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THE PREY: ‘Jailbreak’ Director Teases A Bigger, Haunting Battlefield In The First Teaser Poster

Fresh from a festive rollout for martial arts comedy hit, Jailbreak, the first official poster for Jimmy Henderson’s newer, darker venture with The Prey has just erected its first teaser poster. The obscure Bloody Destiny nonetheless proliferates local Chinese actor and martial artist Gu Sheng Wei, juxtaposing the rising star with good company with Henderson directing and Jailbreak producer Loy Te also serving in a producer capacity next to Altered Vision Films. After years of tracking down international criminals, a trip to a remote jungle prison will force Chinese cop Xin to become human prey to fight for his freedom — and to save his own life. Undercover Chinese cop Xin is on a secret international mission when a surprise raid puts him in a remote jungle prison that plays by its own rules. Here, the visitors are wealthy thrill seekers. The guards are hostile puppet masters. And the prisoners […]

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Martial Arts Action Comedy Hit, JAILBREAK, Breaks Out Onto Netflix Everywhere

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Not getting around any in the festival scene is a greater hinderance than preferred. It hasn’t stopped me from trying to cover certain events, especially with the equal excitement and appeal drawn with viewers and film fans alike for Cambodia’s milestone cinematic effort, martial arts action comedy Jailbreak. The past two years have been an amazing ride covering this martial arts action comedy directed by Jimmy Henderson and starring the likes of Jean-Paul Ly, Dara Our, Tharoth Sam and Celine Tran. The acclaimed hit movie is now on Netflix globally, including in the UK where MCM London Comic-Con attendees will get to exclusively meet Ly among the panelists repping his newest martial arts thriller, Nightshooters, from director Marc Price. That event will be on May 26 at the Silver Theater, which still leaves you plenty of time to warm up to Ly’s screen caliber as a rising film talent via […]

The Team Behind ‘Jailbreak’ Announces THE PREY From Altered Vision And Kongchak Pictures

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Kongchak 2017 was something of a banner year for the good folks at Kongchak Pictures. The festival run for martial arts action comedy, Jailbreak, spawned a huge calling from fans much to the favor of producer Loy Te and director, Jimmy Henderson whose regional action feature debut, Hanuman, essentially illuminated some of the best Cambodia offers nowadays in screenfighting talent. For this, it should be of no suprise, but just sheer delight that they are back at it again with the new action thriller, The Prey, written by Henderson, Jailbreak scribe Michael Hogdson and newcomer Kai Miller. Andrew Mack’s report at ScreenAnarchy cites a press announcement enlisting five-time Chinese national boxing, dual arms champion Gu Sheng Wei (Bloody Destiny) as Xin, a do-gooder undercover cop who finds himself fighting for his life when a surprise raid lands him in a remote jungle prison host to a game for affluent hunters […]

Death Is Not An Option In The First Official Teaser For Martial Arts Action Comedy, JAILBREAK

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Four years in writing here at my blog have seen quite a bit of upscaling for many people that I’ve covered. English martial artist and stuntman Jean-Paul Ly is certainly someone I haven’t left out of my purview in the time since he welcomed me into his social circle, and especially as rewarding as it continues to be through his progression as a stunt and fight coordinator and actor with several credits including Lucy, Jon M. Chu’s Now You See Me 2, TV drama Cuckoo, and Colin Emerson’s 2015 action short, Dead End. He’s got a few other roles now upcoming aside from that of what now looks to be another major step forward for the Cambodian film industry by way of filmmaker Jimmy Henderson with the new action comedy, Jailbreak from Puprom Entertainment and Kongchak Pictures. Ly joins Henderson’s Hanuman (2015) cast – Bokator exponent Dara Ours and actor […]

JAILBREAK: Celine Tran Strikes A Deadly Pose In A New Poster For The New Martial Arts Comedy

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Dating back just a few years ago, it’s easy to see just how surprising it would be to see someone like former AV star Celine Tran tackle action roles in her transition. Thankfully it hasn’t been at all for naught with a small spate of action jewels currently on YouTube, and notably, her latest forthcoming appearance in Jimmy Henderson’s new martial arts action comedy, Jailbreak, now packages for a January 31 release in Cambodia next year while other releases remain pending. The film, from producer Loy Te at Kongchak Pictures is the latest from Henderson who directed the local vigilante action thriller, Hanuman a few years ago. Tran stars as the central villain of film as the leader of a deadly gang who lie in wait at Tiger Island Prison to ambush the five tactical Special Forces officers escorting a high-profile criminal who holds sensitive information that can bring her […]

JAILBREAKING AND TRAILBLAZING: An Interview With Producer Loy Te

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Taking a gander at Cambodia for a bit, a new film is on the horizon from director Jimmy Henderson who caught much of our attention a few years ago with his feature debut, Hanuman. The film, a vigilante revenge thriller starring actor and martial artist Dara Ours, doesn’t have any overseas distribution beyond the region just yet, but has been released locally and screened among a few including myself, and while low in budget with some corners cut, the film delivers good and plenty on what it promises when it comes to its fight sequences. Thus, it serves up a nice little dish when it comes to introducing moviegoers to Cambodian martial art, Bokator, and what makes it even more interesting is how it will be applied for what now awaits in Henderson’s latest, Jailbreak, which begins filming in a little less than a few weeks. The film’s active development […]

Rising Star Jean-Paul Ly Talks Cambodian Action Film, JAILBREAK

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: One of the best things about following martial arts action cinema is the young and up-and-coming talent on the rise. As such, one caveat of reading Film Combat Syndicate is following our weekly Hit List wherein time and again you’ll find a few updates on the activities involving Jean-Paul Ly, a Cambodian martial artist and actor living in London whose stunt credits include shortfilms like Deep Pan Fury, the JpLp action short, Dead End and the James Bond-inspired Sapphire, and performing stunts in films like Now You See Me 2, Luc Besson’s hit movie, Lucy and Joey Ansah’s Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist. It’s no mistake to see, though, really. His skillset is one that has become pertinent to the development of martial arts and action genre films that utilize people like Ly of his caliber, and that is happening in many […]