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DAY LABOR: R. Ellis Frazier’s New Survival Thriller Hits The Ground Running In May!
Freestyle Digital Media is heading up North American VOD rights to action thriller Day Labor. The R. Ellis Frazier-directed pic will release to rent or purchase on all digital HD, cable, and satellite platforms, and on DVD, starting on May 3. In DAY LABOR a regular day turns into a deadly game of survival when a Latino American veteran who seeks work as a day laborer in order to keep his family afloat, is mistakenly dropped off at a private ranch in El Paso, Texas to be hunted for sport. Frazier directs from a script by Sean Crayne and Brian Frank Visciglia. Day Labor stars Amy Johnston, Danny Arroyo, Roberto Sanchez, and Louis Mandylor, along with Corin Nemec, Gary Cairns, Chris Ashworth, and Kevin Gage. and directed by R. Ellis Frazier. Ojan Missaghi and David Wachs produced the film with Solmaz Kermani as exec producer. “Making DAY LABOR was a team […]
AS GOOD AS DEAD Review: Michael Jai White’s Latest Is As Good As Awful
As Good As Dead is now available in select theaters and on Digital from Samuel Goldwyn Films The latest offering from action stalwart Michael Jai White, is for all intents and purposes is a meandering and tedious affair. As if to capitalise on the ‘bullied teen’ trope, that is more masterfully handled in ‘COBRA KAI’ (2018 to current) and its ancestor ‘THE KARATE KID’ (1984), ‘AS GOOD AS DEAD’ (AGAD) appears to borrow these themes of the teacher-student dynamic but executes it so poorly that even the excellent Tom Berenger and the underrated Louis Mandylor can’t save this from mediocrity. White has penned a barely passable script that veers between acceptable and confusing, as AGAD tells the story of a kind-hearted yet bullied Latino teen named Oscar (Luca Oriel) who is doing his best to defer the influence of his older brother Hector (Guillermo Ivan), a notorious gang member. As […]
REPEATER Review: R. Ellis Frazier’s Latest Toils At Killers’ Impasse
Repeater is currently available in select theaters and on demand and digital from Saban Films. Spoiler Alert: I don’t get to see all movies. I know, I know, the shock is real… When I do, of course, I don’t always talk about it, and the same can be said with director R. Ellis Frazier’s resumè as I’ve only seen his 2014 Gary Daniels actioner, Misfire up to this point. He’s done two more with the British kicker since then, now with Daniels in the role of antagonist opposite actor Paul Sidhu who plays John, a globetrotting gun for hire quietly pining for a way out of the redundant, cyclic life of violence in the Saban Films release, Repeater. Fast forward from an awry mission in Bolivia to our protagonist’s reassignment in Tijuana with the help of his elusive handler, Edgar (Corbin Bernsen). The mission: to track and eliminate Jean (Nick […]
REPEATER Lands This December From Saban Films
R. Ellis Frazier’s new action thriller, Repeater, is finally making way this month with a new trailer out of Saban Films. The Paul Sidhu, Corbin Bernsen, Kristanna Loken, Nick Moran, and Gary Daniels-led flick is now on deck for a theatrical release on December 9, followed by a digital and on-demand release on December 13. Penned by Frazier and by Benjamin Budd, and produced by Robert Beaumont, the official logline for Repeater reads as follows: “A hired hitman is in the crosshairs when rival contract killers come gunning for him. For hired hitman Smith, his directive is straightforward: seek, locate, and terminate. But rival assassins have him in their sites as they track and target each other and aim for their latest assignment, a hacker who threatens to expose the malicious criminality of a conglomerate head.
Michael Jai White Leaves The Bad Guys AS GOOD AS DEAD In The Latest Trailer
R. Ellis Frazier’s had a good run this year with the campaign currently revving up for his new action thriller, As Good As Dead. Collider broke the official trailer on Wednesday with Samuel Goldwyn Films releasing it publicly a few hours later which you can view above. In the film, White plays an ex-cop looking for a new life away from his violent past. When he meets a troubled kid and vows to keep him on the straight and narrow, it’s not long before his complex past catches up with him. The film also stars Tom Berenger, Louis Mandylor, Luca Oriel and Guillermo Iván for the film’s theatrical and digital release from December 16.
DAY LABOR Trailer: Migrants Fight For Survival Against Menacing Border Game Hunters
Director R. Ellis Frazier (Repeater) is now two-for-two this week, presenting a look at border crime thriller, Day Labor, which stars Roberto Sanchez, Louis Mandylor and Amy Johnston, and with actor Corin Nemec voicing over exactly the kind of seething villain that feels so prevalent and timely as the film does in whole. The narration definitely doesn’t let up on the ugliness. A Latino American veteran who seeks work as a day laborer in order to keep his family afloat. A regular day turns into a deadly game of survival when he is mistakenly dropped off at a private ranch in El Paso, Texas to be hunted for sport. Also starring are Kevin Gage, David Fernandez Jr., Denitza Garcia, Megan Henry, Armando Zamarripa and Gary Cairns. The film is produced by David Wach and Ojan Missaghi whose Toric Films will be present at the upcoming Cannes Film Market for buyers.
REPEATER Teaser Reveals Cyclic Assassin Violence From R. Ellis Frazier
The Cannes market teaser is now online for Misfire and Rumble helmer R. Ellis Frazier’s new action thriller, Repeater, starring Paul Sidhu, Kristanna Loken, Corbin Bernsen, Nick Moran, James Faulkner and action star Gary Daniels. Frazier directs from a script he wrote with Benjamin Budd, and with action sequences by Art Camacho and Jacov Bresler. Find. Kill. Repeat. For hit man Smith (Paul Sidhu), these are the only words to live by. But a botched job in Colombia forces him to take a high-stakes open contract arranged by his handler, Mann (Corbin Bernsen). Smith’s latest target? The hacker-activist Rousseau (Nick Moran), who has run afoul of corrupt corporations and powerful men like Silver (James Faulkner), the boss of a criminal empire. In the border towns of Mexico, Smith confronts local gangs, competing contract killers Botha (Gary Daniels) and Sykes (Kristanna Loken), and a crisis of conscience with deadly consequences. Ultramedia, […]
LARCENY: Watch The New Trailer For The Dolph Lundgren Actioner
Publicity is officially underway as of late last month for Rumble and Dead Drop helmer R. Ellis Frazier’s latest, Larceny. Release details aren’t outlined just yet but the newest official trailer is making the rounds and rightly selling to its B-action movie crowd in spades. Dolph Lundgren leads the affair as Jack, a former CIA contractor-turned-thief now busted and behind bars, and is subsequently offered a chance at freedom by his former handler. The payload? The $50 million dollars being held in the black-site prison Jack is being escorted to, and he’ll need the help of his team of thieves if he’s to retrieve the money, but not if the inmates of the notorious facility or the deadly drug cartel waiting on the outside have anything to say about it. Also starring are Richard Rionda Del Castro, Michael Tadross, Jr., Justin Nesbitt and Geoffrey Ross. Check out the trailer below […]
Get Locked Up With Dolph Lundgren In The New Trailer For LARCENY
Action star Dolph Lundgren is still kicking his fair share of butt in the coming year with a few more titles, namely Misfire helmer R. Ellis Frazier’s newest, Larceny. There’s no release date as of yet but it’s a sure guarantee for any Dolph fan in its substance and authenticity, specifically with regard to its partial on-location filming at “El Hongo” maximum security prison in Baja, Mexico. How’s that for an immersive film experience? SYNOPSIS: JACK (Dolph Lundgren) is a former CIA contractor who now oversees a team of elite thieves. One night in a small Mexican town, they flawlessly execute an intricate heist. It appears as though they have gotten away with the heist and are on the way to a lucrative payout, when the Mexican authorities suddenly nab them. When the authorities bring them in, Jack finds himself face-to-face with AGENT PRICE, his former CIA handler. Agent Price […]