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SEIZED Review: The Latest Adkins/Florentine Affair Signals A Dooming Farewell To The Magic

In the history of cinema, there have been director / actor partnerships that reliably produce legendary results: John Woo and Chow Yun Fat, Scorsese and DeNiro, Scorsese and DiCaprio, Martin Campbell and whoever happens to be playing James Bond at the time, etc. For over a decade, if you were in a video store and saw the names Isaac Florentine and Scott Adkins on a DVD, then you just knew you were in for a great time. From 2003’s Special Forces to 2015’s Close Range, these two would almost single-handedly elevate DTV action cinema in ways that would put it above its theatrical competition (budget be damned). Now, after a five year hiatus they’re collaborating on the new actioner, Seized. This is exciting for so many reasons but is absolutely terrifying for one big reason… That lingering question: What if the magic is gone? Long story short, bad guys kidnap […]

SEIZED: Scott Adkins Action Thriller Lands December 28 UK Home Release

Lee B. Golden III

Isaac Florentine’s latest action thriller, Seized, is officially staking a December 28 DVD and Digital release in the UK from Dazzler Media. The film rejoins the celebrated action auteur with British action star Scott Adkins (Avengement, Doctor Strange) for another round following their extended string of hits including the Undisputed franchise, The Shepherd and Close Range. Pre-orders are now running via Amazon UK and iTunes. Get ready for an exhilarating dose of action in Seized! Action star Scott Adkins (Avengement, Doctor Strange) is Nero, a former special forces agent who has moved to a quiet beach town to raise his son. He is awakened by a phone call and message from a mysterious voice telling him his son has been kidnapped. In order to save him, Nero must wipe out three dangerous crime syndicates, leaving no survivors. But he must work alone and faces growing obstacles as he fights to […]

SEIZED: Don’t Miss The Official U.S. Trailer For The New Adkins/Florentine Action Thriller

Lee B. Golden III

Scott Adkins is currently waiting out a pandemic with his most recent production on hiatus for Castle Falls with Dolph Lundgren. In the meantime, he’s been doling out a series of interviews with some of the biggest names in martial arts and action fandom after churning out a number of productions in the past year. One such title, Seized, now hails from Lionsgate who’ve revealed the official trailer and key art this week for its release in the U.S. Seized marks the ninth and newest pairing from Adkins, and filmmaker Isaac Florentine (who last produced Todor Chapkanov’s Boyka: Undisputed), and arrives on DVD, Digital and On-Demand on October 13, 2020. Hiding out with his son Taylor on the Mexican coast, Nero (Scott Adkins, Doctor Strange) hopes to put his violent Special Forces career behind him. But after Nero’s home is attacked and Taylor is abducted, the mysterious Mzamo (Mario Van […]

Florentine/Adkins Thriller, SEIZED, Lands Explosive New Poster Art

Lee B. Golden III

Action star Scott Adkins is running high on momentum this month following news on Strapped and Adrian Bol’s Legacy Of Lies. For this, we turn to the first poster for Seized, his recently-completed pairing with director Isaac Florentine and actor Mario Van Peebles. The film is now in post production, featuring Adkins as an ex-special forces agent on a trio of missions in order to save his son. Adkins will soon be seen this summer with the release of Jesse V. Johnson’s crime drama, Avengement, and Ernie Barbarash’s Abduction. (H/T to City On Fire)

Premiere: SEIZED Rolls Cameras In Mexico With Florentine, Adkins Back On Set

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The week has commenced and principal photography is underway for Isaac Florentine’s Seized. His last film in directing capacity with action star Scott Adkins on Close Range turned out to be quite the less-than-impressive feat for some fans despite some solid performances on the action front, and so hopefully the duo who’ve been kicking it on set together for sixteen years now will finally find their footing together in a setting other than the prison confines of Boykaworld. The news comes following Adkins’ arrival several days ago to Mexico announced via Instagram Story as production rose imminent where he’ll be joined with actor Mario Van Peebles whose role remains undisclosed. The British action star and actor has several more lined-up from this point on, including two pictures with Jesse Johnson for Triple Threat and Avengement, and Wilson Yip’s latest Donnie Yen starrer for Ip Man 4. Read on: Premiere Entertainment […]

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SEIZED: Adkins Takes To Instagram To Confirm Isaac Florentine Thriller On Location In Mexico

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Follow actor and martial arts star Scott Adkins on Instagram on Friday and you’ll spot a Story post highlighting his continued adventures with gym hype and his latest venture with WanWan Protein. The post also confirms his arrival to Mexico to commece production on the new action thriller, Seized, which was teased in the markets with a sales poster presented by Premiere Entertainment Group. Carl Rizk, an ex-covert operative who’s moved to a small quiet town in Oregon to raise his son and daughter gets awakened by a phone call and message from a modulated voice telling him that both his children have been kidnapped and buried alive with just enough air to survive for the next 5 hours. In order to ever see his children alive again, Rizk has to take on three distinct groups of highly-skilled criminals and kill each and every one of them. But he has […]