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EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Official Trailer Takes Aim At The Brutal, Bloody Badlands

The past year has shown an almost daunting change of the tide for filmmaker Ranjeet S. Marwa, thanks in large part to the pandemic last year and its drastic affects the world around. Plans to direct Blood Rush as his inaugural ball for action movie audiences took a strong pivot to instead releasing a mini-doc on the pandemic’s affect on Asian cinema productions, as well as the development of multiple other film projects in order to ante up his profile some. One project that’s been simmering since last Fall is Exiled: The Chosen Ones, shot conveniently in a contained and Covid-safe environment to avoid scruitiny over safety concerns on the Birmingham, U.K. set. The sweetener here, of course, alludes to the casting of Sunny Pang and Hannah Al-Rashid, two of Southeast Asia’s foremost talents hailing from shared credits such as Mike Wiluan’s Buffalo Boys, and Timo Tjahjanto’s The Night Comes […]

EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Spotlights Sunny Pang And Hannah Al-Rashid In The New Survival Thriller [EXCLUSIVE]

Lee B. Golden III

It would be an understatement to call 2020 a challenging year, what with politics, catastrophic disasters, and a global pandemic all being major factors in how the rest of us who’ve managed to stay alive through all have remained so. To each end, you might even suggest these as suitable a backdrop for a creative offshoot. Filmmaker Ranjeet Marwa’s inspiration kept steadfast during 2020, with efforts to crowdfund one film prior to announcing several others, and ultimately leading the charge with his latest production, Exiled: The Chosen Ones. The film signals Marwa’s premiere stake in martial arts action cinema with Southeast Asian allure, hailing direct from the UK as the first of its kind, with Marwa taking inspiration from the likes of Gareth Evans, and Indonesia’s own Timo Tjahjanto. “What we have in store for the audience is very unique in terms of both actors and location. Nothing of this […]

EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Hammers Out Official Key Art For The New Sunny Pang Action Survival Thriller (EXCLUSIVE)

Lee B. Golden III

Film Combat Syndicate is happy to debut the first official poster artwork for upcoming action thriller, Exiled: The Chosen Ones, which you can check out below. Emerging U.K. director Ranjeet S. Marwa wrote the film which stars Singaporean actor Sunny Pang, and London-born Indonesian actress Hannah Al-Rashid, both who shared the screen in Mike Wiluan’s Buffalo Boys, and in Timo Tjahjanto’s The Night Comes For Us. Pang stars as Hiro, a cold and calculating Yakuza hitman forced to compete for his life among a row of society’s worst criminals, in a deadly game devised by a corporate cabal overseeing a nefarious population control scheme, while the rich place their bets. Also starring are James J. Bryhan, Oka Antara, Carl Wharton, Jon Xue Zhang and David Blackwell, and actor/stunt performer Nick Khan who also serves as fight choreographer. Principal photography wrapped last weekend after a thirty two-day key shoot in Birmingham, […]

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Ranjeet S. Marwa’s EXILED: THE CHOSEN ONES Casts Hannah Al-Rashid (EXCLUSIVE)

Lee B. Golden III

English-born actress Hannah Al-Rashid has taken the female lead in Exiled: The Chosen Ones, the new independent action thriller from Ranjeet S. Marwa (The Boy Who Never Came Home). Talks have been underway as pre-production continued this past week with Singaporean actor Sunny Pang (Headshot, TV series Code Of Law) arriving in Birmingham, U.K. for Monday’s start of principal photography. Marwa is directing from his own script, reteaming Al-Rashid with her The Night Comes For Us co-star, Pang, and joining a primary cast that also lists Carl Wharton (The Tombs), and a reunion for Marwa with Faith Can Wait actors James Bryhan (Shadow And Bone) and Craig Edwards (Pumpkins), and actor and stunt performer Nick Khan (Tribal: Get Out Alive, The Asian Connection) who is also designing the gruesome action sequences. Production also marks the latest tenacious effort by Marwa who initially started the year out by promoting crowdfunding for […]

THE NIGHT COMES FOR US Teases A Killer Fated To Kill One Last Time In The Official Trailer!

Lee B. Golden III

If you’re like me, the past four years have probably proven to be one of the biggest waiting games you’ve ever played. It’s certainly been longer for acclaimed Mo’ Bro filmmaker, director Timo Tjahjanto since arduously birthing his concepts for The Night Comes For Us with the goal of bringing back The Raid actor Joe Taslim. There’s nothing else, really, to the matter apart from what else has already been said with respect to its stagnation in 2014. All we really know after all the waiting, depression and renewed hope is that I think we’re on the same page in expressing our collective euphoria since the first teaser clip arose ahead of the film’s premiere at Sitges. As such, we now have an official trailer that meets our needs from a preliminary standpoint. That we also saw an official poster with a release date also felt more than fruitful, but […]

It's Every Player For Himself In The New Trailer For SKAKMAT

Lee B. Golden III

Actor and action star Donny Alamsyah gets his turn with a leading role this month in director Ody C. Harahap‘s new action comedy, Skakmat. Perhaps aside the action with the laughs in mind is the impression left by actress Hannah Al-Rashid as one of the villains next to Cecep Arif Rahman in a big hat. Lots of screaming, kicking and punching here, and it’s all in good fun. SYNOPSIS: Jamal (Tanta Ginting), a professional driver, gets a $10,000 offer from Ivan with the requirement that he should accompany Dito (Donny Alamsyah) to an address that has been written on a letter. Strangely, Dito gives Jamal a gun and handcuffs. Jamal doesn’t care, because he is interested in the $10,000 that was prepaid. Apparently, Jamal is trapped in Dito’s Checkmate Adventure that is run by High Land Boss (Cecep Arif Rahman) and Mami Tuti (Hanah Al Rasyid) who want to kill […]

Your Move! Check Out The New Poster For Indonesian Actioner, SKAKMAT!

Lee B. Golden III

If you thought there was going to be a shortage of Indonesian action any time soon, you needn’t look further than some of this season’s prominent faces. Films and projects like Anggy Umbara’s 3 and currently-developing French action series, O, have several names in common who are now readying for another explosive return to the screen in what reads like a fantastic action thriller to come. For this, we look to Ody C. Harahap‘s latest, Skakmat (a.k.a. Checkmate), from MNC Pictures, led principally by actors Tanta Ginting, The Raid franchise co-stars Donny Alamsyah and Cecep Arif Rahman, along with Halfworlds co-star, actress Hannah Al-Rashid. The synopsis thusfar – a rough translation of the original – reads like an exciting race against time with several players under the eye of an evil pair of manipulative gamemasters, with an array of guns, drugs, stunts and major fisticuffs to add to the mix. The […]

Watch The Edgy New Trailer For HBO Asia Miniseries, HALFWORLDS!

Lee B. Golden III

HBO Asia is ready to introduce a new highmark with writer and director Joko Anwar‘s latest eight-part miniseries, Halfworlds. The series has already garnered some attention over the summer during production, though now with a November 29 air date pending, we finally have a series teaser to share which you can now view below. SERIES DESCRIPTION: In the bustling streets and back alleys of Jakarta, a parallel world of bloodthirsty creatures from Indonesian mythology has lived alongside humans for generations. Taking on the appearance of humans themselves, the true identity of these “Demit” has been carefully concealed for centuries by a powerful family of mortals. The arrival of a mysterious supernatural event known only as the “Gift” will bring this hidden world to the surface. As the day of the Gift approaches, a young street artist called Sarah unexpectedly finds herself in the eye of the storm. Once the Demit […]