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THE HIT LIST: January 14, 2019

I had a busy weekend, frankly. No time really to BS or lounge about but for all good reasons… but that’s for another post. Indeed your time is now here as the newest installment of The Hit List goes live, kicking off with a Vimeo-only post of actor Marc Natoli’s latest demo reel, inclusive with snippets from his winning shortfilm debut last year, The Proposal. Following that is a welcome playlist fresh with today’s burgeoning and top martial arts and stunt talent, and we begin with an official team reel featuring a band of martial arts athletes I began covering last montj before I went into my holiday cave. Enter Team AKA with all its members front and center cut to the bone with high-energy music and cinematography and you can learn more about this group at akakarate.com. The playlist rounds out with some of the best and rising in […]

THE HIT LIST: November 27, 2017

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Believe it or not, we’re coming down the wire with the Hit Lists of 2017! December 4 will be the last entry before I recommence things in January. Until then, I am also preparing content for the next several weeks in which I discuss upcoming films to look out for in 2018, so stick around for those as well. For now though, it’s business as usual for The Hit List assembling the week’s stunt and demo reels and projects. Stuntman, actor and filmmaker Diego Ramiro gives us an impressive showing this week with an spirited action comedy reel showcasing just what a versatile talent he is. He kicks off this week’s playlist with more reels by Kimberly Root, Andrew Nadanyi, Valisa Tate, Adam Carson, Marina Volkova, Geoffrey Boggs, Molly Thomas, Felix Cortes, Jeffrey Mayfield, Trevor de Groot and Chad Riley. It’s time for some trailer gems and thus, the past […]

THE HIT LIST: September 11, 2017

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My weekend was slow, but unnecessarily relaxing. Part of it included getting the prizes ready from our recent Blu-Ray giveaways for Iron Protector and The Prison and the latter contest ends in a matter of hours… I’m JUST saying… By the by, the Hit List is back and fashioning another round of great stunt reels and some of today’s best in independent online action. Caitlin Hutson jumpstarts the week with her latest parkour reel followed by actor Tien Hoang brandishing some sharp weaponry in his new training demo. Rounding out this segment are reels courtesy of Aaron Hawley, Kaiser Tin-U, Lloyd Pitts, Justin Yu, Chase Penny and Spidey Turner, and choreography reels by Indonesia-based Ultimate Stunt Fighter, and Atlanta’s own J.A. Crooms. Enjoy! The weekend didn’t bring much to offer in promotional materials, but I’m pretty certain Zack Snyder had that covered by Monday. The man helping to bring DC’s […]

THE HIT LIST: June 5, 2017

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The past several days may have seen a slump of news. I admit, I kind of enjoyed it as I needed a bit of a breather. Best of all is I finally had a little time over the weekend to start watching Sense8 to see what the fuss is about and… …I’ll be sure to give my feedback in a future post if I catch the writing bug by then. For now though, it’s time for this site to do what it does most prominently on Monday nights and with this week’s installment of the Hit List. Staff boss and Canadian alpha Catwoman Michelle C. Smith fires things up with her latest reel followed by a raft of stunt and training reels from some of today’s rising talents: Eugenia Guryleva, Caleb Spillyards, Anthony Javier, Jordan Davis, Tyson Arner, Meghan Whitfield (that makes two weeks in a row!), Dave Cutler, fellow […]

THE HIT LIST: December 5, 2016

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Alrighty! In anticipation of an exceptionally busy Christmas, this will be the first of three final installments of The Hit List in 2016. Personally, I look forward to the forthcoming break and on that note I might round up some of my favorite entries of stunt reels and shortfilms in a New Year edition to whet the appetite some. We’ll just have to wait and see! In the meantime, let’s get this party rolling with some wicked videos from around the web, and first up are a pair of terrific new Tekken-inspired kicking reels by Eric Jacobus and Jailbreak star, actor and martial artist Jean-Paul Ly. Rounding out the playlist are stunt and action reels by Ben Rezendes, Jamel Blissat, Melissa Mars, Kent S. Leung, John Palmeri, Stephen Murdoch, Hannah Spreitzenbarth and Jared Losano. You know what they say….just push play! Next up in trailer news are a few projects […]

THE HIT LIST – August 15, 2016

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Well, my weekend was another work weekend. Apart from that I just played it low key and tuned into some more anime and more Hit List content, and I didn’t think I would find a lot to load for the second playlist. As you’ll see, I found plenty to share amid all you can now enjoy in this week’s installment, including a new set of stunt and action demo reels Joseph Ray Santos, Erika Keck, Jon Miguel, Monica Lopez Aleman, Paul Drechsler, Ben Van Huis, Michaela McAllister, Sean Kohnke, Darren Holmquist and Gibb Diaz Ng Yu. Rounding it out is a spiritual tribute to the one and only Jean-Claude Van Damme from filmmaker and well known independent action extraordinaire, Vlad Rimburg. Highlights from many of his earlier hits such as Cyborg, Kickboxer, Double Impact, Lionheart, Hard Target and Timecop are all included with an opening theme central to the exposition […]

THE HIT LIST – June 13, 2016

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Well…I can’t exactly say the weekend has been an uneventful one, but I certainly hope that this week’s installation of the Hit List will allow some inspiration and joy for those who read this blog regularly. First up, as always, is a cool new playlist full of amazing stunt reels, and I think it’s fascinating that I only need to look at a few seconds to know if I want to add them to the playlists I create. From this, you can pretty much gather some of the things I look for in them, and here and now, you can include Matt Shadden in your repetoire with Eric Shamm Watson following through. The remainder of the playlist rounds it all out with footage by Justin Jackson, Kevin Fortin, Georgie Blackwell, Yarett Harper, Nathan People, Rufio Parker Luey, Malcolm Washington, Andrew Mihalko., Malin Kirjonen and Jomarie Palma, Alex Chung and Anthony Giovanni Elias. Now for […]

THE HIT LIST – May 30, 2016

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Having written this on the day of, I’m just glad that my weekend didn’t completely burn me out. Needless to say, I had my work cut out for me but I’m glad to have managed to squeeze in today’s playlists loaded with great stunt and fight work from today’s inspired action cinema creatives. Alas, welcome to another installment of The Hit List, and kicking things off is another new playlist full of electric stunt reels. Shahaub Roudbari kicks things off followed by Canadian traceur and stunt performer, Thomas Lorber. Following that is one of the rare instances I’ll feature a reel that doesn’t use music as the outling backdrop, and that comes from actress and filmmaker PeiPei Alena Yuan – no stranger to stunts and fight choreography having put out some great gems on her channel and making her all the more enjoyable to cover on this site. Deadpool double […]

THE HIT LIST – October 5, 2015

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Last week’s Hit List was crazy-loaded with fight gems. Incidentally, there are a few that I missed in the last few weeks and I’m more than happy to include those as well, and I’ll be throwing in at least one throwback in here that I felt compelled to share. For now though, we’re getting this party started with a playlist of stunt and demo reels courtesy of Tom Yum Goong 2 co-star and actress Wanwan Kittisiriprasert, stunt performers Mykola Galagan, Kate Petersen, Mirkos Radas, Harley Davis, Alan Delabie, Lunar Stunts Action Cinema with a cool new Hapkido choreo reel, Wushu stylist Stephanie Lim and industry stunt and fight coordinator by Byran Forrest. Now that that’s done, it’s time to throw down for a bit, and I have at least one noteworthy mention from a few years ago I’d like to mention. But first, actor and stunt coordinator Geo Corvera put together a […]

THE HIT LIST: September 21, 2015

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Off the heels of my most recent three year anniversary piece, I sit here writing this at the wonder of seeing so much content floating online. I feel proud to share it all in my weekly Hit List and I sincerely hope it further benefits everyone I share… …and that includes those currently comprising this week’s entries, starting off with a meaty playlist full of stunt and tricking montages. First up is a drone-shot view of a recent Battle Of Fury 2015 tricking gathering thanks to lensman Nick Marino, with a slate of reels hosted by Trevor Logan, and a finshing round of female talent with Haley Wright, Cheri Haight, Amy Lynn Tuttle, Deanna Graci and PeiPei Alena Yuan all showing out their best. As for trailers, quite a few are circulating right now including Daren Nop’s latest short film twofer, Shadow Of 13, the story of a homeless man […]

THE HIT LIST: September 14, 2015

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It’s Monday, and that means another fully loaded Hit List has arrived with loads of stunts and action. This week has a few late entries that I’ve been otherwise inspired to share, and I think you all will enjoy them in some capacity. Of course, we’re starting this off with a playlist that’s nice and light, graced with stunt and martial arts reels. Fabio Santos kicks things off in fiery fashion next to Jason Wingham, “Kid Haru” himself – Devin White, early 2015 demo reel footage from Team Raffaelli, industry fight choreographer, actor and stuntman Tim Man and the latest awesome tricking reel from Team Emig’s own Mackensi Emory (viewable only here). Up next are a handful of trailers, a few of which are for foreign language projects on the way, and the first comes four years in the making from filmmaking duo David Vergne and Renaud Guin. Detour is the name […]

Oh No, NOT ANOTHER PARKING LOT FIGHT!

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Fancy some indie action to start your day? Are you up for a cool little fight scene in a parking lot? No? Well, neither is independent filmmaker and online action creator Darren Holmquist in his latest comedic action interlude, Not Another Parking Lot Fight, with performances by Leonard Zhang and Alex Tasy, and cinematography by Atom Phly Media’s own Frank Hernandez . It’s awesomely tongue-in-cheek right down to the end, and if you’ve been a fan of independent action cinema long enough, you’ll get the joke (well, except for the weird part). Check it out below, and with Holmquist catching up on a few other projects he plans on sharing real soon from Dardrex Productions, feel free to subscribe to the channel in the embed!

Reel Time: DARREN HOLMQUIST (2014)

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I remember a time around ten years ago when MySpace used to be a thing, and I first caught wind of filmmaker Darren Holmquist‘s home videos and shortfilms. A little less than a decade later when I think about it, it still feel like yesteday, although Holmquist has improved his range greatly throughout his contributions to indie filmmaking, from designing sequences and evolving his style of choreography whenever he can, to expanding his performance capabilities with that of other teams and independent filmmakers. Soon as of this writing he will be based in Los Angeles where he’ll continue is craft and maintain his place on the map as a rising figure in the stunt and film business as more and more projects come to pass, including the upcoming Fall release of the new shortfilm, Rope-A-Dope 2. For now, you can subscribe to his current platform on YouTube for Dardrex Productions […]

Dardrex Presents: DARREN HOLMQUIST V. SHAUN BEEHAG

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Darren Holmqist tries to force Shaun Beehag into submission in their latest fight. It’s not often that independent online filmmakers and action performers travel to other areas of the world to make short test fights for the simple fun of it. However, for online actioner Darren Holmquist, it was quite convenient a pairing when Aussie professional traceur Shaun Beehag flew to California recently on business and decided to pay Holmquist a visit. Hence, we are offered a brand new test fight this week featuring Holmquist and Beehag, choreogrpahed much to the tune of Holmquist‘s “New Style” of evolving choreography that strays from the usual Hong Kong elements he’s incorporated in his projects over the years. The new short was also another opportunity for Beehag to help sharpen his performance level as a stuntfighter since going on hiatus early last year to establish himself as a fitness trainer and an obstacle […]

The Spirit Of Endurance Lives On In The New Kickstarter For Martial Arts Revenge Drama, HEART

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Independent filmmaker Frank Hernandez and executive producer, dancer and actress Jennifer Faust are hosting a brand new kickstarter campaign this week aimed at building awareness to fund their new inspired film project, Heart. Starring Faust opposite actress and associate producer Inder Mundi, the film is described as a martial arts revenge story of triumph over relentless tribulation, centered on a young woman who ventures in a downward spiral as she grieves over the tragic loss of her brother throughout her obsessive search for his killer. Heart is also the latest collaborative effort for independent film group Atom Phly Media and independent action and choreography team, Dardrex Productions, since previously teaming together on last year’s season of the zombie action horror webseries, The Living, which Hernandez co-created. Hernandez also directed the summer 2012 spirited prequel to Heart titled Keep Going, with actor and Dardrex Productions founder and fight choreographer, Darren Holmquist, […]

THE LIVING Returns This July!

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If you have been keeping up with Film Combat Syndicate in its earlier months on Facebook, hopefully you would have caught onto my post back in December regarding the development and production of the post apocalyptic indie action/horror webseries, The Living. The webseries is an original property from Pisano Pictures and Atom Phly Media, starring Johnny Brillantes, Katherine Park, Richard Dreyling, and C.J. Thoms, centering its story around four people who unwittingly cross paths, left to fend for themselves in a dystopian world, plagued and on the verge of a zombie apocalypse, while on an epic search for a missing doctor who may have the answers that could possibly lead to a cure, and ultimately, mankind’s salvation. Originally a 12-part project with plans for future seasons, The Living debuted its ninth episode on Youtube late last year and has been on hiatus since then. This week, I received notice from […]