drained world

Watch Z-Team Film’s Hard-Hitting Webseries Pilot, DRAINED WORLD

It was last October on the cusp of finally releasing their debut feature film, Die Fighting, action and film production duo Fabien Garcia and Lohan Buson and the folks over at Z-Team Films began advancing their next cinematic venture into webseries territory. Their new action-packed pilot, Drained World, already an award-winning feat from its presence at the WideScreen Film And Music Festival from just this Spring, is now online with a call-to-action outro attached at the end to help ask fans for donations that not only guarantee the delivery of cool perks in exchange, but a series that no less continues the progressive state of martial arts action fandom by an award-winning team that knows how to deliver solid martial arts action within any subgenre of film. SYNOPSIS: In a world circling the drain and filled with plague, a man finds brief solace in a bunker deep within a forest. […]

THE HIT LIST – July 13, 2015

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It’s never a dull week when finding content online to share. Indeed, a new batch of stunt reels with an extra dash of tricking are now online, followed by new trailers as well as a couple of stellar action gems which keep things nothing short of exemplary…thus why the Hit List exists. Let’s get to it! First up are two playlists with the first showcasing this week’s stunt packed demo reels from Lukaz Leong, Greg Rementer, Adam Chase, Benjamin Hoffman, Dan Dargan Carter, Dom Kegel and stuntwoman Elisabeth P. Carpenter. The playlist beneath features a small batch of tricking samplers led by the gang over at Martial Club, Micah Karns, Matt Emig, John Franks, Lee Hye-Ji, a video highlight reel from a preliminary round at a Red Bull jam in South Korea late June, and a fun little demo reel featuring Jimmy James Pham. Moving forward, there is a TON […]

THE HIT LIST – June 29, 2015

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This week’s Hit List is definitely running light, but there are definitely a few gems worth sharing here, including a Film Combat Syndicate Exclusive! But, first things first as the Hit List kicks off with a thrilling new stunt reel playlist for the week. The highlights including feats from Jaime DiLeo, Miles Brew, Juan De la Cruz, Rachel Lynn David, Kawui Joa, Mounir Quazzani, Brett Praed, Taylor Hemmeter, Matt Kennedy and the latest team action reel from Michael Lehr, Katelyn Brooke, Narayana Cabral and others at Fight Factory Stunt Team. The awesome reel beneath the playlist comes directly from Vimeo via fight choreographer Jimmy Lui! Jimmy Lui Fight Choreography Reel from Jimmy Lui on Vimeo. The folks over at Washington D.C.-based Rising Tiger Films are currently readying to lend some festival eyes to their latest dramatic action crime short, Black Scar Blues. I had the pleasure of posting my own […]

Kill Or Be Killed In The New Teaser For Z-Team Films' Webseries, DRAINED WORLD

Lee B. Golden III

It’s been a good season for the independent filmmakers of the now L.A.-based company, Z-Team Films, having recently earned the first of many accolades to come for their upcoming premiere martial arts action feature, Die Fighting. Since then, film duo Fabien Garcia and Lohan Buson have moved onto other endeavors for their company, including their brand new action horror webseries, Drained World, offering a combined arsenal of stylish martial arts action with the visual grit, horror and gore meant to suit a project of this caliber. And just in time for Halloween at that! SYNOPSIS: Drained World is set in 2080, many years after the end of the Third World War which saw the near-eradication of the human population due to constant violence and conflict. Those who’ve survived live in continuous strife. Money holds no vice, not in this new world – clean water and edible food serve as the […]

FROM BEIJING TO Z (Part One): My Interview With Lohan Buson

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The past year has been a pretty scant for me when it comes to interviews between the site and my outside obligations, but I knew that I wanted to talk to people with the summer film festival circuit in full-bloom. Thankfully, through good fortune and patience, I managed to achieve this several times – including twice with Lohan Buson and Fabien Garcia, two of the internet’s biggest trendsetters for the online action niche representing their once Beijing-based action cimema filmmaking and stunt team, Z-Team. I first caught these two in a shortfilm titled Duel a little less than a decade ago. It was one of the slickest and coolest action short pieces I had ever seen, and it was easy to see the potential they would garner in their endeavors as performers. Of course, their potential remained mired by the usual setbacks of independent filmmaking, particularly with their latest Action […]