JAILBREAK Review: The Break Martial Arts Fans Need!
JAILBREAK arrives on VOD and Digital today from Film Movement and Omnibus Entertainment!
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JAILBREAK: Tharoth Sam Tangos With A Deadly Butterfly In Exclusive Clip!
MMA fighter Tharoth Sam takes on Céline Tran in an exclusive clip from JAILBREAK, releasing on Digital and VOD this Friday!
JAILBREAK Trailer: Jimmy Henderson’s Award-Winning Cambodian Martial Arts Hit Returns To The U.S. On Digital And VOD In March!
Nearly two years since disappearing from Netflix, Jimmy Henderson’s Cambodian action comedy hit, JAILBREAK, will be free once more next month on VOD and digital!
GREEN NIGHT Trailer: Film Movement Releases Han Shuai’s Neo-Noir Crime Drama Next Week
Coming to VoD, digital, and on Film Movement Plus is Green Night, from director Han Shuai. The film stars Fan Bing Bing, Lee Joo-young, Kim Young-ho, and Kim Min-gui, from a script by Han and co-writer Lei Sheng. Trapped in a cycle of oppression, Chinese immigrant Jin Xia (Fan Bingbing) works in customs at South Korea’s Incheon Airport, where she encounters a mysterious green-haired girl (Lee Joo-young) acting suspiciously at the security checkpoint. Overcome by the unspoken attraction between them, she takes the enigmatic stranger home only to uncover her involvement in a deadly drug trafficking ring. After the two end up killing Xia’s abusive husband, the pair go on the run, but when Xia returns to the crime scene to retrieve the drugs the green-haired girl left behind, their plans for finding freedom together take a dangerous turn. Check out the trailer below ahead of the film’s October 18 […]
THE WAIT: Spanish Rural Thriller Sets Fall VOD Release From Film Movement
F. Javier Gutierrez’s latest thriller, The Wait, has announced a Fall cable and digital release date TBA from North American distributor, Film Movement. The film spent the last few years in the festival circuit with stops at Fantastic Fest, Sitges, Shanghai, Vancouver, and Oldenburg among others. The Wait stars Victor Clavijo (Before the Fall), Ruth Diaz, Manuel Moron, and Pedro Casablanc (Strange Way of Life). The film is set deep in the Andalusian countryside where Eladio (Clavijo) works as the groundskeeper of a hunting estate owned by the powerful Don Francisco. After taking a bribe from a veteran hunter, Eladio’s normal life falls apart, plunging him into the depths of guilt, hatred and revenge. Gutierrez’s Unfiled Films produced the pic along with Nostromo Pictures (Buried, Penny Dreadful), and Spal Films (Before the Fall). Michael Rosenberg, President of Film Movement, coordinated the deal with Vicente Canales, Managing Director of Film Factory Entertainment […]
THE PRINCESS WARRIOR Review: A Fortuitous Female-Led Historical Actioner With A Fairy Tale Finish
The Princess Warrior is now available on VOD and Digital from Film Movement. It’s not every day Mongolian cinema gets to shine on the global stage. The Princess Warrior marks the latest effort in that regard from directing duo Baasanjargal Sambuu, and celebrated author Baatarsuren Shuudertsetseg whose 2017 novel serves as the basis for this action adventure. Actress Tsedoo Munkhbat takes on the title role of Mongol princess Khutulun, the classic heroine based on the real life legend which has seen her tale told through multiple mediums. The story chronicles her life from childhood and upbringing – named at the time as Ajurug – the only daughter to respected Mongol ruler, Khaidu (Gerelsukh Otgon). Khutulun is in constant competition with her patriarchal family setting as a girl expectant by her siblings to be a good wife and one day bear children to a worthy prince. As The Princess Warrior tells […]
578 MAGNUM Review: Luong Dinh Dung’s Reverse-Engineered ‘Taken’ Genre Filler Is A Dud
578 Magnum is now available in on digital and VOD from Film Movement. As I wrote this review, I took the liberty of trying to ascertain just what the title of writer and director Luong Dinh Dung’s new movie, 578 Magnum, meant. Draw your own conclusions as you may – after a few Google searches here and there, I can see how it might have made sense to the director, although it still comes off as more of a hint of how lazy the writing was that went into this action thriller. Making his Western debut from a Vietnamese production in a lead role is actor Alexandre Nguyen who plays Hung, joined on screen by actress Thanh Thao in the role of his six-year old daughter, An. Hung shares a close relationship with his daughter while working as a container truck driver, and that relationship is sooner tested than preferred […]
578 MAGNUM: Alexandre Nguyen Is A One-Man Army In A New Clip [EXCLUSIVE]
An earlier version of this article was corrected and updated with release platform details. Director Luong Dinh Dung’s new action adventure, 578 Magnum is on the way to digital and VOD platforms this Friday from Film Movement. Several clips are making the rounds this week from a few news sites, and Film Combat Syndicate was granted the opportunity to share and exclusive clip of our own which you can view at the bottom of the page. The clip in question reveals a key moment in the film when Hung (Alexandre Nguyen) confronts a notorious gang while in search of his daughter, per the film’s synopsis. As the clip shows, the free-for-all explodes in a container yard with Hung standing against all odds until he’s cornered into fighting one of the film’s heaviest-hitting characters, played by martial artist Tuan Hac. 578 Magnum also stars Thanh Thao, Huoang Phuc and H’hen Hie, […]
THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH: Dominik Moll’s Hit Crime Drama Sets Course For NYC Next Week
News From Planet Mars and Only The Animals helmer Dominik Moll’s latest crime thriller will get its day on May 19 at NYC’s Quad Cinema for The Night Of The 12th. Film Movement will also roll the film out in additional markets to follow. In nearly every police precinct, detectives are inevitably confronted with a case that goes unsolved. The more heinous the crime, the more it haunts those whose duty it is solve it. Such is the dilemma for Yohan Vivès—a young, recently promoted police Captain—when he begins investigating the gruesome murder of a young women named Clara in the town of Grenoble. It’s clear that the attack was pre-meditated, and the violent nature of the crime suggests revenge. Vivés’ team methodically digs through the details of Clara’s life, uncovering her secrets in hopes of weeding out the killer. Certain their suspect is a scorned ex-lover, Vivés is confronted […]
THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH Hits NYC This Month From Film Movement
Film Movement is announcing its latest campaign for director Dominik Moll’s French true crime thriller, The Night Of The 12th. The film screened at Cannes last year before entertaining audiences in the summer in Brussels and the world over and having recently made two festival stops in the U.S. just earlier this month, and will next premiere at NYC’s Quad Cinema on May 19, with additional markets to follow. The Night Of The 12th stars Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Théo Cholbi, Johann Dionnet, Thibaut Evrard, Julien Frison, Paul Jeanon, Mouna Soualem, Pauline Serieys, and Lula Cotton Frapier, and was directed from a script Moll co-penned with Gilles Marchand. The film was produced by Caroline Benjo, Barbara Letellier, Carole Scotta, and Simon Arnal. Read on for more on the flick and check out the gallery just beneath for poster art and stills. In nearly every police precinct, detectives are inevitably confronted […]
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? Review: With Wen Shipei’s Feature Debut, You’re In Good Company
Are You Lonesome Tonight? is now available on Digital and VOD from Film Movement Filmmaker Wen Shipei was only one feature project in, having directed the Camera d’Or-nominated crime thriller, Are You Lonesome Tonight? I don’t know what that means for a lot of other critics or folks in film circles but I think it speaks volumes of a director’s ability to tell a story and other prospects looking forward. This one is set in 1990s Guangzhou when Wang Xueming (Eddie Peng), an AC repairman accidentally hits a pedestrian and drives off. Racked with guilt, he slowly encroaches on the goings-on of his widow, Mrs. Liang (Sylvia Chang) in a friendship that slowly materializes between awkward passerby moments coupled with acts by design on Wang’s part. The film takes a stark turn about halfway in when truths begin to unravel about the fateful evening, as dauntless detective Chen (Wang Yanhui) […]
HIDEO GOSHA X 3: A Trio Of Japanese Classics To Screen At The Metrograph In NYC And Alamo Drafthouse In LA!
3:27pm EST: Updated to include Los Angeles screenings. Folks in New York City will have the chance to enjoy some classic Japanese cinema beginning this Friday at the Metrograph with three titles from December 16, and Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas on January 13 in Los Angeles, from director Hideo Gosha: Samurai Wolf, Samurai Wolf 2: Hell Cut, and Violent Streets. All three films will be subject to Blu-Ray disc releases in the new year as well. Metrograph presents Hideo Gosha X 3, beginning December 16 at Metrograph in Theater. One of the best-kept secrets of Japanese genre filmmaking in the 1960s and ’70s, Hideo Gosha began his studio career in 1964 and quickly emerged as a peerless specialist in chambara (samurai) films. A few years later, a contemporary twist on the chambara formula appeared in the form of the yakuza film, and Gosha proved equally adept with modern dress action. Whether the weapons of choice were […]
A GOOD WOMAN IS HARD TO FIND, To Be Found At Film Movement For 2020 Release
A new report at Variety has confirmed that Sarah Bolger’s new contained crime drama, A Good Woman Is Hard To Find, has been snagged by Film Movement for day-and-date releasing next year in North America. I wholly welcome this one as of the most intriguing and suspenseful features out of Fantasia this past summer and following its UK acquisition by Signature, it’s high time folks got a little something out of it in the states. So what are folks in for? Welp… for one we have actres Sarah Bolger leading the film. She plays a single mother of two, forced to do whatever it takes to survive when a small-time drug pusher invades her home in order to stash two stolen bags of cocaine. The film is directed by Road Games helmer Abner Pastoll, from a script by Ronan Blaney, and also stars Edward Hogg and Andrew Simpson. Peep my […]
SOUL ON A STRING: Check Out The Official Trailer For Zhang Yang’s Sweeping Epic
Award-winning filmmaker Zhang Yang’s Soul On A String has already become a favorite at several festivals last year including Busan and in Toronto. Film Movement eventually picked up the film for its U.S. release while plans are now under way to grant the film an audience at this year’s 16th New York Asian Film Festival. After discovering a sacred stone in the mouth of a deer, Taibei, a solitary Tibetan cowboy, embarks on a mission: to bring it back to the holy Mountain of Buddha’s Handprint. Pursued by black market traders who seek the priceless artifact for themselves, as well as two brothers seeking vengeance for the long-ago death of their father, Taibei’s journey will be a long and difficult one – even before it is thrown off course by strange, mystical events.. Soul On A String stars Ciren Quni, Kimba Kimba and Dudiom Siano Zahi Zahi. Check out a trailer below!
Kitano's VIOLENT COP Gets A Blu-Ray US Re-Release This Fall
Filmmaking multi-hyphenate Kitano Takeshi’s career hasn’t been all about putting hard-boiled violence and gangsters on screen. Surely enough though, when he does, it leaves a lasting impression that often feels someone enigmatic in its clear-cut resolve. You can’t really knock it in any case. It’s in your face and right down to a threatening cock-eyed stare with a barrel pointed right at you. And it’s tropes like that which highlight Kitano’s signature career in film, especially with the forthcoming US-bound Blu-Ray re-release of his 1989 directing debut, Violent Cop courtesy of Film Movement. SYNOPSIS: In one of his first dramatic roles, writer/director Takeshi “Beat” Kitano plays Detective Azuma, a hostile cop who’s not afraid of using violent means to catch his culprits. When his sister is kidnapped by a sadistic drug lord, Azuma’s Dirty Harry-style tactics escalate in his quest for vengeance. High quality HD transfers are to be expected […]