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CAGEFIGHTER: WORLDS COLLIDE Review: Against All Odds, Hearty MMA Drama That Keeps Fan Service On Its Toes

As a few of my contributors might or might not posit in any conversation about MMA in cinema, the start of the new millennium into the early 2010s was an interesting point in time for the genre. Actors and professional athletes were courted to spotlight a number of directors and producers for their endeavors, and while some have fallen into direct-to-video obscurity, others have certainly paid off in their own way. From this critic’s perspective, it all boils down to how you tell a story, and there are a number of examples that exhibit exactly how some filmmakers can absolutely fail at this, which is almost mind-boggling considering they may still end up directing again. With director and screenwriter Jesse Quiñones, that conversation goes welcomingly different in the wake of his latest film effort, Cagefighter: Worlds Collide, that conversation will go invariably different when it comes to writer and director […]

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D-DAY: World War II Rumbles In The Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

It was earlier this summer upon the 75th anniversary of D-Day that Cinedigm declared U.S. rights to The Asylum’s WWII war epic, D-Day. The film has since been dated for a September 13 theatrical and digital release with an October DVD release to follow. D-Day centers on the incredible true story of the elite Army Rangers of the 2nd battalion as it descends unto the beaches of Normandy and into a firefight against an enemy that greatly outnumbers them. Scaling a one-hundred-foot cliff, they commence strategizing a much-needed critical blow on a battery of German cannons. D-Day is penned by Geoff Meed and directed by Nick Lyon, and stars MMA Hall Of Famers and former UFC champs and Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture with Weston Cage Coppola (211) and Jesse Kove (On Wings of Eagles).

SILENCER: Johnny Messner Gets Loud With A Vengeance In The Official Trailer

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Revving up for a September 2018 release from Cinedigm, the new thriller, Silencer, is making way online with a polished and promising official trailer. Johnny Messner (Weaponized) takes the spotlight as a retired hitman forced to resurrect his deadly skillset and fight a one-man war against his former employer in order to rescue his kidnapped step-daughter. Danny Trejo (Machete) also takes front and center as the villain and with a remaining cast hellbent on selling a UFC match one way or another: MMA Rivals Tito Ortiz (Former UFC Champion, Boo 2! A Madea Halloween) and Chuck Liddell (Former UFC Champion & Hall of Famer, War Pigs). Timothy Woodward Jr. (Gangster Land, Hickok), directs. Take a look, courtesy of JoBlo!

A VIOLENT MAN Trailer: Murder Mystery MMA Drama Now Available In The U.K.

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An official U.S. release is still pending for Matthew Berkowitz’s MMA crime drama, A Violent Man. Folks in the U.K., however, earned a quieter release of the film by way of Thunderbird Releasing with availability already under way as of May 7. Thunderbird is also apparently revealing its most recent trailer for the film which you can view below. Per the artwork above, the film features NFL running back-turned-actor Thomas Q. Jones in the role of Ty, an MMA champion whose life and career turn upside down when the reporter covering his story and success is suddenly found dead. Rounding out the cast are Isaac de Bankolé, Chuck Liddell, Bruce Davison and Denise Richards.

Timothy Woodward’s THE SILENCER Nabs A Fall VOD Release

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Deadline’s Patrick Hipes is revealing the latest look at upcoming action thriller, The Silencer, reporting a September 4 VOD release from Cinedigm. Director Timothy Woodward Jr. reconvenes with actors Johnny Messner (Weaponized) and Danny Trejo (4Got10), telling of a retired hitman who must resurrect his skills to wage a one-man war against his former employer when his step-daughter is kidnapped. Sean Mick wrote the film that teams Messner alongside former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Tito Ortiz opposite Trejo’s role partnering with that of Ortiz’s fellow former UFC cohort Chuck Liddell; both, who share several film credits apart from contact sports fighting, compete against one another in 2004 and 2006 with Liddell claiming the victor. Both have been rivals since, which may very well be a clear selling point for this film once the hype gets going beyond this point. “Status Media delivers another potent picture — Silencer is an explosive actioner with […]

RIOT Comes Home On Digital HD And DVD/Blu-Ray This Spring

Lee B. Golden III

Action star Dolph Lundgren is in prison a lot, lately. He’s got three titles in 2016 which relatively take place behind bars in one form or another, one of them now in the form of director John Lyde’s Riot. Universal Pictures is packaging this one to release in Digital HD on March 22 before hitting Blu-Ray and DVD on April 5. Alas, the Lundgren fanbase is big and so he does most of the talking in the trailer while throwing down a bit, but it’s actor and producer Matthew Reese who leads the way straight to a toe-to-toe brawl with former UFC light heavyweight champ, Chuck Liddell. SYNOPSIS: Copper Jack Stone (Matthew Reese) purposefully orchestrates a bank robbery in order to be thrown into prison with the notorious Russian kingpin, Balam (Chuck Liddell). Balam is more than just a mob criminal, he’s a very cunning and dangerous lord who controls […]

Watch The Latest Trailer For Dolph Lundgren Prison Actioner, RIOT!

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Nope, there’s no stopping action star Dolph Lundgren lately. He wins the week after having attended the Los Angeles premiere of his latest action thriller pairing with Tony Jaa for Skin Trade, with another pending for the G.I. Film Festival premiere of the Ryan Little-directed War Pigs next week, while having signed on for the new horror thriller, Don’t Kill It, which films this July. With that in mind, you may be wondering what he’ll actually be doing until then. Of course, he’s promoting as per his occupation as a cinematic action hero mainstay, and his latest active film role is currently in John Lyde’s new contained prison thriller, Riot, joining actor and producer Matthew Reese with retired and former light heavyweight MMA champion, actor Chuck Liddell playing a Russian crimeboss. It’s what you can expect from a prison movie with all the necessary tropes, including action sequences designed by […]

Dolph Lundgren To Star In WAR PIGS And 4 TOWERS

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With Skin Trade currently in post production, cinematic blockbuster action hero Dolph Lundgren‘s time is now being spent with Saints And Soldiers trilogy helmer Ryan Little for the forthcoming production of War Pigs, a World War II action adventure epic about a disgraced U.S. Army captain assigned to train a rag tag team of soldiers to infiltrate the Nazi regime and destroy their secret “wonder weapon”. Screenwriters Andrew Knightlinger and producer Steven Luke are providing the script with a meaty cast of action muscle with fellow Expendables alum Mickey Rourke along with MMA pro Chuck Liddell and actor Luke Goss. The film reportedly has funding, but recently tried to raise a little extra on Kickstarter to pay for extras and other vehicle props before crowdfunding was cancelled sometime thereafter. I suppose this means they have the funds now, although I’m not sure. Whatever the case may be, Lundgren fans clammoring […]