SHEPHERD: A Reverent Tale Of Survival And Faith In Bryan Sloyer’s New Indie Action Short
Another one-off from FCS fave Bryan Sloyer!
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THE BOOK OF PERSEUS: Bryan Sloyer Pays Tribute To The Hughes Brothers’ 2010 Dystopian Epic
It feels like it’s been forever and a day since I wrote about Bryan Sloyer, which now brings us to The Book Of Perseus, the latest entry to his body of work as a stuntman and by all accounts, a filmmaker with a strong storytelling caliber and ethic. The short pays a great nod to The Hughes Brothers’ The Book Of Eli which starred Denzel Washington as a drifter backpacking through an apocalyptic wasteland, carrying a mysterious book that supposedly holds the answers to saving mankind. Sloyer also gives his account in the post-film credits of how the project came to pass, collaborating with actor and stunt performer Aaron D. Alexander to help bring the project to life, ultimately attributing it to his love for the film, as well as his faith. The short also features Caitlin Hutson, Zar Succarotte, and Brian Jansa.
THE BOOK OF PERSEUS Fan Film Trailer: Bryan Sloyer Teases Pensive Dystopian Action And Drama
As unfitting it might be to try and sequelize the Hughes Brothers’ 2010 dystopian action drama, The Book Of Eli, there are some things worth considering, particularly if you follow independent action. For this, looking at the latest trailer for Bryan Sloyer’s own shortform offering on Saturday with The Book Of Perseus lends an interesting reminder of the kind of pensive, provocative and deep allure he so often captures in some of his work, in his inherent capability to shoot narrative drama as well as action. And this especially ought to be a sight to see given the latter, with respect to Sloyer’s own trade in martial arts and ready to present his own inspired take on Denzel Washington’s own brooding, pugilistic drifter, driven with a purpose and armed with a killing instinct that doesn’t hold back. Actor/stunt performer Aaron D. Alexander is on hand here to help realize Sloyer’s […]
THE HIT LIST: December 9, 2019
With 2019 winding down, there’s only one more Hit List to go after this, and I am thoroughly impressed to see such amazing work going into the holidays. Nilly Masa Cetin is first in our usual jam-packed stunt reel playlist to kick off the December 9 installment and I certainly hope to see more of her on YouTube going forward. Paul Pedersen continues the playlist with his own reel followed by entries from Jonathan Henry, Rié Yoshida, Daniel Rivera, Caleb Evans, Mizziel Serra, Kevin Ku, Liam Bailey, Bronwyn Akhurst, Jordan Thoma, Dillon Burns, Lauren Pugh, Jason Lee Bell, Alex Bankier, Cami Wickenhauer, Justin Sysum and Yann Brouet, with a spectacular choreography and performance reel by Nop Brothers – Daren and David, and an extensive, highly warranted display of cinematic action, stunts and stunt coordination by Filipino heavy hitter Sonny Sison. The trailers are definitely where it’s at and first up, […]
THE HIT LIST: November 25, 2019
I had the explicit delight of reviewing a film this weekend called Gold Coast Lounge which opens locally in Ghana in January. That’s really all there was to my weekend except the usual offering of life’s headaches. I also got to put together this week’s installment of the Hit List and it’s the first of the final three for 2019, so I hope everyone out there will make it rain going into the holidays! Chelsea Goldsmith kicks off the usual raft of stunt and action reels followed by Alexis Meyenberg, Entony Ruscetta, Coledyn Garrow, Gelsey Laurie, Jeff Budner, Jason O’Halloran, Jorge Pereyra, Melissa Lara, Antoine Piquet, Tyler Tackett, Paxton Pregel, Fran Williams, Justin Fillings, Dizzle Korey, Kai Ferris, Bethany Curry, Simeon Freeman and Vic Plajas. The reel concludes with entries for stunt rigger Brett Copes, and fight coordinators Malay Kim and Dan Rizzuto. Trailers for Godefroy Ryckewaert’s The Collector, and […]
THE HIT LIST: September 16, 2019
The next installment of the Hit List is here for the week of September 16. I actually have to put my five-a-day together after this at some point so this will be a bit rough going between tasks, but hopefully I’ll manage. For now, Helena Laliberte kicks off this week’s rounds of stunts for The Hit List. Following that are entries featuring a raft of current and up-and-coming stunt performers like Talin Chat, Derek Henning, Gelsey Laurie, Paul Wilk, Eric Fuchs, Evelyn Osrio Vaccaro, Gabe Rios, Brian In, Beverly Provost, Parker Durant, Chase Del Rosario, Chelsea Goldsmith, Adam Sewell, Edward Bossert, Chloe Bruce, Chris Jones, Noah Batenhorst, Louise Fisk, Jamar Flower, Malcolm Washington and Brynn Knickle, with action legend Robert Samuels and a stellar new reel by David No. We’re junping into the fights and films column of The Hit List and for this, we begin with a small raft […]
petals. by Bryan Sloyer: A View To Remember In A Violent World
Next week will see a new installment of The Hit List, jam-packed as always with a continued stream of inspired action shortfilm from some of the best and most exciting creatives and stunt performers around the net. Stunt performer, choreographer and filmmaker Bryan Sloyer has been nothing short of fitting in those aspects in the years since I began covering him in 2014, growing his craft into something I can wholly deem as indicative that he’s ready to take on a bigger arena. His latest, styled as petals., builds up even more on this notion, delivering an emotively-driven story that mingles violent action as a co-star with the kind of poignance and heart he emits in his writing and imagery. Sloyer also appears with a primary cast of performers listing Caitlin Hutson, Justin Chang and Andrew Franklin with cinematography by Kyle Potter. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it […]
Hit List Heads-Up: Trailer For Bryan Sloyer’s ARTHUR
Independent filmmaker, career stunt performer and professional Bryan Sloyer has a direct penchant for delivering some of the most impactful, contemplative cinema in his shorts. With many of them choc-filled of the hearty and heavy fight kind, action fans would especially be wise to browse his channel and gain a window into his robust online repetoire. That’s where Arthur comes in, along with a trailer and whatever you may defer to from the footage it presents. No plot summary or general explanation needed, except all I and, really, anyone reading this should know is that Sloyer is somebody who is damn good at what he does. Otherwise I wouldn’t have spent the last five years touting him in The Hit List on here or at Screen Anarchy. Peep the Arthur teaser and someone… please get in touch with someone who can give this cat a proper feature directing debut. The […]
THE HIT LIST: December 10, 2018
Two more weeks until the holidays! Have you guys laid out Christmas plans yet? I have, and if I’m fortunate then they’ll mostly include sleep. Indeed, it’s another week and THAT means another installment of The Hit List, brimming with medleys of stunt and indie action talent from around the world. Rising action star Jean-Paul Ly (Jailbreak, upcoming Artemis Fowl) unveils his calling card with a new demo reel, followed by reels from Alexey Minaev, Milena Brewster, Ishigaki Shinji, Frank Alfano Jr., Alyson Pickett, Sebastian Andrade Heinatz, Drew Reade, Heidi Pascoe, Gene Freeman, Xanthia Marinelli, Ryan John, Wilson Sze, Camran Bostanabad, and Aaron Hakala. Time to promote some projects and the first of which comes from our own Nicholas Ortiz with an exclusive look at three stills from the next installment of Power Rangers: Unworthy. The first episode from Kamen Ramen and Ortiz’s Deviant Children banner arrived back in August […]
THE HIT LIST: August 20, 2018
El Chicano makes his way to THE HIT LIST this week amidst love, bullets, hip-hop, and center-ring drama!
Vigilante Thriller EL CHICANO Unleashed In A New Proof-Of-Concept Video
Ben Bray’s upcoming vigilante directorial debut thriller, EL CHICANO, now comes bookended with an exciting, brutal proof-of-concept that brings the pain!
THE HIT LIST: July 30, 2018
This week’s installment of The Hit List brings some stunning and inventive surprises…particularly if you’re a fan of 8-bit game lore, kung fu, power rangers and Johnny Cash. You read that last one correctly!
THE HIT LIST: January 22, 2018
Putting this particular Hit List together became a little more fruitful than expect. Thus, expect this one to finish off deliciously with an explosive finale that will garner much of your respect and fandom. Top: Dan Carter, Caitlin Hutson, Nik Pelekai, Katie O’Donovan, Felix King Bottom (L to R): Nicole Marines, Pip Anderson, Mike Carr, Kai Young, Shai DeBroux To start, as always, we have stunt reels to share to kick off this week’s entries and with none other than Caitlin Hutson straight blasting away followed by the stellar feats of German action actor Felix Fukuyoshi, Coulton Jackson, Katie O’Donovan, Kamen Casey, Nik Pelekai, Jen Bennett, Craig Putnam, Tully Bertorelli, Nicole Marines, Jim Sinclair, Shinji Ishigaki, Judit Szvia, Dallas Hille, Yannick Ghanty, Rochelle Okoye, Reon Van Der Watt, Blake Lindsell, Laura Sutton and Pip Anderson, and Ramazan Bulut’s latest work reel from Bullet Action Design out of Germany! As far […]
THE HIT LIST: November 6, 2017
It’s definitely been a busy start to my November, but I can’t complain too much. Festival news has been rolling out with some great updates and I’m looking forward to doing something awesome later this week which should make for a wonderful little bookmark for my 2017. As for all else, The Hit List has arrived and you are more than welcome to take your time with this seven hour and fifty-minute adventure of indie action creative fervor and stunt excellence. I seriously did not see this coming and I’ll explain why later. ? At any rate, we begin with a brand new list of entertaining stunt reel, first of which comes from Ryan Glass over at wakeuptoryan with a lovely new video featuring stuntwoman and martial artist Caitlin Hutson. (More on Glass later!…) Rounding out the playlist is a raft of stunt reels courtesy of Wei Jen Lee, Nikki […]
THE HIT LIST: September 18, 2017
I did a lot of work this weekend. So, don’t be surprised if things slow down a bit for me this week. At best, I might be able to pace myself and keep going but a little me-time also suffices. For now, at least you have this week’s installment of the Hit List to relieve your boredom. Demos, goods to promote and much more are on the way starting with a fresh new batch of stunt and training reels ripe with great talent featuring Saidqua Bynum, Dan Mast, Evelyn Osorio Vacaro, Brandon Ly, Hong Berghof (more on her later), Tim Storms, Dina Cataldi, Clancy Petersen, Katie Schwartz, Taylor Castriota, Carlton Hoyles, Sia Alipour, and a 2017 reel celebrating progress over at New York’s Breakfall Studios. Moving forward, we have two new items to help push, and we start the most recent poster debut for actress and martial artist Bridger Fox’s latest […]
THE HIT LIST: September 11, 2017
My weekend was slow, but unnecessarily relaxing. Part of it included getting the prizes ready from our recent Blu-Ray giveaways for Iron Protector and The Prison and the latter contest ends in a matter of hours… I’m JUST saying… By the by, the Hit List is back and fashioning another round of great stunt reels and some of today’s best in independent online action. Caitlin Hutson jumpstarts the week with her latest parkour reel followed by actor Tien Hoang brandishing some sharp weaponry in his new training demo. Rounding out this segment are reels courtesy of Aaron Hawley, Kaiser Tin-U, Lloyd Pitts, Justin Yu, Chase Penny and Spidey Turner, and choreography reels by Indonesia-based Ultimate Stunt Fighter, and Atlanta’s own J.A. Crooms. Enjoy! The weekend didn’t bring much to offer in promotional materials, but I’m pretty certain Zack Snyder had that covered by Monday. The man helping to bring DC’s […]
THE HIT LIST: June 26, 2017
Well guys, my hiatus was a brief but fair one. It was a necessary breather to help recoup from the workload and best part about all this is that people are still creating! So yeah, that’s a nice thing to come back to. That’s what The Hit List is for and I’ve found (and have also been sent) some GREAT stuff to share this week. It’s also a lot to unpack so without further ado, the stunt reels are up first as always and we begin with Amy Sturdivant‘s most recent Vimeo upload. I meant to share hers before going on break but YouTube parameters were a factor and Vimeo was the only option left. So, better late than never, and with a demo reel as substantive as this being all the more reason worth sharing. Following that is a playlist ripe with awesome stunt and action demos by Francis […]
THE HIT LIST: June 5, 2017
The past several days may have seen a slump of news. I admit, I kind of enjoyed it as I needed a bit of a breather. Best of all is I finally had a little time over the weekend to start watching Sense8 to see what the fuss is about and… …I’ll be sure to give my feedback in a future post if I catch the writing bug by then. For now though, it’s time for this site to do what it does most prominently on Monday nights and with this week’s installment of the Hit List. Staff boss and Canadian alpha Catwoman Michelle C. Smith fires things up with her latest reel followed by a raft of stunt and training reels from some of today’s rising talents: Eugenia Guryleva, Caleb Spillyards, Anthony Javier, Jordan Davis, Tyson Arner, Meghan Whitfield (that makes two weeks in a row!), Dave Cutler, fellow […]
THE HIT LIST: March 27, 2017
Welcome back to another installment of The Hit List! Nope, no sponsors, no commercial breaks, just me, you, and the creatives out here putting their craft on display for the world, and there’s a lot to cover so let’s get to it! As always we start with a playlist of meaty action and stunt training reels and the first comes from actor, martial artist and stuntman Marcus Shakesheff who has been immersing himself into filmmaking for a few years now. Having established a milestone in Wales with the first Welsh martial arts action pic, Kamikaze, he’s been staying sharp on his own YouTube channel with a slate of videos including his latest kicking reel which kicks things off rightly in the playlist below (more on him later). Following that are reels by Deanna Page, Vonzell Carter, Troy “Taz” Castaneda, Katie Schwartz, Yarett Harper, William Rodriguez and rising star actress and stuntwoman Natascha Hopkins, […]
THE HIT LIST: December 19, 2016
Welcome to the last Hit List of 2016 before I take my fat butt away from my phone a bit more to enjoy life around me some. Indeed it’ll be at home through Christmas and New Year’s Eve at least until my cough dissipates…It’s not how I wanted to go out this year but… oh well… Wish me luck! Moving on to the business of things here, we’re starting things off via Vimeo exclusive with a new reel by acclaimed author, stuntman, stunt coordinator and venerable cinematic fight coordinator John Kreng (Battle B-Boy, Paying Mr. Getty), whose newest reel is a litany of highlights from various interviews, documentaries and television work showcasing his knowledge and wisdom on stunts, stunt equipment, Bruce Lee and Jet Li and more. From there, we keep the business going with the latest in action, stunt and choreography reels, kicking off our playlist with Hayden Lam, […]
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