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LEVEL UP Review: Faustus McGreeves Invites You To A Suburban Game Of Assassins And Patriots For The Uninitiated

Writer, producer and director Faustus McGreeves’ second feature, Level Up, serves as the kind of niche film that’s more geared toward a small filmgoing audience. Gamers, comic book and anime aficionados who aren’t filmically critical will get a bit of a kick out of McGreeves’ latest humble effort in Level Up, which might be more than can be said for folks otherwise invested. Kicking off with an air of political intrigue followed by a horde of goons chasing an agent with a mysterious package in the form of a nintendo game cartridge, the story eventually introduces Reid, a butcher who coaches basketball prodigy, Zeke (Reagan Hansen), on the side, and currently in the midst of a rough patch with violinist and wife, Harper. McGreeves makes a small appearance in the role of Reid’s neighbor, Randy, visibly troubled by something not so common or well-known. Randy informs Reid that he’ll be […]

LEVEL UP: Saving The World Is No Game In The Official Trailer For The New Indie Action Sci-Fi

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Actor and filmmaker Faustus McGreeves, co-director of 2016 adventure horror, Endor; is already making the retail and festival rounds with his second effort, Level Up. The project signals his solo directorial debut and has since made its mark with a premiere screening in February followed by screenings at Gen Con in Indianapolis, and just recently at Reels of the Dead Film Festival in Las Vegas this past weekend. A suburban couple get caught up in a mission that seems small scale but could prevent a global disaster. On the run from a gaggle of assasins they need to find the codes before it’s too late. The official trailer is making the rounds as well and if you’re keen, you can follow the page on Facebook by clicking here. Hat tip to Nick Messersmith for being steadfast and sending this to us.

THE HIT LIST – April 11, 2016

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Greetings everyone, and welcome back to another installation of the Hit List. Lately I’m getting the feeling that the workload here is lightening up a bit – it feels like a bit of a sign that I may be running out of awesome shorts to share and I hope I’m wrong. At any rate, it’s a new week and we’re jamming with some great stuff now online, and we’re kicking things off as usual with a slightly smaller, but fantastic playlist of great stunt reels. First up is a video from a couple of guys behind the martial arts film fighting group, SG Action. Together, they’ve now moved on to something quite special for their own over in Leeds in the UK with the new multifunctional training facility, Level Up, and their latest minisampler highlighting Open Day from a few weeks ago is up and running. Note their official website […]