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It’s no easy feat to accomodate actor Steven Seagal given recent headlines pertaining to his career of yestertear and certain allegations that have gone public earlier this year. Nonetheless, Cannes attendees looking toward next month can expect Saradan Media to make a presence with their roster of projects with at least two bearing Seagal’s name.

For this, we have Covert Operation director Mathieu Weschler on the way back to the masses with upcoming action thriller, Attrition. Seagal, who has been shepherding the film for several years and serves as producer, stars in the film as a stoic former soldier, reawakened with a peaceful life in Asia where he’ll reunite with his former team of badasses when a desperate father alerts him of his gifted daughter’s kidnapping at the hands of an ailing, seedy and ruthless crime boss.

Seagal is in ample company as well, joined by nothing short of a top notch horde of action cinema headliners to bookend the cast including Louis Fan (Ip Man), Donnie Yen cohort Yu Kang (Big Brother), and rising action talent and award-winning stuntman, actor Yoon Cha-Lee (Plan B: Scheiss Auf Plan A). Also starring are Ting Sue and Kat Ingkarat (Locked Up), with James Bennett (Kill ‘Em All), Rudy Youngblood (Wind Walkers) and MMA Fighter Sergey Badyuk. 

We’ll learn more about what will entail in acquisitions as the weeks pass while Saradan has since begun rolling out a new trailer and poster to signal the film’s market presence.

Check out the trailer from Saradan Media.

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Let’s face it. The elephant in the room is as clear as the sky on a bright and sunny day regarding recent weeks of news over allegations of sexual misconduct and because of this, promoting his work will be a little heavy in handling. And on a wider scale, it ultimately affects everyone else around him pertaining to career prospects and they obviously don’t need the hassle.

That said, he does have a few new films on the horizon and granted the 65-year old Aikido showman and film star still has his share of fans who will shamelessly overlook his alleged misdeeds. Pan over to Saradan Media who’ve just recently unveiled the international sales trailer for his latest, Attrition, which we’ll hear more about in the months ahead as market news takes shape. 

Covert Operation helmer Mathieu Weschler directs Seagal who leads the film as Axe, a stoic, hermetized former soldier who assembles his old team to confront a ruthless crimeboss and rescue the beautiful enchantress who helped redeem him. Rounding out the cast are Kung Fu Killer co-stars Louis Fan and Donnie Yen cohort Yu Kang, the latter who plays the villain, with Yoon Cha-Lee (Plan B: Scheiss Auf Plan A) and actress Ting Sue and Kat Ingkarat (Locked Up), with James Bennett (Kill ‘Em All), Rudy Youngblood (Wind Walkers) and MMA Fighter Sergey Badyuk. 

Indeed, some of the cast here is top tier in talent and it shows itself amply in the footage below. As for the bits with Seagal who looks like he’s doing his best with perfunctory techniques a la Donnie Yen’s Ip Man, volleys of punches and such, I’ll leave that to you all to decide among other things.

For what it’s worth, check out the trailer below.

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