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FOXTROT SIX Review: Mario Kassar Ambitiously ‘Raids’ Fanfare With Epic Indo-Action Sci-Fi

For every cinephile and action movie fantatic, Mario Kassar’s name rings tried and true. One of the very hit Hollywood producers behind the megastardom of actors like Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jean-Claude Van Damme to name a few, Kassar’s latest stint takes movie fans to Indonesia with Foxtrot Six, an explosive men-on-a-mission action sci-fi with an ambitious formula that taps ardently into the local talent base.

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Timo Tjahjanto’s THE NIGHT COMES FOR US: A Story Of Frenetic Poetry

Orson Welles said of friendship that, through it, we get to create the illusion that we are not alone. He said of women that through them men become civilized. I wonder what he would have thought of The Night Comes For Us, a film that illustrates friendship (both its value and fragility) through a harsh, deconstructive lens, and presents a young girl as the catalyst for its protagonist’s quest to civilize himself, that is, to regain his civility after a career of criminality and murder.

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THE OPERATOR Gets An Omnious Deleted Scene With Julie Estelle Eyeing The Big Guns

In all certainty, Timo Tjahjanto’s sprawling, bloody, rip-roaring opus of violence, penance and redemption in The Night Comes For Us is meant to be more than just a one-off for action fans. Point in fact, Tjahjanto himself hinted on Twitter about his own hopes to act on the momentum created by the film to build a cinematic world in which there is more to the story than the one led by Joe Taslim in the role of gangland enforcer-turned-bodyguard and avenging angel of death, Ito.

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Mario Kassar’s FOXTROT SIX Locks And Loads With An Intense First Teaser

Heralded Hollywood exec producer Mario Kassar’s recent exploits in Southeast Asia are no longer a visual mystery with the first teaser footage now running for forthcoming sci-fi action thriller, Foxtrot Six. The film marks Randy Korompis’ directorial debut, and it’s a pretty sizeable one for a film of its kind it its own region, backed by a budget of up to ten million (last we heard) and slated to be the first of hopefully several initial Hollywood-style blockbuster Southeast Asia productions in recent memory.

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Indonesian Sci-Fi Action Thriller FOXTROT SIX Recruits Julie Estelle!

The confirmation of Indonesia action star Iko Uwais’s addition to the summer production of sci-fi action thriller, Foxtrot Six, pretty much hits all the right notes for action fans paying attention at this point. Well, not to be outdone by its currently-listed cast here and further below, the film has since anted-up with the addition of actress Julie Estelle reportedly set to star.

Hailing from Rapid Eye Pictures and East-West Synergy, production will be set in the U.S. an Indonesia with a story centered on mankind’s battle over the world’s natural resources and food supply. Estelle and Uwais, who appeared together in both The Raid franchise as well as The Mo’ Brothers’ Headshot, will be joined by fellow Raid cohorts, actors Arifin Putra, Oka Antara and Verdy Solaeman with the expected involvement of action stalwarts Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman, and in addition to Mike Lewis of Dead Mine fame and Estelle’s fellow Filosofi Kopi (2015) cast, Rio Dewanto and Chicco Jerico.

Cinematographer Randy Korompis will be making his directorial debut with noted Hollywood hit producer Mario Kassar producing alongside fellow The Raid franchise producer Ario Sagantorio. (H/T: Paradigma Pictures via Twitter)

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THE NIGHT COMES FOR US Wraps Principal Photography

Princpal photography wrapped on Tuesday for the filming leg of writer and director Timo Tjahjanto’s solo directorial debut, The Night Comes For Us. Production on the pic took a near-seven year evolution and finally went underway last December with scenes filmed in and around Jakarta, Indonesia for its seventy-six day shoot following its resurrection last August.

The film sees the return of actor Joe Taslim (Furious 6, Star Trek: Beyond) for his debut lead role as Ito, a gangland enforcer arriving from his stint at abroad and home to his crime family in Jakarta only to find himself caught in a web of turmoil, treachery and violent upheaval. Reuniting with Taslim is action star Iko Uwais following their appearance together in Gareth Evans’s The Raid (2011), while casting familars from Tjahjanto’s resume include the additions of Julie Estelle, Epy Kusandar, Sunny Pang, Zack Lee, Hannah Al Rashid and Shareefa Daanish with Abimanya Aryasatya and actress Salvita Decorte also starring.

Kimo Stamboel is also producing with XYZ Films’s Nick Spicer with Todd Brown serving as executive producer, and action sequences coordinated by Uwais along with Very Tri Yulisman. As far as the usual processes go, expect this one to start trickling out later this year and on through 2018 with exact premiere dates and releases pending.

Uwais, Estelle and Pang can currently be seen in the latest Mo Bros’ action-packed thriller, Headshot, now available on VoD from XYZ Films and Vertical Entertainment.

Stay tuned for further explicit details on The Night Comes For Us as it enters post-production!

Thats a wrap guys! On to the next phase.✂️?. #thatsawrap

A post shared by KiMoztagram (@kimostamboel) on Mar 21, 2017 at 5:19am PDT

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There’s So Much New Footage In The U.S. Trailer For HEADSHOT…You’ve Been Warned!

With March 3 already set for the release of X-Men spin-off Wolverine finale, Logan, hardcore R-rated moviegoing types are now more than welcome to set the date for a double feature if they so choose, specifically for those who’ve been pining for the release of Iko Uwais headliner, Headshot from Vertical Entertainment and XYZ Films.

To be frank though, their latest trailer is out and I myself have all but avoided seeing any more new footage until now, and I feel like I’ve utterly failed and spoiled myself to no end. I might just go and down a whole two liter bottle of Pepsi and fuck my kidneys up to finish myself off because this is awful… not the movie judging by Alex Chung’s awesome review among others, of course, but me breaking my own abstinence here…

Ugh.

SYNOPSIS:

HEADSHOT centers on a mysterious young man who, after months in a coma from a gunshot wound to the head, is nursed back to health by a young student-doctor, Ailin. Realizing that the man has lost his memory and identity, the two quickly grow closer, not realizing that behind their momentary peace lays danger. Soon their lives collide with a gang of dangerous criminals led by an enigmatic crime lord—and with every violent confrontation, his memory brings him closer to a dark truth as the lethal personality awakening within him starts to reveal who he really is.

Avoid the trailer if the earlier footage already has you sold. Otherwise, share my misery and see it below at your own peril. I’ll still see the film, for sure, but I honestly didn’t need to see so much new shit here… 

Yes, I’m mad.

Killers helmers Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel direct with Uwais joined by Chelsea Islan, Julie Estelle and Sunny Pang.

Enjoy!

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TIFF 2016: Mo Bros’ HEADSHOT Lands A Killer New Poster

If you’ve been pressing your finger on the pulse between fan blogs since earlier this year, chances are that you might have caught a blurred glimpse of the first poster for the new Mo Brothers-directed thriller, Headshot. Well, we are only days away from the film’s premiere heralding the return of action star, actor Iko Uwais, and with him, the acclaim so rightly deserved by Indonesian cinema for its accomplishments in the action genre as of late.

Thus, the Toronto International Film Festival will be where the movie makes its first stop with Uwais leading along with actress Chelsea Islan, Julie Estelle and Sunny Pang among the cast for a gritty, brutal tale of vengeance and redemption for a mysterious man forced to confront his past following a brutal head injury. The film has since finally landed a pristine, high quality version of the aforementioned poster ahead of its TIFF premiere, and you can now take a look below courtesy of ScreenAnarchy.

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[UPDATED] THE NIGHT COMES FOR US Is On Hold, Production Uncertain

UPDATE (12/24/14): Based on a Tweet response four days ago, it appears that Tjahjanto is taking his vision for the former production of The Night Comes For Us and putting it into graphic novel form with Glitch Network. Production on the film itself suddenly halted back in September for reasons unknown. (Special thanks to commentor, Fatso, for the heads’ up!)

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