTION OF PEACE Spotlights Action, Drama And Global Turmoil In The First Teaser

Lee B. Golden III

German action cinema will be popping up on our radar quite a bit this year among other things, and with a talent base far from faint. Actor and stuntman Dave Ardito is one such example whose recent stunt performance credits include James McTeigue, as well as Mike Moeller actioners, Arena Of The Street Fighter and One Million K(l)icks, and after a small raft of shortfilm credits in the director’s chair, it wasn’t until around 2014 that the wheels began turning at Ardito’s production banner, Visioncreed, for their newest thriller, Perception Of Peace. Ardito leads the cast of the film from his own script which blends family drama and war themes with sprawling action depicting the tale of an American who sets out in search of his long lost brother by way of his diary amidst brewing global conflict and the rise of a supposed terrorist organization. Pia Grey is producing […]

THE HIT LIST: November 14, 2016

Lee B. Golden III

Things didn’t turn out too well for me over the weekend during the afterevents of the UASE in New York City on Saturday evening. Opportunities got cut short which pretty much undid any writing I would have liked to do, though it wasn’t a huge waste as I got to shake hands with one of the Expo’s attendees, stuntman Donald Tucker, which you can read about here. A minor, albeit fun memory to take with me into the years’ end wherein there will hopefully be more to discuss on the stunt and shortfilm end of things for business as usual here at Film Combat Syndicate, and with none other than The Hit List to help pick up the pace on some of the internet’s best, action packed stunt profiles, shortfilms and various projects by creative netizens alike. Revving things up for our stunt and training demo reel playlist is filmmaker […]

THE HIT LIST – May 9, 2016

Lee B. Golden III

My weekend wasn’t much. I haven’t had a chance to do much outside of work including going to the movies, but I did have sometime for other things… …One included finishing an anime series, and the other was completing this week’s latest round up of The Hit List. There’s a smaller number of projects this week – only a few to be exact, but there are some worthwhile throwbacks I’ll share in the mix for the time being, including a colossal reel attributed to Corey Yuen’s 1986 Hong Kong action classic, Righting Wrongs by Hong Kong stunt veteran and filmmaker Jude Poyer. The ensuing playlist beneath comes with the good graces of many of today’s amazing talents including Godefroy Ryckewaert, Khalid Ghajji, CC Weske, Adam Lytle, Mason Sharrow, Donald Brooks Jr. Christian Petersson, Nik Pelekai, Angele Caron, Erika Keck, international freerunning and martial arts stunt and film troupe Quiet Flame […]

THE HIT LIST – April 11, 2016

Lee B. Golden III

Greetings everyone, and welcome back to another installation of the Hit List. Lately I’m getting the feeling that the workload here is lightening up a bit – it feels like a bit of a sign that I may be running out of awesome shorts to share and I hope I’m wrong. At any rate, it’s a new week and we’re jamming with some great stuff now online, and we’re kicking things off as usual with a slightly smaller, but fantastic playlist of great stunt reels. First up is a video from a couple of guys behind the martial arts film fighting group, SG Action. Together, they’ve now moved on to something quite special for their own over in Leeds in the UK with the new multifunctional training facility, Level Up, and their latest minisampler highlighting Open Day from a few weeks ago is up and running. Note their official website […]

BOYKA: UNDISPUTED IV Wraps, Star Thanks His Fans, Cast And Crew, Talks Future Movies

Lee B. Golden III

Martial arts action cinema has seen a ton of glory in the field of film for many years with a multitude of memorable and iconic characters to lend credit to. One such role as of late has been actor Scott Adkins‘s delivery of born-again Russian mixed-martial arts champion, Uri Boyka, following two principle roles in the direct-to-video end of the Undisputed franchise, with the sequel and threequel in 2006 and 2010 respectively, from director Isaac Florentine. Clock into 2015 well long after the third film as fans remained sizzling with hope for another installment and fans evidently got their wish in late 2013 prior to principle photography earlier this summer, and no less with a meaty handful of top notch action actors from select parts of the world all congregating in Sofia, Bulgaria for the production of Boyka: Undisputed IV. Adkins and Florentine are reunited once more with co-star and […]

THE HIT LIST – April 6, 2015

Lee B. Golden III

My weekend was huge, and the week before it was pretty busy. Still, hell bent on maintaining new content as with every week, I’ve returned once more with the Hit List with all the usual bits of action gems you can enjoy. Let’s kick things off with a new fight reel from The Challenge Letter co-star, aussie actress Maria Tran followed by reels from Travis Wong, Duy Panouvic of Arcade Killers, Ryan Hunter, Maria Sova, Jerome Teague, Nnamdi Nwosa, Andrea Ross and the latest fight reel from Cinematic Fight Studio, with some more stuntin’ from freerunners Vlad Height and Lennon Shannon! Now let’s get fighting, and for this, we can thank creator and actor Noah Fleder upon the launch of his new channel, Force Storm Entertainment and the debut of its first project, Vlad Rimburg‘s new Star Wars fan short, The Betrayal! Kicking this next portion is the latest test […]