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The New Slugfest, CRAZY, From The Mind Of Hector Soria, Delivers The Brutality

Actor and Action Designer, Hectoria Soria, recently teamed up with indy action film heavy hitters, Art School Drop Outs, to deliver CRAZY, a new short film that sees Soria brawl it out with actor and stuntman, Victor Chong. According to Art School Dropout’s YouTube, this was a quick, 6-hour production that was dreamed up “from out of nowhere” by Soria. The final result is a bone-crunching one-on-one that tells a familiar – yet classic – story. Check it out below!

BUT FOR ME, IT WAS TUESDAY!: A Night Of Indie Kung Fu Fanfare At The Angelika

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I think at least one other important lesson I must always remember is that I don’t get out enough. It’s true. I’ve lived in New York City my whole life and I’ve never explored it enough to know my bearings when I venture out anywhere other than my usual familiar places when I do end up having to take the subway. The same goes for when I arrived at the Angelika Film Center for the second time since catching Snowpiercer years earlier and crossing paths with actor Gabriel Byrne as he was crossing the street. He had company at the time and so, yeah, nah, I didn’t intrude. I’ll also add that sometimes, JUST sometimes, Google Maps can be shit. So leave it to me to find myself walking past the movie theater twice and nearly turning the wrong damn corner. It didn’t help that there were a few exterior […]

COMING ATTRACTIONS: Nicholas Ortiz’s JUGANDO CON FUEGO Heats Up With Revenge Thrills And A Touch Of Genre Nostalgia

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Four years after landing on our radar with 2018’s multi-award winning short, Black Betty, up-and-coming director Nicholas Ortiz has long since stayed the course with developments on his endeavors, ultimately landing one of his more larger projects to date out of his Deviant Children Productions banner. Jettisoning out to Tijuana, Mexico last summer for the independent short production of action crime thriller, Jugando Con Fuego, Ortiz is joined by none other than R4 Films LLC, whose Robert Samuels has been a working staple in the Nothern East Coast indie film community between Pennsylvania, New Jersey and neighboring New York City. To boot, Samuels, a veteran member of the heralded Hong Kong Stuntman’s Association who’s credits are shared with the likes of Jackie Chan, Frankie Chan, Yuen Woo Ping and Sammo Hung, continues to apply his trade on both sides of the lens. He successively segues here from his previous Hong […]

JUGANDO CON FUEGO Official Trailer Sees Robert Samuels On A Mission Of Vengeance

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The newest official trailer for Nicholas Ortiz’s latest short, Jugando Con Fuego, had an exclusive presentation the other evening over at The Movie Dojo on YouTube and we’re happy to share it here. The film marks yet another reunion with actor and martial arts legend Robert Samuels who stars in the project opposite actor and stunt performer Hector Soria who plays the villain, who previously shared the set with Samuels on Joey Min’s 2019 action feature debut comedy, Yes, Auntie!. Jugando Con Fuego was filmed on location in Mexico with Ortiz directing from a script produced by Samuels’ R4 Films LLC partner Robert Jefferson. It centers on Forge, a retired CIA whose past comes back in brutal fashion, leaving him beaten, bloodied, and left for dead, and waging war against the man who tried to kill him. I’m not sure if this will hit festivals or go straight to an […]

THE HIT LIST: February 5, 2018

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And over the Super Bowl Sunday hump we go as we enter another week. No feedback on my end, really. I worked all weekend and focused on blog content so watching the game wasn’t exactly optional. But, The Hit List certainly helps kill time. Top (L to R): Kiera O’Connor, Fernando Jay Huerto, Dan Carter, Tyler Williams, Olivia Brown Bottom (L to R): Jae Greene, Hannah Scott, Paul Dreschler-Martell, Kerry Lacy, Igor Tjumenzev Alas, here’s some amazing reel and film content to enliven your week accordingly with a fresh new raft of stunt reels starting with Breakfall Studios’ own Paul Varacchi via Vimeo. The playlist just beneath kicks off in high gear staring with Kiera O’Connor whose most recent appearance in Capture stands as one of the best I’ve seen from the Sloyerstunts channel. Her reel starts the player below followed by reels from Von Simmons, Igor Tjumenzev, Tyler Williams, Sam […]

THE HIT LIST – September 26, 2016

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Well, as much as I wanted my weekend to be an eventful one, I can’t say it was or I’d have more to discuss this week and share with you all. Hopefully the rest of the year will pan out much better, but it is still bustling in the world of stunts, action and independent content, and if you don’t believe me, well… …you needn’t look further than this week’s installment of The Hit List for some of the latest action-packed demo reels, trailers and short-form action jewels to keep you in good company! For this, the latest round of stunt and training reels starts off with the newest action reel from former UFC prospect Cung Le whose longstanding career in film continues onward going into the new year, and you can learn a little more about it here. In the meantime, Le has an action reel now available on […]

THE HIT LIST – January 18, 2016

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Believe it or not, I’m currently in the process of putting together two interviews. It’ll take me a little while longer to finish them both in between tasks with one already wrapped and waiting for editing, but I’ll do my best to try and balance out with the up-keep of content for articles… As such, the Hit List is still priority and the stunt reels and action shorts now circulating online are all the hype and then some. Stuntwoman Milly Nalin gets things started for this week’s new playlist of stunt demo reels along with Tom Cotton, Samantha MacDonald, James Mowat, Cody Mackie and Bayland Kippenkroger. The playlist finishes in stellar fashion with martial artist Shin Min Cheol, traceur Joel Eggiman, action actor Jerry Quill an action-packed work reel by Polish stunt troupe, Prime Fury, and an electric stage and stunt showreel by Réda Oumouzoune. Next up is a little […]