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THE HIT LIST: September 4, 2017

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My weekend was a little too slow. It was probably a good thing since I needed some rest. Plus my current addiction is Sons Of Anarchy on Netflix and I just wrapped season two, so I’m currently getting over the feeling of having my insides ripped open after that explosive finale. Apart from that, I felt energized enough to finish this week’s Hit List in time for your enjoyment beginning with the usual raft of today’s top and upcoming stunt talents: Daniel Nelson, Rachel Star Withers, Dylan Rampulla, Kate Angus, Yavuz Topuz, Andi Norris, Bryan Dodds, Nikkilette Wright, Asaya Yasushi, Monica Lopez and Philippe Vonlanthen, and the latest from Eric Jacobus bringing to life legendary Tekken character, Hwoarang. As far as promotional items go, there’s a bit to share. Up first is a brief courtesy reminder for the current crowdfunding campaign to support Jacqui Vedura‘s inspired return to the title role […]

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THE HIT LIST: February 27, 2017

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My weekend was a little laid back…managed to catch up on a little anime and some Lady Snowblood for fun. Classic!… I also managed to finish a review for Franklin Correa’s newest indie thriller, Lyco which you can read here. In the meantime, The Hit List is back for another round of stunt reels and shorts to promote for the week and we begin with Michelle C. Smith, delightfully one of the most active and involved people I know on social media so you definitely want to follow her links at the end of her reel. We continue onward with the hard-hitting mo-cap stylings of actor and stuntman T.J. Storm, followed by reels from Frank Alfano, Steven Rummenie, William Bokan, Caitlin Huston, Rustic Bodomov, Spencer Thomas, Andrei Runtso, Max Laurin, Jessica Bennett, Ozzy Ramirez, Najmeddin Al Hadad, Mustafa Bulut and an explosive, kick-ass, dietary finish by action star Scott Adkins. Next up is […]

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Jacobus, Barber Hail New Film Banner With Upcoming Action Comedy Short, BLINDSIDED

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Last year saw the release of a first poster for the new shortfilm, Blindsided, with actor and martial artist Eric Jacobus starring and fellow industry stunt professional Clayton Barber making his shortfilm directorial debut. As of Sunday, a post-dated announcement began making the rounds for the new action comedy short officially launching Jacobus Barber (JB) Productions, the latest milestone for both star and director since partnering on Jacobus’s shortfilm hits, Rope-A-Dope and its energizing sequel, Rope-A-Dope 2: Return Of The Martial Arts Mafia. Filmed in Long Beach, California and storied and scripted by Jacobus and Barber, the latter who produces with David William No (The Matrix Relaoaded, Invincible, Jackie Chan’s Mr. Nice Guy, shortfilm Battle Of Wills) Blindsided is described a quirky action gem with stylistic 80’s influences and a strong focus on storytelling to accomodate Jacobus’s signature action. Jacobus takes on the role of Walter Cooke, a blind man […]

THE HIT LIST: January 30, 2017

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THE HIT LIST: December 19, 2016

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Welcome to the last Hit List of 2016 before I take my fat butt away from my phone a bit more to enjoy life around me some. Indeed it’ll be at home through Christmas and New Year’s Eve at least until my cough dissipates…It’s not how I wanted to go out this year but… oh well… Wish me luck! Moving on to the business of things here, we’re starting things off via Vimeo exclusive with a new reel by acclaimed author, stuntman, stunt coordinator and venerable cinematic fight coordinator John Kreng (Battle B-Boy, Paying Mr. Getty), whose newest reel is a litany of highlights from various interviews, documentaries and television work showcasing his knowledge and wisdom on stunts, stunt equipment, Bruce Lee and Jet Li and more. From there, we keep the business going with the latest in action, stunt and choreography reels, kicking off our playlist with Hayden Lam, […]

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THE HIT LIST: December 12, 2016

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Well…here’s the skinny if you’re just tuning in. I’m fighting a bad cold and so I’ll be dialing back on the writing a bit until I get back on my feet. Until then, this may possibly be the final Hit List of the year while I’ve gathered plenty of content to share and for you to enjoy from here on. As always, first up are the stunt reels of the past week with some great selections, starting with David Zuckerman, Robert Steven Brown, Canada’s own Kyle Wong, and stuntwoman C.C. Ice whose latest stunt reel went viral back in August but only came in my purview just as of late last week. Rounding out the playlist are reels by Alexei Minaev, Meili Carpenter, Ellette Craddock, Nick Kraweic, Lance Herota, and the one and only Eric Jacobus with a kick ass new Tekken movielist for fighting character, Anna Williams. Click here […]

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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 […]

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THE HIT LIST: October 31, 2016

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As you’re reading this, I’m just reflecting on how my year has been ahead of what I’m going to post in December. I haven’t done much but I’m looking to add some more memories before long so, we’ll see. As for now, we off to this week’s jam-packed installation of The Hit List and there’s plenty of goods here to help bide your time. Action man Eric Jacobus takes to the Dead Or Alive character movelist once again for Rig in a new video of his own, followed by stunt and demo videos courtesy of Cassandra Ebner, Barry Nerling, Hannah Spreitzenbarth, Justin Charles Evans, Milly Nalin, Laurent Plancel, Sadiqua Bynum, Marvin Ross, Jessi Fisher, Chuck Johnson, Tien Hoang, Annette Van Moorsel, Alberto Rama, Unleashed 360 Stunt Team, Benjamin Redic II, Nicholas Marinos, and Team VellusTa hailing from their recent nine-day stint in Japan. Enjoy the playlist! Off to a quartet […]

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THE HIT LIST – October 24, 2016

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This week’s Hit List was another down-the-wire bit with a few late entries. On another note I’m currently saving my evening energy for a thing I’m doing in the next few weeks and with any luck I’ll even get to write about it, so keep an eye on my Facebook page for more content. In the meantime, we’re back with another installment of The Hit List and it’s got all the action, stunt work and thrills you crave! Actor and filmmaker Eric Jacobus lends his gameface to viewers once more as a fighting game character, here and now as Bayman from Dead Or Alive in a new movelist performance compilation. The playlist finishes things up from there with an arsenal of thrilling stuntwork by Amy Sturdivant, Lin He Rong, Johan Lindqvist, Jared Losano, Marissa Labog, Jason Mello, Jason Durham, Bayland Kippenkroeger, Chad Crumley, bicycle traceur Tim Knoll courtesy of filmmaker […]

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THE HIT LIST – April 18, 2016

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This week’s installation of The Hit List presents some great pieces to share, and without a doubt I will be resurrecting another lovely piece of shortfilm worth viewing for those not in the know. Right now and as the script usually goes, we kick the festivities off with a playlist full of entertaining reels full of stunts and action by some of today’s talented performers. Actor and stuntman Eric Jacobus starts it off with a continuation of his epic journey through Katsuhiro Harada’s Tekken gameverse with a movelist attributed to the Dark Talon of Death himself, Raven. Following that is a reel from actress Jessica Wolff who has been on my radar for the last few years having worked with indie filmmaking familiars like Fernando Jay Huerto of Jabronie Pictures, and Mikko Löppönen whom I had the pleasure of helping promote his 2015 shortfilm, Eliza. Aside from being a recording […]

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THE HIT LIST – March 28, 2016

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I’m currently getting over a cold, but hopefully you’ve rested well from your Easter weekend as the past two days have been brimming with all things Batsy and Super. Otherwise, here and now and once more, we attribute our day of the week to an article filled with things that make up a lot of the entertainment you see on the big screen, thanks to none other than the stunt community. It’s a little shorter than preferred but I think you’ll still get your fill, in my opinion. Getting things off to an excellent start this week is actor and stuntman Eric Jacobus with his latest movelist performance attributed to Tekken game villain, Heihaichi Mishima, followed by reels from filmmaker and action director Bueno, stunt performers Ryan Robertson, tricker Vellu Saarela, Aviel Ayoung, Curt Wheeler, Nick Stanner, and Steve Bravler, and a fan reel knitted with scenes attributed to celebrated […]

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THE HIT LIST – February 1, 2016

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The weekend was a robust one! I saw a couple of movies, I reviewed one, and even posted a few trailers for two of this year’s hotly-anticipated titles both here and here. Rest assured, that didn’t stop me from keeping up with my weekly keep here at Film Combat Syndicate’s Hit List column, and this week’s entries are now up. Free up your time right now, because the first playlist is ready with amazing stunt, fighting and tricking reels by Ilyana Eberhardt, Huang Vo, Shayan Safar, Shayna Bofill, Anthony Hoang, Gabriel Graves, Jon Miguel, Barry Nerling and stunt coordinator Tyler Hall with a new work reel of his own! Onward to the test fights, and there are just a few that have made the rounds over the weekend enough to come under my radar, including a quick action skit by Greg Poljacik and Nate Hitpas titled Clinch Brush. Next up from […]

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THE HIT LIST – January 11, 2015

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Welcome back everyone! I hope your weekends were good to all of you. Mine was pretty loaded so I wasn’t bored much, and that included preparing this week’s latest Hit List for you to enjoy with fresh new reels, fights and other stunt gems you’ll hopefully like. By the way, if this is you’re first time here at Film Combat Syndicate, then greetings! I hope you enjoy what you see. Starting things off here is a fresh new playlist of stunt and fighting reels, and I’m starting this one off with an excellent fan video attributed to action star Marko Zaror. Rounding out the playlist are demo reels from stuntwoman Michaela McAllister, Jose “Vertical” Jimenez, Kefi Abrikh, Morgan Benoit, Anna Grjukach, Airon Armstrong, Erin Clyne, Lawrence Nicklin, a fresh new company reel by Lunar Stunts Action Cinema, and seasoned stunt coordinator Alain Figlarz. Up next is a slate of behind […]

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THE HIT LIST – December 14, 2015

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My weekend started off as a really loaded one. But, again, I was determined to squeeze in this week’s round up of amazing experimental fight action and cinematic stuntwork by some of today’s inspired performers… That said, it’s been more than a year since I started conceptualizing these articles as Hit Lists and if you’ve been following us long enough, you already know how this goes: Stunt reels! Alas, you get two Vimeo exclusives from stuntwoman Thekla Hutyrova and fight coordinator Matt Berberi, followed by a YouTube-friendly playlist of fellow stunt performers in the form of an extended reel from martial artist and filmmaker Shaun Charney, and stunt reels by Brandyn T. Williams, famed Batman (1989) double Dave Lea, martial artist Nikki Stanley new reels from filmmakers Tony Diaz and actor Dennis Ruel, and a new 2016 reel by the award-winning martial arts performance troupe, Team Sideswipe. Thekla Hutyrova Action Reel 2015 from Thekla Hutyrova on Vimeo. […]

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THE HIT LIST – November 30, 2015

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My Thanksgiving weekend almost tempted me to opt out of putting together another Hit List! What can I say, it was fun to unplug and I’ll probably do more of that in the near future. In the meantime, a new installment is here for the week with a great deal of stunt reels and just a few shortfilms and test fights to share… So, let’s kick this off with the usual assortment of stunt reels to warm things up, and it begins with a fantastic new reel by stuntman and independent filmmaker Emmanuel Manzanares, and we’ll have more on him a little later. Following up are more reels as of late from other indie film and stunt guys including Shaun Charney and Greg Poljacik, along with those from Nicola Bokardo, Naomi Turvey, Torrey Vogel, Domenica Rossi, Ben Tardif, Nick Krawiec, David G. Pelta, Alli Marrie and a new team real […]

THE HIT LIST – November 16, 2015

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It’s been a rather sobering weekend for some around the globe. I’ve personally kept busy with a few things myself to keep my spirits up though, and that included putting this week’s Hit List together, chock-filled with exciting, wacky and dazzling imagery to share, and I sincerely hope this week’s entries do something for you. So, as always to start with the first of the Hit List presents a slew of spectacular stunt reels, but I’m starting this bad boy off in the only way I could this week, and that comes from Hong Kong Cinema superfan Tony Coates with an extensive and well knit montage of career highlights centered on action legend Sammo Hung Kam-Bo. He’s called Big Brother for a reason and you need only look at his work of over fifty-four years and still counting to see why with more from him in store, including choreography on […]

THE FIGHTING JOURNEYMAN: An Interview With Eric Nguyen

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This week I’m actually running several interviews and a few are taking time to develop. In the meantime, it’s been over three years since I started Film Combat Syndicate and having incidentally crossed paths with independent filmmaker, Eric Nguyen, by way of his YouTube channel, Lunar Stunts, I couldn’t think of a better time to spend my time sharing a one-on-one interview. That said, being the fan of the martial arts genre that I am and having grown largely dependant on online content as a means of entertainment and observing where we genuinely stand on the evolution of the genre, I have to say that Nguyen is far from being the exception. There are literally dozens upon dozens of talented stunt performers and filmmakers who work on an independent level with the advantage that sites like YouTube have given them, and Nguyen is one of them, showcasing to the world […]

THE HIT LIST – August 17, 2015

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Well, Monday night has arrived and I pretty much consider myself well-rested seeing as how I ended up back in blogger-mode on Sunday night. Some days you burn out, and on others you just start clicking…it’s funny, really. Anyway, with our return to the start of a new week, the Hit List is back just as well, lending nods to a meaty handful of stunt professionals every week in attribution to their hard work shown in reels and shortfilms alike. Alas, the new stunt reel playlist for the week is now up and running with reels by Donovan Sheehan, Boris Martinez, Marco Pancrazi, an awesome action reel by Raze co-star Allene Quincy, Jacob Sebastian Malm‘s latest reel featuring his Turandot stunt team from the summer in an illuminous new fire showreel, and actor David Sakurai in a new Vimeo-exclusive action reel of his own assembled from several of his recent […]

CHASING SOULS: Catching Up With Actor, Martial Artist And Musician J. Cheung

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Photo by Xin Wuku Those of you who have been reading Film Combat Syndicate since the site launched twenty seven months ago may be familiar with one of my first interviews. Certainly it was one of my biggest assignments at the time and it helped stretch my brain muscles a bit while learning how to handle the specific HTML standards of working a blog, whilst diving me deep into the inner-workings of one of Asia’s most inspired groups of up-and-comers to date, thr3guys, a group dedicated to performing and filmmaking martial arts choreography, as well as still-photography with founder, martial artist, hip-hop musician and up-and-coming actor, J. Cheung and others modeling in front of the camera. It was good for a time, although it wouldn’t be long before the group would find itself split later that year. Nowadays with its members moving on to other endeavors, I had been in […]

THE HIT LIST – March 2, 2015

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Oh look! More videos. It’s funny, really. I always expect to run short every week and I usually end up with at least 20 or more. This week I’m just shy of a few and I wouldn’t be surprised if I missed any. Some of these gems are not easily detectable through simple searches. Anyway, let’s get this list started with some tricking and stunting reels! Martial Club founding member Andy Le‘s is up first and while this isn’t his first appearance in a Hit List article, it probably won’t be the last. The reel slate also includes stuntmen Brian Ho, Alfred Hsing, Daniel Graham, Vincent DeComo Helvetic Tricking’s latest feats within lush Swiss locales, a Bear Grylls Adventure segment featuring Greek traceur, Maria Raptaki!, and some kickass GoPro training with Hong Kong fight choreographer, Pound Of Flesh action director John Salvitti! Brian Ho – Stunt Demo 2015 from Brian […]