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THE SIEGE Review: Daniel Stisen’s Latest Ode To 90s Action Nostalgia Holds The Fort
The Siege opens in theatres Friday, March 10, followed by Digital and On Demand rollouts on March 14. Two years after making headway with his first major attempt in feature lead roles with Last Man Down, actor Daniel Stisen returns to us in familiar form with The Siege which marks a switch in gears for Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop helmer Brad Watson. The film also features a cast that’s familiar with this platform, namely Black Widow co-star Lauren Okadigbo who has largely been on my radar in stunts per my coverage in The Hit List in the last decade, as well as actor Phillip Ray Tommy who I’ve cast an occasional spotlight on for a number of his work in short films. Full disclosure is warranted here as it was Tommy who at one point connected me with Stisen for an interview prior to his coming out party […]
ENGLISH DOGS IN BANGKOK Trailer: Ron Smoorenburg And Byron Gibson Lay Waste To Baddies In Thailand
Action cinema junkies will have plenty of time before Green Apple Entertainment unleashes Taffy Edwards’s new gangster flick, English Dogs In Bangkok (or English Dogs according to the official U.S. trailer above), this August. An exact date remains pending for the film which has Ron Smoorenburg commanding things on the action front next to Mark Stas, and featuring Byron Gibson front and center to lead the tale. In the streets of Thailand, a trail of destruction and mayhem ensues when a notorious soldier (Byron Gibson) and criminal kickboxer (Ron Smoorenburg) join forces to become the biggest illegal steroid supplier in Asia. Also starring are Eoin O’Brien, David Blazejko, Damian Mavis, David Gadsby and Dean Alexandrou.
ENGLISH DOGS: Drugs, Clubs And Ron Smoorenberg As A Badass Crimeboss In The First NSFW Trailer
Well this is spiffy. Who Taffy Edwards is remains a mystery while said individual sits in the directors chair for upcoming independent crime pic, English Dogs. The film is set to arrive sometime this year and has Time Rush actors Byron Gibson (Only God Forgives) and martial arts sensation, action actor Ron Smoorenberg (Asura) leading the cast. Plot details are nil as things stand, save for what we can extrapolate from the official trailer that premiered on Wednesday in addition to the film’s doughty tagline: “There are 340 breeds of Dogs on the Planet but there can only be one Alpha”. And that’s about all we got to work with along with what the trailer offers in its ambitious British gangster tropes with Thailand as the backdrop, and watching Gibson throwdown along with shots of Smoorenberg in his element on top of chewing some scenery as a crimeboss, which is […]
Review: Silent But Deadly, BRUTAL: A TASTE OF VIOLENCE Is An Acquired One
Freerunning extraordinare and actor David Belle is someone, in all certainty, I can vouch for when it comes to film and TV talent. I do profess, however, that it has been a little frustrating seeing him between phases of his career – at one point he’s leading a hit film and its sequel and at another, he’s being pigeonholed into smaller roles. I expected more than this after first catching him in action for the first time in Pierre Morel’s Banlieue 13 (not so much so in that film’s sorely, and poorly mishandled 2015 remake, Brick Mansions). At best, one can hope that this particular phase changes as Belle moves onward with his career prospects, especially after spotting two trailers last year, one being for concept project called Jaya which also featured actor and late martial arts star Darren Shahlavi at the time. The other, Brutal: A Taste Of Violence, […]
VoD REVIEW: TIME RUSH (2016)
I’m not at all familiar with director Daniel Zirilli’s repetoire, but I’m always keen on a filmmaker’s endeavors when it comes to tapping into martial arts stunt talent. So goes his latest venture with stuntman, filmmaker and producer, actor Dean Alexandrou who caught my attention as early as 2013 with his impressive 2010 award-winning shortfilm, Dohard. It’s little moments like this that keep me on the edge of my seat and wanting more, and just a few years later, we now have his latest pairing with Zirilli for the new thriller, Time Rush, showcasing an otherwise worthy experiment in independent film with some terrific moments…as well as some not-so-terrific ones. Indeed, this film is pretty damn ambitious at times, but it lacks aplenty in quite a few technical areas, including audio and continuity – the latter attributed largely to the film’s guerilla characteristics, including moments where guns are blazing in […]
David Belle Returns In The New Studio + Series, BRUTAL: A TASTE OF VIOLENCE. Watch The Trailer!
Actor, stuntman and parkour extraordinare David Belle has been an outstanding talent for many years now since breaking out with a lead role next to French action talent Cyril Raffaelli in Pierre Morel’s 2004 hit, Banlieue 13 and its Ultimatum sequel. He’s also popped up in a few titles thereafter with credits on both sides of the camera in Babylon A.D. and coordinating stunts in Oliver Megaton’s assassin thriller, Colombiana which is currently up for a sequel (he’s also been my personal pick for a hopeful spot as the lead for Fox’s Gambit movie – though I’ve learned to accept its current star if the film happens at all). So, with a resumé that’s nothing short of ripe and impressive, Belle has also been rare to hear from and only now are we starting to finally see his name make the rounds once more with projects that have been brewing […]
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