NIGHT SHIFT: Hong Kong Action Noir Lights Up The Streets Of Saigon In Lorenz Hideyoshi’s New Short!
“Dedicated to the golden era of HK Action Cinema.”
Andy Long
Scott Adkins talks ACCIDENT MAN: HITMAN’S HOLIDAY
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 […]
Review: LUC VAN TIEN: KUNG FU WARRIOR Hustles Next-Generation Kung Fu Movie Muscle
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 […]
THE HIT LIST: January 29, 2018
My weekend was brutal. Very. Thankfully I managed to muscle through in time with at least one of several reviews and another on the way. Top (L to R): Marie Marolle, Chris Romrell, Li Jing, Andy Long, Ilana Collins Bottom (L to R): Alex Lopoka, Max Huang, Sophie Cook, Michael DeCamp, Haga Akihiro The Hit List, quite the task in and of itself, is still a priority and all for everyone’s enjoyment, as well as my way of showing some of these amazing cats my own appreciation. That includes stuntwoman Marie Marolle out of Montreal and currently based in London or wherever in the world her career takes her next. I had a wee chat with hr lare last week and I’d say she’s pretty much one of the biggest highlights of my month thusfar. Indeedy, Ms. Marolle goes first in the stunt reel playlist to kick off this week’s […]
THE HIT LIST: January 8, 2018
Frankly, I was getting used to being away for so long that I thought about foregoing The Hit List another week into the new year. Then I realized all these reels, practice fights and shorts that were emerging as I was collecting them were piling up on me and…well… I guess now its time to relieve myself some ?. Top: Tanja Keller, Eric Watson, Sherry Rene, Tanguy Guinchard, Acei Martin Bottom: Arman Ansari, Ryan Carr, Nathan Peoples, Samantha J. MacDonald, Stephen Koepfer Alas, it’s 2018 on the evening of Monday, January 8 as of this post, thus, signaling the return of our aforementioned weekly column of said contents giving way to an audience for some of today’s top stunt performers and creatives. First up is a prime offering of two Vimeo uploads by stunt professionals, actress Tanja Keller and stuntman Paul Varacchi. The stunt hits continue via YouTube playlist starting with Jackie […]
THE HIT LIST: October 9, 2017
As we speak, I am completely overwhelmed and ecstatic with what I just saw over the past week and this weekend. Sadly none of it includes what happened at New York Comic Con since I couldn’t go but I had plenty to keep busy with. I’m also hugely thankful to Chicago stuntmen and podcast hosts Ryan Carr and Bob Beck over at The Ryan Carr Show for plugging in our site as part of their ceremonial launch of season two for their hit talk series! Speaking of which, there is a LOT to cover for this week’s installment of Hit List starting with actress, martial artist and fight choreographer Diana Lee Inosanto following her most recent stint on Dr. Phil. We follow that up with Martial Club’s own Daniel Mah and more stunt and training action courtesy of David Russell Graham, Meghan Koch, Justin Jones, Jonathen Pantera Wallace, Emily Tung, […]
[UPDATED] LUC VAN TIEN: TUYET DINH KUNGFU: Andy Long Nguyen Debuts Martial Arts Action And Thrills In The Official Trailer!
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 […]
THE HIT LIST: January 9, 2017
I don’t know about some of you but my new year already had a few stumbles in its first week. Granted we still have about 355 days left of the year as we are now fifty-one weeks in, and the internet is ripe with action-packed content ready to share, thus commencing the return of The Hit List – our weekly column in which we boost some of the best and impressive videos showcasing stunts, demos, test fights, trailers and complete, independently-produced shortfilms that live up to the task of delivering great storytelling and action. If you’ve been with us at all in the last two years since this column of Film Combat Syndicate began, you know how this script goes. However, if this is your first rodeo, hopefully you’ve got some time to kill. As always, our first playlist comes jam-packed with terrific stunt and demo reels from today’s talented […]
AT LONG LAST: An Interview With Andy Long
2016 has seen its fair share of stumbles for me, particularly in the interview department seeing as how I didn’t get to reach as many people as I wanted to. This was one of the grievances I aired in my year four piece from a few weeks ago, and interestingly enough, things still took quite a turn for me following the teaser announcement of a new reel by a stunt performer and martial artist whose career growth now lends him the prominence that I among dozens of others can truly assert that he deserves. That stated, I was never personally well acquainted with Andy Long until around my first or second year as a writer here at Film Combat Syndicate. However, the work he’s amassed and contributed to the genre and the people of his field makes him one of the most sought after people to date for a guy […]