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DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE: Revisiting A Corey Yuen Action Adventure That Is Better Than You Remember
If there’s one thing you can count on in the world of video games it’s that if something is successful, there will be copies. With the massive success of Street Fighter II, it was no surprise the market was flooded with fighting games, each with their own unique additions to help differentiate them from their competitors. For Mortal Kombat it was the gore and fatalities, Virtua Fighter took fighting games into 3D, and for DOA: Dead Or Alive, it was a blisteringly fast fighting engine and boobs. So many boobs. Movies are not exempt from this follow-the-leader mindset. In the years since the Paul W.S. Anderson succeeded the guilty pleasure early 90s camp that was Steven E. de Souza’s Street Fighter with New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat in 1995, we’ve had several more films based on fighting games; John Leonetti delivered a Mortal Kombat sequel a few years later, while […]
RED PROPHECIES: Alexander Nevsky Narrates Political Intrigue And Danger In The First Trailer
Actor and filmmaker Alexander Nevsky’s return to the screen now brings us the first official trailer for Red Prophecies, presented first over at JoBlo on Wednesday. Development and production span several years with principal photography commencing in Moscow prior to the pandemic, before shooting in Los Angeles under Covid-safe regulations this past summer. An American journalist works in Moscow and finds himself embroiled in dangerous political games, the purpose of which is to destabilise the situation in Russia and then interfere with the holding of the 2020 Presidential election in the United States. The journalist begins his own investigation in order to uncover who is behind the operation “Red Prophecies”: special services, financial tycoons or international terrorists? Nevsky also produced the pic with Alexander Izotov, and with Michael Madsen (Once Upon Time In Hollywood..), Oded Fehr (Resident Evil), Stephen Baldwin (The Usual Suspects), Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers) and Eric […]
5 GALAXIES: Check Out The Trailer For The Upcoming Sci-Fi Anthology From Uncork’d
Uncork’d has a new sci-fi anthology now forthcoming with 5 Galaxies making way to DVD and Digital beginning December 10. It’s boasting a bit of starpower here but also be sure to expect a nary known cast at the forefront of this new homebound piece of genre entertainment. An assemblage of futuristic, high concept stories about artificial intelligence, 5 Galaxies features Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, “Suits”) and Neil Jackson (“Sleepy Hollow”) in in a powerful profusion of science-fiction, featuring segments from such visionary filmmakers as Nelson Lee, Kristen Hilkert, Amir Reichart, Vitaly Verlov and Marc-Henri Boulier. Whether its love found in time of over-population or exploration of the unknown and space-travel, 5 Galaxies has a bit of something for every fan of the genre.
Gary Daniels Joins Asif Akbar Sci-Fi, ASTRO
Badhouse Martial arts star Gary Daniels has a batch of projects coming in the new year. As of this week, one of them now includes the latest directorial offering from director Asif Akbar for the new film, Astro, which managed to secure financing at the American Film Market in Santa Monica this week. Astro, according to THR, casts Daniels in the new sci-fi about a billionaire whose private space exploration program and its arrival back to Earth includes a kidnapped alien from a newly discovered planet. It’s a little difficult to tell what kind of film this will be judging by the report but with Daniels front and center, perhaps the action fans will have something to look forward to here. Akbar wrote the film along with Bernard Selling with cameras set to role in infamously cited alien conspiracy locale, Roswell, New Mexico where financing for the film was secured […]
Screener Review: EYES OF THE ROSHI (2016)
It’s a tricky thing trying to cast a martial artist for a major role in a movie. It’s the kind of thing you don’t take lightly and it depends on what kind of film you’re going for to help execute your vision, and there definitely is one here in Jon Mark Nail’s latest feature effort, Eyes Of The Roshi. Is it the vision you would expect? Well, again, that’s entirely up to you, although there are critiques worth noting should you choose to look this title up when it’s released. On its face, the film is pitched as a nod to the cinematic style of the Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino, telling of an epic saga of tragedy, vengeance and redemption with a few doses of philosophy and spirituality to boot. We eventually meet Adam, thickly-accented Vientnamese-American drifter with extraordinary fighting skills whose pacifistic nature is often challenged by chance […]
HOMETOWN HERO Gets Far From A Hero's Welcome In The First Trailer
Directing duo Dave Lugo and Matt Schwartz are setting sail this summer from El Ride Productions with the new action drama, Hometown Hero. Headlining actor Jordan Tisdale for his own coming-out feature debut, we get a story of a former soldier with PTSD and forced to square things with some seedy characters in the midst. Our villain? Actor Eric Roberts who leads a pack of white supremacists to try and force a hero out of his home. You can imagine the carnage that ensues, or better yet, even sample some of it in the first trailer below. Sure, it’s a familiar-sounding premise and all, but any action thriller involving a hero taking out a gang of bigots with Roberts menacing on screen as the villain is a notable treat for certain. Also starring are Chloe Hurst, Gore Abrams and James Russo with Eric Roberts. Film festival announcements remain pending ahead of […]
EYES OF THE ROSHI Stares Down Danger In The Latest Trailer
Looking to set forth a Virginia Beach premiere ahead of a 2016 release, shortfilm director Jon Mark Nail is on the way with his newest feature debut, Eyes Of The Roshi. Academy Award Nominee Eric Roberts headlines the film with a script by Joseph Baum that puts Vietnamese Karate-do expert and Yoga purveyor, Adam Nguyen front and center of a story that reads like a gritty small-town crime Western judging by the trailer that aired back in October. I would say this particular film looks more contemplative than anything but I’m sort of convinced Nguyen will get plenty of screentime to showcase his physicality for which he is highly heralded for his practice. As for the Bruce Lee comparison in the description below the jump, it sounds like a pretty ambitious sell to purists and fans which might rub off the wrong way. In lieu of this, clearly Nguyen has […]
Olivier Gruner Goes BEYOND THE GAME In The Latest Trailer
If you happen to be noticing a resurgence of B-movie action cinema fandom as of late, no, it’s not all in your head. This is real, and there are several examples out there with titles as far back as 2010 with the release of Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables, and more and more of these films have been rolling out in some capacity ever since. Clearly the niche hasn’t disappeared long since the 90’s era of B-movie action cinema glory took hold, and its clearly one that Blizhniy Boy (2007) trio, director Erken Lalgashev and writers J. Stephen Maunder and David Mitchell share a lineage in, as well as a shared interest as so expressed in their latest contribution, Beyond The Game. There aren’t any plot details, but the cast itself is littered with a who’s-who of action veterans with actor and martial artist Olivier Gruner as a psychologically-cracked solider in […]
No Man Gets Left Behind In The New Trailer For SECTOR 4: EXTRACTION
Action hero Olivier Gruner is a pretty sizeable body of work in a number of direct-to-video beat-em-up action thrillers for a little over a few decades now, headlines mainly by the cult classic, Nemesis, and films like Savate, The Circuit trilogy, and much more. On Friday, the multifaceted action star also got his day in the spotlight with his latest solo directorial debut in the form of the new film, Sector 4: Extraction, a thrilling new military action flick that pits Gruner as a one-man army on a rescue mission against ruthless Al Queda operatives. The summer is looking pretty good for action fans thanks to Grindstone, who unveiled the latest trailer for the film now viewable in the embed below the Lionsgate Press Release from Home Theater Forum: No one will be left behind when Sector 4: Extraction arrives on DVD (plus Digital UltraViolet), Digital HD, Video on Demand and Pay-Per-View July […]
Film Of The Week: ABSTRACTION (2014)
SYNOPSIS: Tommy and Gary are criminals engaging in grand thefts in order to make ends meet. They are opportunists and have no fear. After a routine robbery goes awry, the friends are forced to put their criminal activity behind them. As Tommy’s relationship flourishes with his new girlfriend Scarlet, his economic hardships become obvious. Scarlet soon proposes a notion that will make all their money troubles vanish – the heist of a half a million dollar painting. With just a short window of opportunity, Tommy and Gary design an ambitious plan, one that will ultimately determine their fate. REVIEW: It’s been a while since I have been able to go to the movies enough to review anything on the site. However, I was recently offered a chance to screen director Prince Bagdasarian‘s latest multi-nominated, multi-award winning heist thriller, Abstraction, and I could not resist. It took a few weeks because […]
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