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SHADOW FIST 3 To Clinch Up SDCC’s Superhero Kung Fu Extravaganza On Thursday!

Actors and martial artists Robert Samuels (Red Wolf, Made In Chinatown) and Ron Hall (Triple Impact, Bloodsport 2) will make landfall this Thursday for the panel at the 27th Annual San Diego Comic-Con Superhero Kung Fu Extravaganza. The pair will join a round of guests to be featured on the panel hosted by film expert and author Ric Meyers, film producer and festival programmer Frank Djeng, and host of YouTube’s “The Movie Dojo,” Preston Downey. Both Samuels and Hall met in Hong Kong during their heyday, pursuing their dreams, forming a lasting friendship for over three decades. They have traversed the action film landscape in that same period, working as actors, stuntmen, fight choreographers, and filmmakers, with each commited to raising the Black profile in a genre in which they feel is both commercially viable and grossly underserved. “Black people love martial arts movies, but the African American presence in […]

SHADOW FIST 3: Roxalinda Vazquez Shapes Up For A Deadly Showdown In The Indie Shortfilm Kung Fu Finale

Lee B. Golden III

I recently joked with filmmaker Robert Samuels about an idea I had for a surprise quadruquel installment of his Shadow Fist short film series. I’ll be delighted if he actually follows through with it, although he and partner Robert Jefferson have since publicly claimed their latest, Shadow Fist 3, to be the last, in which case, I have no regrets. Indeed, it’s a high-note send-off for a concept that began roughly five years ago, fusing hip-hop with old school kung fu action for niche audiences. Warring factions, mystics, epic battles, ancient scrolls and deadly one-on-one duels are par for the course in a saga that now brings us a cast led by relative newcomer Roxalinda Vazquez, and veteran action star Ron Hall. Shadow Fist 3 has been circulating the festivals a bit since reviews went out and has already scored some wins along the way, so kudos to the duo […]