THE ISLAND Review: Shaun Paul Piccinino’s Practicable Revenge Thriller Sees Michael Jai White Taking The Fight Home
The Island arrives in select theaters, on demand and digital July 21 from Saban Films.
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THE ISLAND: Michael Jai White Returns In The New Action Adventure Thriller Set For July!
Saban Films is proudly taking the mantle for The Island, the latest from director Shaun Paul Piccinino who has been the subject of coverage dating well back to this site’s early years. For this, we get actors Michael Jai White and Jackson Rathbone headlining for the film’s release in select theaters, on demand and digital July 21.
THE ISLAND: Michael Jai White Takes The Fight Home In A First Look At The New Action Crime Thriller
Published November 2, 2022: MSR Media International is launching sales on The Island, with a first look still photo from the new action thriller above and now making the rounds. Shaun Paul Piccinino (Lionsgate’s American Fighter, Netflix’s That’s Amor and A California Christmas: City Lights) is directing the film based on an original story by Philippe Martinez, and scripted by Martinez and Michael Caissie.
AMERICAN FIGHTER Review: Derivative, But Still Packs A Punch
AMERICAN FIGHTER is not an action film per se but rather a sports drama, think more along the lines of ‘BEST OF THE BEST’ (1989), ‘BLOODSPORT’ (1988) or even ‘ROCKY’ (1976); and though it lacks the same pedigree as those classics, there is still much to like about this film by Director Shaun Paul Piccinino. The clinch here (pun intended) is that the protagonist is not an all American boy-next-door, but rather that of an Iranian refugee seeking his own version of the fabled ‘American dream.’ Yet it eludes him due to his ethnicity, with the 80s setting besieged by conflict in an era of the Iranian hostage crisis and the like.
AMERICAN FIGHTER Conquers In The U.K. This Summer From Signature
Shaun Paul Piccinino’s American Fighter stood tall at Fantasia last summer, if my own thoughts on the film are of any hint. It’s the film that follows up from Alex Ranarivelo’s 2016 based-on-a-true-story induction, American Wrestler: The Wizard, with actor George Kosturos reprising his character now for a more fictional telling, and served with a few doses of kicks, throws and body blows to boot.
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