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SKYLINES Review: Barnburner Interstellar Action Sci-Fi That Delivers A Franchise Kick To The Senses

2020 is officially a banner year for hybrid sci-fi action and martial arts films between at least three distinct new film releases, one namely being Liam O’Donnell’s new sci-fi thriller, Skylin3s – aptly coined with the number three in its title. Long-billed as a crowning achievement for O’Donnell, the Skyline franchise serves thusfar as one of the more notable bookmarks for the fandom. The sequel’s festival premiere in 2016 with Beyond Skyline had audiences reveling with praise and galvanizing, much to the benefit of the 2010 inaugural, Skyline, which bodes more as hit-or-miss with some viewers. Point in fact, it would have been a risky bet to suggest the franchise could generate interest. O’Donnell, not to be outdone by the odds, came out of nowhere five years ago and dared to prove the naysayers different, and evidently, he did. How evident? Enter Skylin3s, third in line following directly from the […]

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SKYLINES: Cha-Lee Yoon To Join Liam O’Donnell’s New Sci-Fi Action Threequel [EXCLUSIVE]

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German-Korean actor and martial artist Cha-Lee Yoon will join the cast of Liam O’Donnell’s new movie, Skylines, which is currently in post-production for a fourth quarter 2020 release. Filming wrapped earlier this summer on the upcoming sci-fi epic directed by Liam O’Donnell who helmed the explosive 2017 hit Skyline follow-up, Beyond Skyline. Lindsay Morgan leads Yoon and the cast in the new action adventure reprising the role of Captain Rose Corley, gifted from birth as the lynchpin of the human resistance against the brain-snatching aliens that tried to invade Earth in the first two films. As a side effect to her powers, Corley is forced to take constant blood transfusions to counteract her rapid aging process. Now a fugitive on the run, she is plucked into battle once more with a team of mercenaries as the hybrid alien-humans that make up half the human population are on the verge of […]

ON THE ROPES: ‘Kill Order’ Director’s Latest Now Available On DVD And VOD

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Industry stuntman and coordinator James Mark is finding his groove in the director’s chair since his sci-fi action debut, Kill Order. He’s back with a raft of heavy-hitters, burgeoning stars all their own with On The Ropes, featuring the very people that brought the stellar action and thrills in milestone German martial arts comedy, Plan B. Following the sudden death of their father, two brothers realize the greatest threat to their criminal empire might just be each other. A no holds barred battle for power ensues that threatens to destroy everything their old man built. On The Ropes stars Can Aydin, Phong Giang and Yoon Cha-Lee and is now available on DVD and VOD from Screen Media. I actually find it a bit troubling that this is getting such a quiet release. Plan B is also long overdue for a U.S. rollout as well apart from its avaiability overseas… Such […]

PLAN B: SCHEISS AUF PLAN A – Berlin Hails With Hong Kong Action In The First Official Trailer

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Getting a martial arts action picture off the ground these days is not easy. What helps, of course, is the initiative, talent and the necessary support base to further substantiate the demand for such a film and thankfully, it’s the kind of support that the folks over at German martial arts, stunt and film production group, Reel Deal Action, have been able to accumulate in the well over five-year period in which its members have been upscaling in the industry. Thus, having proved their worth in the feature arena (Skyfall, Big Game, Hitman: Agent 47, xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage) and with an array of action-packed shortfilms available online – some of which have earned a fair amount of acclaim among netizens and within the festival circuit (Evil Twin, Behind Every Great Man, Bad Choice), actors Can Aydin, Cha-Lee Yoon and Phong Giang are finally front and center as they […]

Reel Deal Action's Feature Debut Gets An Official Title!

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It’s a slow, but steady pace for the current post-production of the new martial arts caper comedy, once under the working title, 4 Gewinnt, from debut directors Ufuk Genc and Michael Popescu. The film marks the latest collaboration between post production studio, CineChromatix, Papermoon Films and German martial arts action performance and film troupe, Reel Deal Action, in a feature debut that sets its sights on delivering a promised tale of unyielding friendship, coupled with spectacular pound-for-pound comedy and raw martial arts action to boot, and all within the city of Berlin as its backdrop. A current sampling of this amazing footage can be found in an electrifying six-minute promo reel at German-language media broadcasting platform, Mitteldeutscher Rundfun, by CLICKING HERE. In the meantime, Film Combat Syndicate can exclusively report that Plan B will be the official title of the movie upon its release. Screenwriter Rafael Garciolo provided the script […]

Check Out Ten Exclusive New Official Stills From ONCE UPON A TIME IN BERLIN

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Further updates are still pending as we await the 2015 release of the upcoming martial arts action comedy, Once Upon A Time In Berlin. Debut directors Ufuk Genç and Michael Popescu are spearheading the production as it looks to put Berlin on the map for the genre, thanks in large part to the longstanding efforts of German martial arts film and stunt troupe, Reel Deal Action, whose members, Can Aydin, Cha-Lee Yoon and Phong Giang will also be making their feature acting debuts to accompany their natural screenfighting caliber. Germany itself has been brewing with potential for sometime now, and luckily, Reel Deal Action has become a byproduct of the very support that has taken them this far, from making wonderful online action shorts to stepping it up in feature-length territory. You can learn all about their credentials and happenings via their official website, although rest assured, Reel Deal Action […]

Shortfilm Review – Reel Deal Action Presents: EVIL TWIN

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The scene is heating up over in Monrovia, California for the upcoming festivities at this year’s tenth annual Action On Film International Film Festival. As such, many shortfilms and other projects that get made beforehand are held exclusively by their originators until they are finished circulating. That standard was since extended to Germany-based cinematic stunt team, Reel Deal Action, who have currently been busy working on a few feature films this year while circulating their newest action short festival favorite, Evil Twin, directed by Epicman Productions founder Christian Pfeil. Evil Twin centers on Reel Deal member, movie stuntman and actor Cha-Lee Yoon, who finds himself at an impasse with his own brother, played by Phong Giang. Upon entering, Yoon discovers his fellow cohort, bound and bloodied by his own evil twin (both played by Can Aydin), following the successful robbery of two technologically advanced stones that grant their owners the […]

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Supernatural Evil Turns Brother Against Brother In The Upcoming Shortfilm, EVIL TWIN

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The folks over at German independent filmmaking action troupe, Reel Deal Action, continue to live up to their brand, proven in their latest new upcoming shortfilm titled Evil Twin. Two new darly illustrious teaser trailers are now online, and while the first one grants a quieter, more dramatic tone, the second one delivers the goods that viewers are likely to expect: Tons of martial arts action, brutality, suspense, dramatic scenery, gunplay and empty pistol standoffs, all accompanied with a little sci-fi to boot. Evil Twin is the latest from Epicman Productions founder, writer, producer and independent film director Christian Pfeil, in collaboration with Reel Deal, Avenir, Cine Chromatics and Haeger Stunt, and is set to air on December 6, 2013. The upcoming shortfilm stars Cha-Lee Yoon, Can Aydin and Phong Giang, with Aydin and Pfeil directing the action. SYNOPSIS: The film begins at the end of a robbery. The main […]