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Worlds Collide In The New Trailer For Gamer Sci-Fi Action Thriller, BETA TEST

Director Nicholas Gyeney has a new film on the horizon and one definitely suited for actor Manu Bennett‘s fanbase. For this, we give you Beta Test with Larenz Tate joining Bennett as both sides of the virtual world of gaming opposite swarms of SWAT cops, corporate corruption, and Linden Ashby with a sword. Because why not? SYNOPSIS: Champion gamer Max Troy discovers events in a new video game are being mirrored in the real world, and must join forces with the game’s protagonist, Orson Creed, to unravel the conspiracy before the game’s sinister plot overwhelms the city. Bennett of Arrow fame kicks a lot of ass in this trailer so action fans may take a liking to this one. Watch the trailer below!

NYC's Videology To Host A FREE Screening Of MORTAL KOMBAT This Friday!

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1995 couldn’t have been a better time to be a gamer and martial arts movie fan. It was the year that we got the best of both worlds with New Line Cinema’s release of the hit live-action adaptation, Mortal Kombat, pitting three Earthrealm warriors in a multi-dimensional medium of supernatual proportions where the fate of our planet would be decided in life-or-death battles. For a PG-13 iteration of a relatively violent game, the film banked critically and commercially well among fans and movie goers alike, and new article posted on Tuesday at The Hollywood Reporter gets right down to the nitty gritty on how it all began, from dealing with naysayers and coping with location challenges, to off-set drama and on-set injuries, and finally its theatrical release. Moreover, of course the film led to a less-than-expemplary sequel but it still purported hopes for a third that never came, and nowadays […]

DOES IT HOLD UP?: Johnny Cage vs. Scorpion In MORTAL KOMBAT (1995)

Mortal Kombat hit at a crossroads in action movie history, a time when audiences may have heard of Hong Kong action but probably had never seen it for themselves. There had been glimpses in the past; from the Golden Harvest produced TMNT movies to John Woo’s Hollywood debut, Hard Target. Hollywood had spent most of the 90s easing American audiences in to the kind of action that Hong Kong was known for and Mortal Kombat was the first to wear its influence proudly. The fight scenes blew our prepubescent minds, but none had quite as much impact as the film’s centerpiece, Johnny Cage vs Scorpion. Does this fight stand the test of time, or should it be lost to history? 20 years later, that spear just looks adorable…. THE SETTING This fight as well as Liu Kang vs Reptile from later in the film, were both choreographed by leading man Robin Shou… […]