THE TIGER Sees Red In The Official Trailer For The New Martial Arts Thriller!
The film bows for #JAFF2025 next month!
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THE TIGER Unleashes The Beast In The Teaser For The New Martial Arts Drama
Cecep Arif Rahman and Epy Kusnandar star in the new film coming to JAFF 2025!
Witness The Birth Of A New Hero In The Official Trailer For SATRIA DEWA: GATOTKACA!
February marked a first for the long-awaited adaptation of Indonesian superhero adventure, Satria Dewa: Gatotkaca, launching a brief teaser filled with high-flying feats and intensity introducing actor Rizky Nazar for the title role. The Hanung Bramantyo-directed film, which is aiming as the first of a slate of films based on the Indonesian comic IP created by Rene Ishak, now has a first full trailer that dives deep into the thrills that audiences await. A young Indonesian man named Yuda learns the shocking truth that he is the heir apparant to extraordinary powers and part of a long line of warriors raged in a war between good and evil that could tear our world apart. Yuda must embrace his destiny and fight the forces of evil, lead by Aswatama, a Kurawa warrior with plans to destroy the world as we know it and plunge mankind into an eternity of darkness. Satria […]
Fight Scene Faves: A Short List Of Memorable Fight Scene Moments In Film
Years ago, I became obsessed with listing my “top-tens” or “fives” in final fight scenes. There was a UK website that produced such lists and for their final fight scene list, it bothered me for the longest time that it never had the one featured in Drive between Mark Dacascos and Masaya Kato, so you can imagine how fulfilled I felt when the page loaded and I finally saw it listed. That website has long since disappeared, but the practice of listing fight faves stands strong among the action genre fandom to this day. Thus, I felt compelled to just list my own top ten in final fight scenes just to feel it out some and see what folks think. For this, I applied several factors into this analysis; While choreography and cinematography are both important elements, I made other deductions as well which include the scene’s connection to the […]
PATRIOT: SELAMATKAN INDONESIA Trailer Launches For Jaymes Riyanto’s Spectacular New Superhero Action Short
Just thought I’d catch up for all those currently initiated with obscure Asian film lore. This one, Patriot: Selamatkan Indonesia, is a humble superhero action thriller only in short form but nonetheless boasts an assuring concept between its July teaser as well as its first-look stills currently floating around on social media. The official trailer is now here though, and more than enough to help us make do until it releases somewhere at some point. Jaymes Riyanto is starring and directing the pic in the title character, based the book “Operation Sandi Yudha” by retired general A.M. Hendropriyono, and is currently intended as a proof-of-concept for a larger project that will hopefully manifest in due time. Jonni Huang, a descendant soldier who has just found his identity through Islam, faces a tragedy that makes him have to deal with a terrorist network, the Jahiliyah Alliance. Patriot, a super soldier developed […]
PATRIOT: SELAMATKAN INDONESIA Teaser: Cecep Arif Rahman Returns In New Epic Superhero Short Coming Soon
The undoubtedly gargantuan task of manifesting an entire cinematic universe is never easy, with Indonesia’s previously-announced aspirations for the Bumilangit Cinematic Universe serving up to be quite the task. The good news is Joko Anwar’s 2019 film, Gundala, helped get the ball rolling, which now brings us to (what looks like) an unrelated endeavor in the form of upcoming shortfilm, Patriot: Selamatkan Indonesia, which has since launched a teaser as of late July. Starring Jaymes Riyanto (writer and producer of Ajari Aku Islam) who is also directing from his own script, Patriot: Selamatkan Indonesia hails from RA Pictures and Royal Sumatra Group subsidiary, Royal Pictures, and is based on the writings of retired general, AM Hendropriyono, and is set to be the precursor for a much larger film production down the line. It centers on a Chinese-Islamic solider forced to come to terms with the extremist demographics of his believes […]
‘John Wick 3’ Actors Yayan Ruhian And Cecep Rahman Pair Up With ‘Maria’ Director For Mystery Project
The next and virtual EFM is set to launch on March 1, wherein you can expect tons of news on film development and acquisitions to arise. Nilalang and Maria director Pedring Lopez will especially be on hand for his own projects, including one that will finally see Indonesian action stalwarts Cecep Arif Rahman and Yayan Ruhian of The Raid franchise and John Wick 3 fame, together on set once more. Lopez took to social media on Wednesday to celebrate, although official title and any and all details about the project are currently under wraps until the announcements are made via EFM and trade news reports. “I’ve been working on this project in secret for a while, even during the pandemic.” Lopez tells Film Combat Syndicate. “You know what it is with Cecep and Yayan [laughs], but what they’re planning is brutal and bloody!” Rahman and Ruhian (also in tow for […]
Cameras Roll On SATRIA DEWA: GATOTKACA, Cecep Arif Rahman And Yayan Ruhian Join Indonesian Superhero Franchise Installer
It’s been a long-time coming for the Satria Dewa franchise’s transition to the big screen, and now Variety’s Vivienne Chow has the latest on production for the first installment, Gatotkaca, which will open in 2021. Cameras are now rolling as of August 6, after a two-month delay with strigent Covid-19 safety protocols currently put in place for cast and crew. Hanung Bramantyo is directing the project from a script by Night Bus scribe Rahabi Mandra and featuring Rizky Nazar in the title role of Yuda, “a young man with superpowers”. The film also stars John Wick 3 actors Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman, the latter who’s been involved with the project since etching out last year’s proof-of-concept short from Juara director Charles Gozali who is no longer attached to the project. The Satria Dewa universe series draws on Indonesian folklore ideas that can be traced back more than 700 […]
The Bell Rings For JAILBREAK: ROUND 2 With Yayan Ruhian And Cecep Arif Rahman Joining The Cast
The Hollywood Reporter‘s Borys Kit has the exclusive with Jailbreak: Round 2, the current working title for the new sequel in development from Kongchak Pictures and director Jimmy Henderson. Shooting in 2021, John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum actors Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman are set to join the sequel as villains, with Henderson back at the helm from a script by Kai Miller. The first film, Jailbreak, a multi-award winning hit from Henderson during Fantasia Festival in 2017, starred Jean Paul Ly, Dara Our, and former MMA athlete Tharoth Sam as members of an elite transport unit forced to protect a key witness while fighting tooth and nail through swarms of convicts in a compromised prison facility. Ly, Our and Sam are expected to return to their roles, joining Rahman and Ruhian for a story that “sees Cambodia’s ragtag, renegade team of martial arts commandos band to defeat a […]
BLOOD RUSH: Cecep Arif Rahman, Singapore’s Grace Teo Join Ranjeet S. Marwa’s Brutal New Action Thriller [EXCLUSIVE]
In the hours since Monday’s exclusive, Ranjeet S. Marwa’s forthcoming action thriller, Blood Rush, now has Cecep Arif Rahman on board to join the cast. In addition, co-star Sunny Pang also took to social media to confirm the addition of actress and martial artist Grace Teo in a public post. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sunny Pang (@sunnypang72) Monday saw the enlistment of celebrated director Timo Tjahjanto (The Night Comes For Us, Killers) as production consultant on the upcoming action thriller which shoots later this year. Marwa announced the film officially in late 2019 as City On Fire originally reported on the project in January. Zack Lee (The Raid 2, Headshot, The Night Comes For Us) takes his latest lead acting turn with Blood Rush, playing Max Wayan, a widower whose secretive life in an underworld cult turns out to be more than he bargained for, […]
MARIA 2: Yayan Ruhian And Cecep Arif Rahman Circling Cristine Reyes Action Sequel [EXCLUSIVE]
Director Pedring Lopez is setting up to return to the helm for Maria 2 with a spritely roster of Indonesian talent with Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman. The sequel brings lead actress Christine Reyes and director Pedring Lopez back into the fold once more for a late 2019 production start. Reyes penned a new chapter in her sixteen-year screen career with Maria from Viva Films, making her action-packed genre debut for local moviegoers back in March. The inaugural female-fronted thriller was written by Yz Carbonell and Rex Lopez, and stars Reyes as a former Black Rose cartel hitwoman forced back into the underworld to avenge her family with the help of her mentor, Sir Greg, played by Ronnie Lazaro. Character and plot details are otherwise pending for the sequel which currently stands midway of what Lopez cited, in a February interview with The Fanboy SEO, as a trilogy for […]
WIRO SABLENG 212: Sweeping Action, Comedy And Adventure In The New Official Trailer
Vino G. Bastian stars in the latest adaptation of the long-standing action adventure novel series from author Bastian Tito!
Tiger Chen, Yayan Ruhian And Cecep Arif Rahman Join JOHN WICK: CHAPTER THREE
Right about now you’re waiting news over any and all pertaining to Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter Three which is still in production. This week, some of the best news to arise now sees word that Tiger Chen, Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman have all joined the production starring opposite Keanu Reeves who returns to star. A few photos have gone viral in recent weeks seeing Chen merely hinting a presence on set but this latest update is official. The three are said to play opposite Keanu Reeves according news over at The Hollywood Reporter with Chen back on set following a starring role in the 2014 kung fu spiritual drama, Man Of Tai Chi. It’s an update worth noting as it hopefully sets up for a larger Hollywood screen presence for all three martial arts stars who’ve seen their rise in all of the last nine years collectively, […]
DO[S]A: Don’t Miss The Trailer For Ifa Ifansyah’s Original Martial Arts Action Series Drama
Willing to take on the title of leading brand of Southeast Asian consumer entertainment, Malaysia-based Astro had been spreading its wings some with a number of filmmakers to develop projects. Celebrated Indonesian director, Ifa Isfansyah (The Golden Cane Warrior) and acclaimed screenwriter Salman Aristo (Yasmine) are just a few of those people in mind with DO[S]A, an original Malaysia-Indonesia collaboration featuring a strong that otherwise enables co-starring actor Cecep Arif Rahman to enhance some great fight action to top the drama. The story tells of three older brothers, Fuad (Ashraf Sinclair), Farid (Remy Ishak) and Fahad (Hisham Hamid) raised through religion and martial arts, try to protect their headstrong sister, Fara (Shenty Feliziana) who has fallen for a man, Arian (Reuben Elishama) escaping the same underground organisation ‘Gerbang Utara’ that their father, Latif (Dato’ M. Nasir) had previously abandoned. Upon arriving in Jakarta, the group find their lives turned upside […]
THE HIT LIST – June 6, 2016
Well, my weekend didn’t let up. Click here and you’ll learn one of the few reason why. Apart from that, I’d say it was pretty exciting…and loaded. As we speak, I’ve only just finished the Hit List on the same day as you’re now seeing it, so this was cutting it pretty close! Cutting to the chase and getting the ball rolling this week is a new playlist packed with stunt reels, but I thought I’d get things started with a bit of style first. Actress and martial artist Tess Kielhamer‘s latest on-video treatment of Bagua Eagle style Kung Fu seems fitting, as is Cecep Arif Rahman sporting some Silat of his own. Following that are the additions of new reels from stunt players Bryan Sloyer, Holly McCredden, Peter Pedrero, Jay Kwon and Blake Harbour with exciting new demo reels rounding out the playlist courtesy of the sexy femme fatale […]
Amy Johnston Gets A Rude Welcome In Kellie Madison’s Fantasy Action Pitch, THE GATE!
Recent sudies and headlines have revealed a major spike in demand for a stronger female presence behind the camera in today’s film industry. In that case, today would mark the perfect opportunity to welcome filmmaker Kellie Madison to the fray in the wake of the latest online release of her eight-minute martial arts feature pitch video, The Gate, following a hardcore crowdfunding campaign last summer…and boy does this pitch or what??! Chalk it all up to Madison’s own affinity for director Gareth Huw Evans’s Indonesian crime film saga, The Raid, essentially laying the groundwork firmly with upcoming Lady Bloodfight star, actress Amy Johnston in the role of a gifted MMA boxer and silat fighter who wages a one-woman vigilante war against Indoesian gangsters and evil forces on different planes. The addition of The Raid franchise co-stars Yayan Ruhian, and then Cecep Arif Rahman shortly thereafter when Ruhian couldn’t make it to the […]
Watch The New Trailer For Charles Gozali's JUARA!
There’s a good chance Indonesia has a new action star on its hands with the emergence of local pop sensation Bisma Karisma. His latest role in director Charles Gozali’s Juara served up a noteworthy teaser back in December and lends all the more reason to keep paying attention to the talent we’re seeing on hand this year. Think somewhat of a Karate Kid story by way of Siti Kalamuddin’s Yasmine with Karisma starring as Bisma, a young student and flourishing martial artist whose talent is an issue for his strict mother. Eventually, his budding relationship with a classmate named Bella (Anjani Dina) garners the bitter attention of her super-jealous boyfriend and the gang he rolls with, led by Kobar (Cecep Arif Rahman of 3, The Gate and The Raid 2) who targets and threatens Bisma’s family, leaving the inspired fighter no choice but to apply his prowess accordingly with the […]
Catch The Teaser For Indonesian Action Drama, JUARA
A stylish little teaser came my way this week for the upcoming Indonesian action drama, Juara, which went online back in December. Actor, singer and breakdancer Bisma Karisma leads the film from director Charles Gozali with a release set for April 15, and with a month to go before then, a trailer is expected to arrive very soon. With that in mind, the teaser bares mentioning as minimal as it is in action. It samples a little more in drama while teasing a smidget of some amazing fight sequencing with Karisma daring to impress opposite 3, The Raid 2, O and The Gate co-star Cecep Arif Rahman. Check out the teaser below with subtitles included. (H/T: Twitchfilm)
This Is What “The Raid” Cast Will Look Like In STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS!
It’s almost silly that we still have more trailers and TV spots circulating for J.J. Abrams’s latest movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which opens in less than a week. The film pretty much sold itself on its most recent trailer – even to the tune of $50 million dollars in advanced ticket sales already in the can, thus attributing to just how nototiously competitive tickets for these event-films can get. As such, there’s probably a handful of people (of which I’m among) who will unfortunately be catching the film long after its first week. These seats usually go fast and to that affect, the new film knows exactly what kind of climate it is in upon aiming to attract as wide an audience as possible, which that means casting. For this, we go back to January when news broke of casting updates regarding three principals of director Gareth Evans’s […]
Mario Kassar Boards Indonesian Sci-Fi Actioner, FOXTROT SIX
It was back in February that megahit film producer Mario Kassar made headlines with his reunion at Carolco Pictures as Chairman of the board. So what’s the famed Rambo and Terminator franchise producer been up to since then? Well, probably just tending to things at Carolco, although as of this week the public now has an idea of where he’s staking his claim next. Word has it from Variety that Kassar is on board to executive produce the upcoming Indonesian sci-fi actioner, Foxtrot Six from debut director Randy Korompis. The film is slated to begin shooting at the top of next year with locations set for Indonesia and the U.S. with two newly established production banners, Rapid Eye Pictures and East West Synergy also on board. There aren’t any plot details yet but the scope of the film is reportedly going to be ten times larger in budget than average […]