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GIANT Review: A Striking Balance of Ego, Legacy, and Betrayal

Prince Naseem Hamed was a once-in-a-decade, completely unique phenomenon in the boxing world. He was a natural-born showman and an artist in the squared circle. However, his arrogance and distinct lack of respect for his opponents prevented him from ever truly capturing the public’s affection. His early retirement at just 28 years old—fueled by an inability to overcome his sole career defeat against the legendary Marco Antonio Barrera—combined with the bitter betrayal of his longtime trainer and mentor Brendan Ingle, caused his incredible athletic legacy to fade over time. Giant chooses to frame this gripping story primarily through the eyes of Ingle. The film serves as a faithful, meticulously detailed period piece that zeroes in on the delicate relationship between the fighter and his mentor. It explores how sudden fame, massive wealth, and an unmeasurable ego fractured their bond, leaving a division that would never truly heal.   Amir El-Masry […]

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THE MISFITS: Highland’s The Avenue Partners With Paramount For Summer 2021 For Renny Harlin-Directed Action Heist Pic

Highland Film Group’s U.S. distribution offshoot, The Avenue, is slating a summer theatrical 2021 joint release with Paramount Pictures handling Blu-Ray, DVD, VoD and Digital rights for action heist thriller, The Misfits. Highland also reps international sales on the pic which wrapped principal photography in Abu Dhabi prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. Golden Globe nominee Pierce Brosnan (007 franchise, Mamma Mia!) stars as Richard Pace, a world-renowned thief who only steals from those who have insurance. After breaking out of a high-security prison built by a rogue businessman Schultz (Academy Award nominee Tim Roth – The Hateful Eight, Selma), he’s on the radar of a band of modern-day Robin Hoods, The Misfits, led by the eccentric and charismatic Ringo (Nick Cannon – Drumline, Bobby), who offer him a plan to get rid of Schultz by performing an incredible heist that will not only change Pace’s destiny but also save thousands […]

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Review: FINAL SCORE Is No ‘Sudden Death’ Tie Breaker, But ‘Die Hard’ Enough For The Right Crowd

There’s no question going into director Scott Mann’s latest, Final Score. Hailing actor Dave Bautista in his second outing with Mann since the 2015 film, Heist, you get a solid, simple, genuine and bare-bones hostage flick with some really cool and fun moments and thrilling sequences. Similarly, might also wonder if Mann ever pondered a scenario in today’s era where a film in the vein of John McTiernan and Peter Hyams might earn the appeal of twenty-something moviegoers today. It’s an admirable idea worth discussing, although with Final Score playing front to back, it doesn’t change the fact that you’ve probably seen this movie already. Whether or not that’s a good thing is up to you to decide… Clearly taking a nod from action cinema of yesteryear is a story that reunites Mann with his fellow Heist co-star, actor Dave Bautista in the role of Michael Knox, a traveling ex-soldier […]

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THE FOREIGNER Arrives Home On DVD, Blu-Ray And Digital This Winter

Martin Campbell’s latest thriller, The Foreigner, is coming home to Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital between December and January. Fellow contributor James gave the film a balanced approach in his owm analysis calling it “an immaculately shot, deliberately paced political thriller with sudden bursts of hardcore action from Chan…”, while some probably didn’t like how less Chan-centric it was in their view. Nevertheless, those who’ve missed out during its theatrical run can still pre-order themselves a copy in the wake of UPHE’s latest announcement below with artwork included. Global superstar Jackie Chan (Rush Hour trilogy) returns to the big screen like you’ve never seen him before in the action-packed film, The Foreigner, arriving on Digital on December 26, 2017 and on Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on January 9, 2018 from STXfilms and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale), the film also stars Pierce Brosnan (Tomorrow Never […]

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Review: THE FOREIGNER Thrills With A Chan Flick That Is Anything But Formulaic

When I first heard about The Foreigner back in the halcyon days of 2015, I was puzzled as to why anyone would agree to make it; it was a Jackie Chan movie, directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale), also starring Pierce Brosnan (Goldeneye)! This sounded like the worst idea for a movie since a Pacific Rim sequel not directed by Guillermo del Toro. Now, in defense of 2015 me, things weren’t exactly bright and sunny for the three names above. Chan, still trying to hold onto his glory days, was making big budget duds like Chinese Zodiac and Skiptrace. Campbell was nearly 10 years removed from Casino Royale and was also recovering from the recent Green Lantern debacle. As for Brosnan, he was still reeling from the shockingly dull The November Man and the forgotten film Survivor. There was absolutely NO REASON for this movie to be any good, which […]

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THE FOREIGNER Arrives With A Second Official Trailer

Hitting high notes among fans, STX Entertainment’s campaign for the new revenge thriller, The Foreigner, has a fresh, new official trailer aheas of its October 13 release. The film is already on a warpath with television spots, and even clips like this one which I refuse to see. I mean… that’s just me as I’m already sold on the first trailer back in June. THE FOREIGNER, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan, is a timely action thriller from the director of “Casino Royale.”  The film tells the story of humble London businessman Quan (Chan), whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love — his teenage daughter — is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism.  In his relentless search for the identity of the terrorists, Quan is forced into a cat- and-mouse conflict with a British government official […]

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THE FOREIGNER: Jackie Chan Menaces With A Vengeance In The First Official Trailer

Taking a rare pivot from the usual family-friendly tone of a Jackie Chan film, the mood can be both seen and felt in the official teaser trailer for upcoming action thriller, The Foreigner. Casino Royale helmer Martin Campbell is certainly tapping into the dark and gritty millieu here, and it’s an appropriate fit for a brooding revenge film that has the honorary Oscar-winning action star leading the cast. The Foreigner takes its cues from Stephen Leather’s 1992 novel and with none other than Chan starring as a London restaurant owner who reverts to his former skillset accrued in his dark past when the justice system fails him in an IRA terrorist attack that kills his daughter. Chan stars opposite Pierce Brosnan in their first appearance together on screen with Liu Tao and Katie Leung also starring. The Foreigner will release throughout Asia in September with a U.S. release in tow […]

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THE FOREIGNER Emerges In The First Official U.S. Poster

Honorary Oscar winner Jackie Chan is in Shanghai stirring a ruckus for attendees and fellow stars at the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival. More news on this will rollout eventually and there will be plenty to sift over amid the buzz for Chan and his upcoming titles, and the same goes for the Fall release of the new thriller, The Foreigner, which is getting an October 13 release from STX. The film takes its cues from Stephen Leather’s novel, The Chinaman and is adapted for the screen by David Marconi with Casino Royale helmer Martin Campbell directing. Chan is joined by Pierce Brosnan, Liu Tao and Katie Leung for the story of a South London restaurant owner who reverts to the lethal skillset built in his dark past, paving his own way for vengeance after an IRA terrorist attack that kills his family and the justice system fails him. The […]

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MY FATHER DIE: Watch The Trailer For Sean Brosnan’s Award-Winning Revenge Drama

Having derived his first feature film directing gig project from an 18th century play with the initial intent to adapt it as experimental art house fiction, actor Sean Brosnan’s new film subsequently underwent its natural evolution ultimately taking on a number of themes and ideas during its production. Issues dealing with family drama and nods to religion and philosophy brought forward Brosnan’s progress with his debut exercise in feature film storytelling, followed by its celebrated critical reception since its SXSW premiere last year for what we now get in its forthcoming release, My Father Die, which opens on January 20 from FilmRise in limited theaters and VOD. SYNOPSIS: Deaf and mute since having his hearing knocked out at the age of 12, Asher has been training for almost two decades to avenge himself on Ivan, the man that killed his older brother, 21 years ago. And now that his nemesis […]

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Bautista, Brosnan Tally Mann's FINAL SCORE Starting In August

Fans of actor and Marvel prospect Dave Bautista (Guardians Of The Galaxy 1 & 2, Spectre) aren’t too far off for some big screen time; Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion’s Bushwick is currently in post-production while Matthias Hoene’s Warrior’s Gate opens in China on August 12, ahead of Bautista’s re-envisioning of classic martial arts villain, Tong Po in Kickboxer: Vengeance on September 2 in the U.S. In the meantime, there’s still news to report on his end, especially if you’ve enjoyed his recent work under director Scott Mann in the 2015 thriller, Heist. Screendaily reports the two will reunite once more along with actor Pierce Brosnan for the new action thriller, Final Score, produced by Signature Entertainment’s Marc Goldberg and The Fyzz Facility’s Robert Jones, James Harris, Mark Lane, and Wayne Marc Godfrey with co-producer Babak Eftekhari. The Brothers Lynch and Jonathan Frank wrote the script which sees the story […]

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Jackie Chan Now Filming In London

Jackie Chan Now Filming In London

Head over to South London or other parts and you’ll likely find action star Jackie Chan filming scenes for his latest epic actioner – tentatively without an official title though previously branded as The Foreigner. The film is latest production from STX Entertainment and SR Media with Chan joined by Pierce Brosnan and a cast soon to be announced while the rest of us await further info on Chan’s previously-annoucned Renny Harlin globetrotter, Skiptrace, and Stanley Tong’s Kung Fu Yoga among others. Chan leads the film, based on an adaptation of the 1992 Hodder and Stoughton publication by author Stephen Leather with a script by David Marconi and Peter Buchman, as a former member of the Viet Cong-turned-South London restaurant owner who sets out to avenge the death of his family at the hands of the IRA when the justice system fails. Brosnan is on deck to star as Liam Hennessy, […]

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Pierce Brosnan Joins Jackie Chan In Martin Campbell's Latest From STX And SR Media

It’s a busy Fall season for action star Jackie Chan in the wake of promoting his newest globetrotting comedy, Skiptrace, with his Abu Dhabi-set Kung Fu Yoga and Ding Sheng’s Railroad Tigers still on deck. However, chances are he’ll be well onto director Martin Campbell‘s forthcoming production soon enough with Campbell to begin Relativity’s Hunter Killer next Spring. The film in question still doesn’t have a title but does have a premise and a slowly-accumulating cast which now includes actor Pierce Brosnan as of this week’s report from The Wrap. The report describes the role as that of a former IRA-turned-government official who factors into the life of a Viet Cong-turned-South London restaurant owner who sets out to avenge the death of his family at the hands of the IRA. Formerly titled The Foreigner, Chan is to lead the film, based on an adaptation of the 1992 Hodder and Stoughton […]

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Watch The Riveting New International Trailer For Owen Wilson Thriller, NO ESCAPE

Following the first teaser back in March for Devil and As Above, So Below helmer, writer and director John Erick Dowdle‘s new international thriller, No Escape, eOne has released the newest trailer which you can check out below. The film arrives on September 4 two days after its U.S. release from The Weinstein Company, and in its current form, it looks to be actor Owen Wilson‘s best yet, along with a grizzled and tough performance by Pierce Brosnan. SYNOPSIS: Jack (Owen Wilson) is a man desperate to protect his family in this intense, fast-paced action thriller that will leave you breathless.   As he relocates his family to Asia, with wife Annie (Lake Bell) and their two young girls, Jack has no idea of the terror that lies in store. Within days of their arrival, a violent political uprising has swept through the city and the family are on the run […]

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Pierce Brosnan And Milla Jovovich Square Off In The International Trailer For SURVIVOR!

There’s no shortage of action roles for season actors these days, and people like November Man star and former Bond of yesteryear, Pierce Brosnan is an embodiment of this kind of resilience. His latest role in V For Vendetta helmer James McTeigue‘s Survivor shows he’s not afraid to rope down a spiral stairwell or blow shit up, and that’s a problem for our heroine, Resident Evil franchise star Milla Jovovich, as every minute counts in this generic, yet harrowing, explosive tale of intrigue, deceit and blood…well, that’s certainly what the new international trailer gives off. SYNOPSIS: Milla Jovovich stars in ‘Survivor’, a thriller about a State Department employee newly posted to the American embassy in London, where she is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the U.S. Putting her in the line of fire: targeted for death, framed for crimes she didn’t commit, discredited and on the run. Now […]

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Owen Wilson And Pierce Brosnan Fight Their Way Out In The New Trailer For NO ESCAPE

It’s not everyday you see actor Owen Wilson in a picture this epic. Behind Enemy Lines (1999) was certainly a treat and with the virility of the latest trailer with Devil and As Above, So Below helmer, writer and director John Erick Dowdle‘s No Escape, it’s great to see Wilson in a story as riveting as this – a father who gets chucked at the deep end overseas in Asia while trying to protect his family amid gunfire and political upheaval. And with Pierce Brosnan too? Solid. SYNOPSIS: An intense international thriller, NO ESCAPE centers on an American businessman (Wilson) as he and his family settle into their new home in Southeast Asia. Suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, they must frantically look for a safe escape as rebels mercilessly attack the city. Lake Bell also stars from a script co-written by Drew Dowdle and […]

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Cam's Eye Review: THE NOVEMBER MAN (2014)

SYNOPSIS: When the past lures Peter Devereaux (Pierce Brosnan) out of retirement, the ex-CIA agent finds himself entangled in a political conspiracy involving high-ranking CIA officials and the Russian President-elect.  Tasked with protecting Alice Fournier (Olga Kurylenko), a woman whose secrets threaten the future of old alliances, professional circumstances pit Devereaux against his former protege, David Mason (Luke Bracey), a sniper with deadly aim.  Based on Bill Granger’s political thriller, There Are No Spies, the seventh installment in The November Man series. REVIEW: Here’s what (ugh!) Wikipedia says about this action thriller: The November Man is a 2014 American spy action thriller film based on the novel “There Are No Spies” by Bill Granger, which is canonically the seventh installment in The November Man novel series, published in 1987. It stars Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, and Olga Kurylenko with the screenplay written by Michael Finch and Karl Gajdusek. The film is directed by Roger […]

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Watch A New Featurette And Clip From THE NOVEMBER MAN!

Watch A New Featurette And Clip From THE NOVEMBER MAN!

Actor Pierce Brosnan is set to take the lead in the upcoming release of the new action thriller, The November Man. The film marks the latest in Brosnan‘s repetoire to show he still has the moves, playing a former CIA agent on the run with actress Olga Kurylenko from his highly-trained prodigy, played by Luke Bracey. And this week, Movieclips has a new featurette and clip from the film on its YouTube channel to share some of the highlights, as well as interview excerpts from the aforementioned actors. SYNOPSIS: Code named ‘The November Man’; Peter Devereaux (Pierce Brosnan) is an extremely dangerous and highly trained ex-CIA agent, who is lured out of quiet retirement on a very personal mission.  He must protect valuable witness, Alice Fournier, (Olga Kurylenko) who could expose the truth behind a decades old conspiracy. He soon discovers this assignment makes him a target of his former friend and CIA protégé David […]

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Stallone On Johnson For Expendables 4: "Bring It On"

August 15 will be the day that moviegoers will get to officially see the iconic who’s-who of blockbuster fanfare with the release of director Patrick Hughes’s new film, The Expendables 3. Ironically, it will also be the day that the filmmakers and studio involved will see if whether or not the film’s recent illegal leak with affect its box office earnings before ever moving forward with a fourth film. Lionsgate is suing a slate of unnamed defendants for allocating the film through torrent sites two weeks ahead of its release, while the Department Of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement has also opened up a federal investigation on the matter. It’s a clusterfuck of epic proportions, and needless to say, this all would never be an issue if a bunch of selfish bastards online didn’t steal the film. Personally, I would rather talk about the movies, and that includes the […]

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Watch The New Trailer For THE NOVEMBER MAN!

Watch The New Trailer For THE NOVEMBER MAN!

Actor Pierce Brosnan may be long far from his days as James Bond, but he’s back in action and ready to shoot and blow things up in Roger Donaldson‘s newest thriller, The November Man. The film is based on the seventh book in the titular book series by author Bill Granger, centered on the story of a former CIA operative who finds himself pitted against his former pupil, while forced back into the field on a very personal mission to find a woman on the run from her past who holds the key to an international conspiracy involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect. Brosnan is joined by actress Olga Kurylenko and actor Luke Bracey, both of whom you can now catch in the new first full trailer below before its release on August 27, 2014 release.

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Pierce Brosnan Talks Love And Bullets In The New Teaser For THE NOVEMBER MAN

Following Relativity Media’s acquisition of The Bank Job helmer Roger Donaldson’s newest action spy thriller, The November Man, three months ago, we now have a stylish new official teaser trailer for netizens to check out below featuring Expendables 4 front-runner and former 007 star, lead actor Pierce Brosnan. Joining in are actress Olga Kurylenko and G.I. Joe: Retaliation co-star, actor Luke Bracey in a story based on a novel by Bill Granger that focuses on a former CIA operative who finds himself pitted against his former pupil, while forced back into the field on a very personal mission to find a woman on the run from her past who holds the key to an international conspiracy involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect. The film is also the latest role we get to see Bracey in before catching him opposite Edgar Ramirez in director Ericson Core’s 2015 rendering […]

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