JAILBREAK Review: The Break Martial Arts Fans Need!
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KTV: KILLING TIME VIOLENTLY Director Jimmy Henderson On Making His ‘Unapologetic, Trashy and Charming’ Action Comedy
Cambodian cinemas are only a few days away from the release of Jimmy Henderson’s newest effort, KTV: Killing Time Violently. The film marks another successive entry in the action arena for director Jimmy Henderson, who has become more prominently known in the last several years for placing Cambodia squarely on the radar for a string of stylish beat ’em up thrillers. This includes especially 2017’s Fantasia Festival crowdpleaser, Jailbreak, which became a banner success on Netflix before the streamer’s removal of the film from its catalogue back in May. The film, which featured actor and martial arts duo Jean-Paul Ly and Dara Our as members of tactical unit trapped in a prison and forced to fight for their lives when a prisoner transfer goes awry. “Jailbreak definitely helped me to get my name out there and I am grateful for what it has done for the industry in Cambodia,” says […]
Cambodian Martial Arts Action Makes Its Reprisal In First KTV: KILLING TIME VIOLENTLY Teaser
Set for a June 30 release in Cambodia is KTV: Killing Time Violently. The new film hails the return of director Jimmy Henderson whose latest work may hopefully galvanize fans once more, bringing us closer to the long-awaited sequel to his 2017 hit, Jailbreak. KTV: Killing Time Violently reunites Henderson with much of his crew and select cast including actor and martial artist Dara Our who has often recurred in Henderson’s films in the last eight years. Our stars as Mak, an estranged father who must use his skills as a reformed bar-brawler to find a way out and make it home in time for his son’s birthday when he gets caught up in a gang raid at a local club on his first day of work. Dara Phang, Ros Mony, and Tharoth Sam also star, along with Japan-based Cambodian model Hinano Kurosaki, comedian duo Pek Mi and Neay Krouch, […]
KTV: KILLING TIME VIOLENTLY Gets Teaser Art For The Latest From ‘Jailbreak’ Director
Director Jimmy Henderson chose some time to kill on Wednesday to share the first official poster art for KTV: Killing Time Violently. The new movie reteams him with much of his Jailbreak and Hanuman crew, including actor and martial artist Dara Our who stars in the film from a script penned by Henderson and co-writer Kai Miller As reported late last year, KTV: Killing Time Violently stars Our in the role of Mak, an estranged father who must use his skills as a reformed bar-brawler to find a way out and make it home in time for his son’s birthday when he gets caught up in a gang raid at a local club on his first day on the job. Rounding out the cast are Japan-based Cambodian model Hinano Kurosaki, along with comedian duo Pek Mi and Neay Krouch, and legendary Cambodian rapper, DJ Sdey. Henderson is also producing the […]
KTV – KILLING TIME VIOLENTLY Kills Plenty In New BTS Stills As Filming Wraps
Principal photography wrapped this week for director Jimmy Henderson’s new action thriller, KTV – Killing Time Violently, and we have several behind-the-scenes stills to share to mark the occasion, which you can view below. Henderson directs from a script he wrote with Kai Miller, reuniting with featured actor Dara Our (Hanuman, Jailbreak, The Prey). Our stars in the role of Mak, an estranged father who must use his skills as a reformed bar-brawler to find a way out and make it home in time for his son’s birthday when he gets caught up in a gang raid at a local club on his first day of work. The cast also includes Japan-based Cambodian model Hinano Kurosaki, along with comedian duo Pek Mi and Neay Krouch, and legendary Cambodian rapper, DJ Sdey. KTV – Killing Time Violently hails from Two Rivers International Studio, M Pictures Cambodia, and Hanuman Beverages. Henderson is […]
KTV: KILLING TIME VIOLENTLY Reunites Select ‘Jailbreak’ Cast And Crew For New Action Thriller Filming Next Month
Jailbreak director Jimmy Henderson still has plans to shoot the long-awaited sequel to his hit 2017 action comedy with actors Dara Our and Jean-Paul Ly. Those plans are still on hold as things develop, while Henderson and his team are currently set up to shoot their latest project in Cambodia next month, KTV: Killing Time Violently, which rolls cameras from early September through October. The film reunites Henderson with actor and martial artist, Our once more for their fifth pairing together after breaking out in 2015 with regional hit, Hanuman, followed by The Forest Whisperers, Jailbreak, and Gu Shengwai starrer, The Prey. Our stars as Mak, an estranged father who must use his skills as a reformed bar-brawler to find a way out and make it home in time for his son’s birthday when he gets caught up in a gang raid at a local club on his first day […]
WARRIORS: ‘Jailbreak’ Star Dara Our’s Hip-Hop Tribute To Cambodian Martial Arts Signals His Music Video Directorial Debut
The last few years have been kind of a watershed moment for Cambodian martial art, Bokator. Mark Bochsler’s 2018 documentary, Surviving Bokator, is currently one of the latest milestones in campaigning the sport to its relevancy, and it’s only been screened for select events and channels so there’s no telling when it’ll make the commercial circuit overseas. For now though, at least we get to jam to a little something thanks to actor Dara Our, who’s popped up on occasion with filmmaker Jimmy Henderson taking the reigns with Hanuman, Jailbreak and The Prey. This time, it’s Our himself in the director’s chair for none other than music video debut, “Warriors” (or “Nak Chambang”), produced by Ream Productions and performed by hip hop artist Baly featuring Tom, and the athletes of the Cambodia Kun Bokator Federation, with action sequences by Soy Phannich. The video’s been up since the weekend but Our […]
A TIME TO ‘PREY’: Jimmy Henderson Talks THE PREY, JAILBREAK, Sequel Prospects And More
At some point in the last several years, Cambodia became next in line for contributing to today’s fandom in martial arts action films. Leave it to Jimmy Henderson to pull the necessary weight in recent memory for the release of albeit obscure 2015 vigilante thriller, Hanuman, signaling the arrival of martial artist and debut actor, Dara Our, and his expertise in the centuries’ old fighting style of Bokator. “I can’t make a film without Dara. We started together with nothing. We didnt even have a proper gym to train choreography while prepping for Hanuman.” says Henderson who is now onto their latest and most ambitious project, The Prey, which is currently in production. “He’s always up for challenges. And even though he plays a supporting role have in this film, the fight sequences he will have to do are insane.” The Prey was announced back in January following the local […]
Review: Martial Arts Comedy, JAILBREAK (2017) Is The Break Fans Need
By 2013, French-born Chinese/Cambodian martial artist Jean-Paul Ly was well on his way into a fledgling career in stuntwork after moving to the U.K., although his primary trajectory aimed more toward becoming an actor. It’s a move that couldn’t have been more opportune for Ly whose own growth and progress ultimately found him in good straits with emerging talent out of Cambodia where then-screenwriter Jimmy Henderson and journeying up-and-comer Loy Te were already stirring some fruitful comradery of their own. Thus, with the contribution of the work experience brought on by Henderson’s directorial debut, Hanuman, and the entrance of local actor and martial artist Dara Our, and the proverbial open swing of the door for culminating talent comes action comedy Jailbreak, an abiding and much more commercial opportunity for Cambodian cinema, and incidentally, production company, Kongchak Pictures and Puprom Entertainment. The concept itself arose in earlier teaser posters with a […]
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