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Ideals Are As Bullet-Proof As Marvel's LUKE CAGE In The First Official Trailer!

Two weeks since Marvel and Netflix unveiled an explosive comic-con trailer for the upcoming series, Luke Cage, we now have an official trailer ahead of the series premiere on September 30. It brings a promising spectacle in the wake of a prosperous roll out of shows for the streaming service and with actor Mike Colter, no less, rightly servicing fans in the title role of an ex-con, the subject of a faulty experiment behind bars which has since rendered him bullet proof and super-strong, and ultimately befitting him as Harlem’s last, albeit reluctant hope for salvation against a rising crime wave. Also starring are Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley and Sonia Braga, with actress Rosario Dawson who shares the Marvel/Netflix universe across all three shows so far. This, amid a narrative that interestingly welcomes its episodes titled per the songs of hit rap group, Gang […]

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[UPDATED] It's The End Of Alice's Story In The International Trailer For RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER

I fail to recount the last fourteen years in which we’ve spent watching Sony and Screen Gems re-envision Capcom’s longstanding popular game franchise, Resident Evil. We have Milla Jovovich, however, who continues to lend us an action heroine at the center of one woman’s journey through a world rife with zombies, and outlaws in various forms against an evil corporation responsible for turning much of mankind into said zombies in the first place. Alas, it looks like more of the same derivative craziness with Paul W.S. Anderson sitting back at the helm for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, and the latest trailer looks nothing short of the usual, promising big setups, more lazer dodging, more menacing Iain Glen, and so on. Moreover, as the new international trailer insists, Alice has, indeed, “played a long game”, and a winning one at that; A billion dollars in on its big screen investments […]

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THE HIT LIST – August 8, 2016

Well, I don’t know about you guys, but my weekend was another laid back one this summer. I haven’t been to the movies in a while and mostly due to work, but I have plenty of anime and film at home to keep me company, and that courtesy also extends to any number of the usual action shorts and stunt talents I find on the web. Thus, we now engage another installation of The Hit List, and the first of the bunch brings us the usual playlist ripe with stunt reels to enjoy beginning with Jesse Liskola who has caught my attention in a few good projects over the past year or so, including Mikko Lopponen’s 2015 winter revenge thriller, Eliza. His demo reel is just below and followed by a slate of stunt and training reels from Christopher Troy, Anthony Hoang, Lon Gowan, Katie Kramer, Skylar Mowatt, Martin Wan […]

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MAN OF STEEL Sequel Officially In Development

Just a little under a few years ago, Warner Bros. laid out plans for a slate of DC Comics movies to assemble a formidable cinematic universe opposite Marvel following Zack Snyder’s Man Of Steel, a film that essentially put a terrific new version on the map for movie goers. Since then and for many a fan and optimist, hopes were high as fans got ready for Snyder’s Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice ahead of Patty Jenkins’s Wonder Woman among other titles still forthcoming. Fast forward two years later following the wiggly performances of BvS: DoJ and director David Ayer’s Suicide Squad over the weekend, and it appears that things are still no enough. Both films have weighed with controversy despite box office earnings with the latter just recently raking in with well over $135 million within its global $267 million gross, though the question remains as to whether or […]

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Watch The New Trailer For Cao Baoping's Off-Road Crime Comedy, COCK AND BULL

Curse Of The Golden Flower and Police Story: Lockdown co-star, actor Liu Ye is currently poised to appear in Xiao Feng’s war epic, The Bombing with a due date still pending. In the meantime, his forthcoming appearance in director Cao Baoping’s newesr, Cock And Bull, caught some notoriety over the summer during the Shanghai International Film Festival where it won Ye an award for best actor. Joined by Zhang Yi, Duan Bowen and Fiona Wang, the film sees Ye in the role of an honest small town mechanic whose quarrel with a motorcyclist pits him as the suspect behind his murder. When the police investigation runs cold, he sets out in search of the truth and crosses paths with the thief who stole the motorcycle, and soon enough, off-road anarchy and craziness ensues for what looks to be a noteworthy murder mystery caper when it releases in China this September. Hopefully this one reaches […]

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The New Trailer For SHIVAAY Is F**king Ridiculous

Award-winning actor and director Ajay Devgn is back, and in no way hesitating to bring out the sickness for this latest thriller, Shivaay. The premise here is a bit rough to go on judging by the trailer, but try not to think too much of it or you’ll miss the best parts. Here he plays a mountaineer who stops at nothing to rescue his family by any means necessary. Beyond that, this guy is destroying shit and kicking the crap out of people. He pulls a ramp in front of him so as to force a van to leap directly over his head, and apparently he’s so steadfast that you literally end up pushing yourself… basically a gag from Man Of Steel if you’re familiar with superhero movies. It’s funny though, especially since narrative here does draw a bit from divine figures culturally familiar with Indians – something which also […]

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SAO THE MOVIE: ORDINAL SCALE To Open Worldwide In 2017

The World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya wrapped up its Summer events this year over the weekend, but not before the unveiling a new revelation for fans of the hit manga and anime series, Sword Art Online. From series director Ito Tomohiko, Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale is set to release next year with a date soon pending, while it is now being reported that the film will accomodate as many as 1,000 theatrical screens by then, including in the U.S. where Aniplex USA is expected to release the film. SYNOPSIS: In 2026, two years since the SAO incident, a new game called “Oridinal Scale,” an Augmented-Reality MMO, is becoming popular among the players. But…strange things are happening in the game and Kirito and the gang are facing a new danger. A brand new story created by the original author, Reki Kawahara and directed by Tomohiko Ito, “Sword Art […]

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KILL ZONE 2 – A Conflict…

Full disclosure, before we begin… I watched this film with two different minds. It was a Jekyll/Hyde experience. One, incidentally, that the film itself captures in one of my favorite scenes. It is between the two principal characters on which the onion layered narrative hinges it’s caboose, and it happens in a dark, claustrophobic location; a prison cell. Tony Jaa’s character Chatchai (featuring prominently in the film, …sometimes), and Wu Jing’s character Chan Chi-Kit are having a lost in translation moment during which Jaa is attempting to convey some decidedly important information to Jing. Only, the two men speak different languages (Chitchai speaks Thai, Chi-Kit speaks Cantonese) and are forced to improvise with the use of a cellphone translator. The scene is the case I would present in court in my own defence against the TO THE HASHI my Hyde persona so eagerly sought to write. It is transcripted all […]

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HIGANJIMA: DELUXE Traps You On The Worst Island Ever In The Latest Trailer

Neko Samurai 2 helmer Watanabe Takeshi is returning to cinemas this October with his latest thrillride, Higanjima: Deluxe, succeeding author Matsumoto Koji’s 2002-2010 Kodansha manga series, and the live-action film and TV show thereafter. A few teasers began making the rounds this year but the latest trailer is online, along with another few promo bits highlighting some great tropes for what looks to be a colorful, spectacular action horror adaptation. SYNOPSIS: Higanjima is a solitary island dominated by the vampires and monsters that the immortal vampire Miyabi (Louis KURIHARA) has created. Following up the TV series from 2013, Akira (Hayato SHIRAISHI) and his friends go back to Higanjima in order to look for his missing older brother Atsushi (Ryohei SUZUKI) who fought together against Miyabi. However, what was waiting for them was Atsushi who now turned into a vampire and working under Miyabi. Now it’s up to Akira and his […]

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Stuart Willis's Sci-Fi, RESTORATION, Lands A Trailer For Its Oz Premiere

Just in time for the weekend, Australian home TV viewers will be able to catch director Stuart Willis’s debut sci-fi, Restoration. The official trailer has arrived and presents a slick, solid look for a gripping suspense thriller by Willis as he brandishes some of his Hollywood VFX expertise as well. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, a company offers individuals the service of having their memories downloaded “for backup”. So, in the event of death, those memories can be uploaded into a new body.  After a routine backup, Oliver Klein wakes to find his memories restored into a body that is not his own. Trapped in a foreign body with its own ‘muscle memory’, Oliver discovers that he is capable of doing things the original Oliver never could and never would.   Oliver must find a way to reconnect with his family and his life, while coming face-to-face with the truth that […]

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Korean Action Comedy, SHOWDOWN Squares Off With A New Character Trailer

It’s been a while since South Korean cinema dominated our radar with action films save for a few recent hits. Leave it, however, to Untouchable Lawmen helmer Shin Dong-yeop who now heads to the big screen this Fall with his latest action comedy, Showdown. Featuring debut lead actor Lee Joo-seung, the film tells of a young street fighter and second-in-command gangster who resorts to training under an old martial arts master, and viral video celebrity via his chat forum to challenge the suspect who put his detective brother in a coma amid a pending murder investigation. Oh Ji-ho, Lee Jung-jin, Shin Jung-geun and Son Eun-seo also star and while a trailer was said to be online about a month ago among Korean media sites for those in the know, a new character promo just surfaced a la YouTube which helps quite a bit. Check out the promo below along with […]

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CHAOS WALKING Casts Daisy Ridley!

Filmmaker Doug Liman may be a bit despondent over losing his baby by 2005, but the former still has a several reasons to stay optimistic…well, a few. Null at the moment, of course, is Gambit since actor Channing Tatum is signed to playing a damn merman in some remake I could care less about while other prospects lie with a hopeful Edge Of Tomorrow sequel. His newest feature film endeavor, however, now lies with Lionsgate for Chaos Walking, based on the 2008 YA novel trilogy launchpad from author Patrick Ness. As of this week, word from Variety now has it that the new frontwoman of the latest Star Wars trilogy, actress Daisy Ridley is joining in the role of a strange, silent girl who joins our young male protagonist and his dog on a perilous, and deadly journey of self discovery. Here’s a description of the book from the author’s website: […]

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Nolan's DUNKIRK Sees Incoming In The First Announcement Trailer

Just a little over a few months since production began for writer and director Christopher Nolan’s new World War 2 thriller, Dunkirk, we’ve now come to with a first trailer announcing the film ahead of its July 21 release next year. There’s not much to spot right away in terms of star power but you’re immediately set into the unpredictability of planes flying overhead as soldiers land on the beach with hell about to break loose. Pretty intense stuff! SYNOPSIS: “Dunkirk” opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.  “Dunkirk” features a prestigious cast, including Tom Hardy (“The Revenant,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Inception”), Mark Rylance (“Bridge of Spies,” “Wolf Hall”), Kenneth Branagh (“My Week with Marilyn,” “Hamlet,” “Henry V”) and Cillian Murphy […]

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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 […]

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The Hunt Begins For Wesley Snipes & Co. In THE RECALL, Now Filming

Nope, I’m not waiting for any updates on action star Wesley Snipes starring in another Blade movie. That’ll happen when it happens, and IF it happens, but I’m moving forward nonetheless with prospects now looming over at Minds Eye Entertainment where production is now underway for the new sci-fi action thriller, The Recall. To what capacity Snipes’s character aside from the rest of the cast will be though is unclear except his role will be that of “The Hunter” which is already my selling point as a fan. The announcement, however, does hint at bolstering The Ghostmaker helmer Mauro Borelli’s visual artistry chops, which does read promising considering what his IMDb page reads like. It’s pretty impressive! VERNON, BC August 4, 2016 – Minds Eye Entertainment, in association with Bridgegate Pictures and VMI Worldwide, proudly announce that principal photography for the sci-fi, action, thriller, THE RECALL, has commenced in Vernon […]

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MAX STEEL Whips Out Some New Tricks In The First International Teaser!

One might agree that its been too long since we heard anything on director Stewart Hendler’s latest adaptation of Mattel franchise property, Max Steel. Well, now we have an international trailer of sorts while more may be forthcoming, and with none other than Ben Winchell in the title role. SYNOPSIS: 16 year old Max McGrath is discovering that he’s got a strange electric energy that emanates from him when he’s upset or excited, and it’s starting to grow beyond his control. With his scientist father dead and his mom Molly unwilling to talk about what really happened in the accident that killed him, Max is resigned to trying to fit in to yet another new school–where he finds himself attracted to the quirky, independent-minded Sydney and develops a friendship with an old colleague of his dad’s, Miles Edwards. But the most startling thing that happens to Max is the arrival […]

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Erik Matti's BUY BUST In Pre-Production With FMA Training Underway

Filipino action cinema still has its hurdles nowadays, and some of it is still much ado with the unwillingness to take certain risks to help bolster such films from the region. Fortunately that hasn’t hindered the earned acclaim by filmmakers like Erik Matti (On The Job, Honor Thy Father, Erik Matti, The Aswang Chronicles) who is reportedly pivoting to the martial arts genre with his own contribution. For this, we look to two new training videos now online featuring MMA fighter Brandon Vera and local actress Anne Curtis who are set to star on Matti’s latest, Buy Bust. Screen Anarchy‘s Todd Brown forwarded the latest updates via the Reality Entertainment Facebook with Vera and Curtis undergoing Pekiti-Tirsia Kali ahead of next month’s more solid rehearsals ahead of the film’s production in November, and with the prospects of performing the action themselves with out stunt doubles. That ought to be an […]

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Win A DVD/Blu-Ray Copy Of THE TIGER From Well Go USA!

UPDATE: This contest has expired! Actor Choi Min-Sik is on a mission to catch a tiger in writer/director Park Hoon-jung’s latest period spectacle, The Tiger. Well Go USA is finally releasing the film in the U.S. on DVD and Blu-Ray on August 9 and Film Combat Syndicate has three copies to giveaway to three lucky winners between now and the release date deadline next week! SYNOPSIS: An ex-sharpshooter for the Kingdom of Korea (CHOI Min-sik, Oldboy) is hunting the country’s last tiger. But Japanese forces and vicious local poachers also seek “The Four-Legged Mountain Lord,” and will stop at nothing to claim their prey. Jung Man-sik (Chronicle of a Blood Merchant), Kim Sang-ho (The Beauty Inside), Ren Osugi (upcoming: Godzilla Resurgence) and newcomers Sung Yu-bin and Jeong Seok-won round out the cast. To win your copy, simply email us at filmcombatsyndicate@gmail.com with “THE TIGER CONTEST” in the subject header, and tell […]

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Warner Bros. Sets Out To Find More FANTASTIC BEASTS In 2018

Director David Yates’s forthcoming fantasy adventure, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, got quite a trailer last month at Comic-Con as you can see above. It’s an ample bit of hype for the Harry Potter crowd and all for the sake of a new chapter as we engage the first of a trilogy from Warner Bros. inspired by the work of author and debut screenwriter J.K. Rowling. For this, we now have word on the next installment due for 2018. The studio’s latest announcement can be read below! The Next Film in the “Fantastic Beasts” Series is in the Works, Being Written by J.K. Rowling  The Next Adventure Will Open Worldwide on November 16, 2018  The “Fantastic Beasts” Film Series Adds to the Global Expansion of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World BURBANK, Calif.–As anticipation builds for the November 18th release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ adventure “Fantastic Beasts and Where to […]

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David Lam’s S STORM Gets A Thrilling New Trailer

Director David Lam’s 2014 corporate action thriller, Z Storm, was a mixed bag of good and ridiculous with a story centered on the watchdog exploits of the ICAC. It was quite the thriller with Michael Wong serving as a notable villain, might add, and so this Fall, the next chapter commences with the me S Storm (or Z Storm 2), and with a cast once again led by Louis Koo. SYNOPSIS: Continuing after the anti-corruption battle in the earlier film, Z Storm, the sequel centres on the ICAC agent’s next move towards an even more uncontrollable case about the illegal world of Sports / Soccer gambling, which makes him re-enter the dangerous area? Also starring are Ada Choi, Julian Cheung and Vic Chou for the film’s September 15 release. Watch the latest trailer below!

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