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BIG BROTHER

BIG BROTHER Giveaway: Win A Free Copy Of Well Go USA’s New Donnie Yen Action Drama

Fellow film cohort Cesar Alejandro Jr. over at Filmsmash is teaming up with Film Combat Syndicate, and inviting readers to compete for a free copy of Well Go USA’s forthcoming Blu-Ray release, director Kam Ka Wai’s Big Brother, starring Donnie Yen. The film, a coming of age action drama starring Donnie Yen as a newly hired teacher faced with a beleaguered school, students embroiled in personal troubles, and an unyielding gangster who shares his past, is currently available on VoD as of last month and will roll out on Blu-ray & DVD May 21. Martial arts legend Donnie Yen stars as a former soldier recruited for his toughest mission yet – teaching a class of teen delinquents. As he kicks his way into their school and home lives, it becomes clear that his unconventional teaching style might be just what they need. The contest expires on Sunday, May 19, at11:59 […]

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Well Go USA Picks Up BIG BROTHER For North American Theatrical Release

And like a phoenix, Well Go USA rises to save your summer’s nearing end with the official U.S. trailer for Donnie Yen‘s new August 31 release, Big Brother. He’s got a few more down the pipeline including his current role in Niki Caro’s Mulan adaptation while we all hope to hear more on his latest attachment to Sleeping Dogs and Enter The Fat Dragon among others. In the meantime, Big Brother seems like a feasible and worthwhile few hours at the movies, especially after finishing its world premiere run at Fantasia Festival, whose Chu King-Wei programmed it as so: The high school is in crisis, the students are underperforming and preoccupied with non- academic activities. Mr. Chen, aka Big Brother, a teacher with rather rusty writing skills but armed with the most knowledgeable fists and heart of steel, comes to enlighten and inspire the students with his unconventional teaching methods. […]

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BIG BROTHER: Donnie Yen Faces A New Battlefront In The Official Trailer

Donnie Yen, without question, has had his work cut out for him as of late. Nonetheless committed to not letting his fans down for another few years, his latest, Kam Kar-Wai’s Big Brother stands to gain plentily for the martial arts movie crowd and now with a full trailer that lays in with all the Donnie Yen-style-fuck-you-up-ness that audiences may get a thrill out of. All that stems from a story that tells of a former solider-turned-school teacher who otherwise applies an unorthodox methods of reaching out to his students – and juding by the trailer, often in ways that forces him to punch some faces along the way no matter to the contrary. Yen toplines the action here as well and with a cast that partly includes actress Joe Chan, upcoming Unbreakable Spirit co-star Ray Lui and actor and Yen cohort Yu Kang for an August release. Check out […]

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BIG BROTHER: Donnie Yen Leads The Rollcall In The First Official Teaser

I think it’s safe to say that Donnie Yen is gonna crowd a LOT of fanboys this week. He’s got numerous projects simmering and brewing in production or development and director Kam Kar-Wai’s latest, Big Brother, will certainly be one of them upon its release. Hong Kong’s Mega-Vision Project Workshop announced the film at Filmart on Monday with Yen starring as Chan, a high school teacher who must apply his unconventional methods to get through his students, as well as face the unsavory past that haunts him. Yen is joined by Jess Liaudin who plays the menacing taxi driver in Julien Seri’s Night Fare next to Boyka: Undisputed villain Brahim Acchabkhe, as well as Craig Miller of The Brothers Grimsby fame and Tanigaki Kenji serving up the fight action with a release currently pending. Much focus on the narrative will be on the educational aspects and backdrop overall as Yen […]

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FIVE-A-DAY ROUND-UP: Kill Order, Luc Van Tien, Assassins And The Missing Gold, S.P.L.: Paradox, Big Brother

Going into 2018 and save for any number of major or significant action movie titles we might remember, we’re going to need a bit of a refresher. Thus, we’re topping off our inductory countdown of five-a-day titles a week totaling 100 to make note of through next year, and of course, you are more than welcome to add to the list whatever title in mind you see fit in the comments below or on our fanpage! Five years in and now rolling out with some unworthy reviews including our own, Canadian stunt and film troupe, Team 2X, is proudly appealing to the masses with their debut effort, Kill Order. Members, stunt coordinator James Mark debuts at the helm with brother Chris Mark starring as the troubled embodiment of a horrific experiment that awakens a set of superhuman fighting skills in time to fend off entire SWAT units and hordes of […]

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