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New Poster For Indie Film JUDGE DREDD: CURSED EDGE

Independent filmmaker Oliver Hollingdale has been spending a lot of his time in the past several months pushing forward his own take on the Dredd franchise, in the upcoming indie sci-fi action film, Judge Dredd: Cursed Edge. Today, he has finally unveiled the first poster for the upcoming independent short film from Sunnymeade Films, which you can view by clicking HERE. Dredd (3D) starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirby and Lena Headey and directed by Pete Travis, fell short and far from its goals at the box office after its theatrical release in 2012, much to the dismay of many science fiction and action aficionados who expected the film to do better, considering its higher raise of approval among critics and fans, compared to its predecessor, Judge Dredd, with Sylvester Stallone, Rob Schneider and Armand Assante. To date, despite favorable DVD and Blu-Ray sales, there are no expectations for a sequel […]

THE ACTION ELITE’s Eoin Friel: Where Is The “Spirit”?

Lee B. Golden III

Eoin Friel is a film blogger, critic and founder of The Action Elite and a long time fan of all kinds of good quality action movies. Today he took the time to share his own thoughts on the state of action films comparing big budget blockbusters and small-scale action films: “I love my big budget actioners with cities exploding and huge set-pieces, however my favourite type of action is smaller in scale. As much as I enjoy the bigger budget fare I find the bigger the action scene, the less involving it is. To me when two guys are fighting and just going at it with sheer rage that gets me more involved. I just find it more engaging and there’s something about tales of revenge; if you have a protagonist who is going after someone for revenge, count me in. It’s a primal thing, like if the protagonist’s family is […]

NEW POSTER FOR “BATTLE OF THE DAMNED”

Lee B. Golden III

Action star Dolph Lundgren has unveiled a new poster for the upcoming film, Battle Of The Damned, in which he plays Max Gatling, a military private who gets more than what he bargained for when he is sent on a mission into a battlefield full virus-infected monstrous creatures, to rescue the daughter of a rich industrialist. The film also stars Matt Doran, David Field, Lydia Look, Jeff Pruitt, Melanie Zanetti and Jen Kuo Sung (a.k.a. Jen Sung Outerbridge) who also serves as stunt coordinator. It is directed by Christopher Hatton and is slated for release later this year.