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Enjoy FCSyndicate? Here’s A Couple Dozen Stunt Reels To Make Your Day!

This isn’t necessarily a return to the good old days of The Hit List, as much as I miss doing it since shelving it in 2020. A lot of folks are making good use of their own social mediums to proliferate themselves on top of YouTube whose parameters also tend to restrict me from adding some content to playlists. At any rate, I was in a mood to make an albeit brief detour into the world of professionals – the training and emerging stunt and screenfighting talents behind the scenes working on a lot of what you and I enjoy in film and television, especially if you read this site. This is just a rough gathering of selections from the past month and throughout the year and, just maybe, if things are a bit more consistent going forward, then I can probably make this a monthly thing to help folks […]

THE HIT LIST: December 7, 2020

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It’s been a long time coming for those of you who waited to see if the Hit List would return. Welp, if only for a different pace than usual, I can most certainly say that it is. And to start, as always, is a hefty playlist of stunt reels by some of today’s best and brightest of their field, beginning with Alyma Dorsey who just recently earned a new notch on her belt for her first stunt coordinator credit on a new shortfilm project coming soon. Following Dorsey are Bethany Curry, Bryan Vigier, Amy Sturdivant, Daisy Fryer, Girvan Bramble, Malin Kirjonen, Brittania Fader, Rodney Alexandre, Erin Haus, Devyn LaBella, Braxton McAllister, Jackie Gerhardy, Ilana Collins, Dee Yoon, Ilyana Eberhardt, Liu Yaxi and Thom Williams, and exhilirating stunt and fight coordinator reels by J.J. Perry, Airon Armstrong, Vincent Wang and Evan Dane Taylor. We got trailers as well! Two of them, […]

THE HIT LIST: July 13, 2020

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On the precipice of my second film festival coverage-loaded summer, The Hit List will be taking a brief hiatus until further notice. Alas, I’m happy to be able to put together this tentatively last hoorah while I get things in order on the writing end. For now, time to cast a spotlight on some of today’s top and up-and-coming stunt performers with a round of demo and training reels featuring the following: Rorelee Tio, Jay Kwon, Jeff Budner, Gabriel Rios, Kenneth Wolf, Michelle Fisichella, Freddy John James, Joel Fridman-Rojas, Paul Hampshire, Masato Di Santo, Sara Beko, and Eli Johnson following up with a performance and coordinator reel, as well as Michael Quach with a coordinator reel. It’s been a while since we heard from David Conk at Wolf Stunts but now he’s back on radar with Devin Reagan and co. for Mercenario Brothers which should be out soon, and the […]

THE HIT LIST: June 15, 2020

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This next installment of the Hit List took some effort since not a lot of folks are filming anything right now, and I’m not really sure how things will look in the next few weeks seeing as Coronavirus is still lingering throughout the country. For now, we’re rich with plenty of stunt reels courtesy of Andy Le, Shiela Quevedo Cano, Terence Julien, Keilani Mussetter, Anthony Heilmann, Oscar Leiva, Taylor Krasne, Paul Hawk, Angela Sippel, Darin Hicks, Damali Ross, YouTuber Mikestarwalker, Gabriel Rios, Justin Sundquist, April Taft, Oscar Fernandez, Maria Gnecci, and a twofer by Alfred Hsing and his team at East West Action Stunts. Rounding out the playlist are coordinator reels courtesy of Juan Bofill and Olivier Schneider. There isn’t much to promote this week, save for a few trailers. First up is the promo for The In-House Grindhouse II, hosted by Art School Dropouts and launching on June 20. […]

THE HIT LIST: June 1, 2020

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The newest installment of The Hit List is now live for the week of June 1 through the next few weeks, and heading out of the starting line is Tamiko Brownlee for this week’s stunt playlist, followed by reels featuring Sean Gallagher, Justin Robinson, Sierra Heuermann, Ivan Forlani, Kenny Lorenzetti, Beth Williams, Gerard Mármol, Jesse Frietze, Liparit Ambartsumyan, Jamie Chambers, Nino Deys, Eric R. Lim, and a stellar reel hosting the work of one Brad Allan! There’s nothing to promote at the moment until otherwise, so it’s onward and forward to the action with channel entries courtesy of Haruki Yoshida, Adam Brashaw, Marko Zaror, and a pair of stellar quarantine action montages by Victoria Lee and co., and Russia’s own StuntFX. Ty Hunt delivers ReAction in the next vid before we get some Penny Dreadful pre-viz action from Vlad Rimburg and John Cihangir bunks with shortfilm sequel Roomie 2, Ben […]

THE HIT LIST: May 18, 2020

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As you’re reading this, I had to get this installment of The Hit List on the day of! Definitely didn’t have much time this weekend, or energy for that matter to be honest. And frankly, Sky Atlantic/Cinemax series Gangs Of London hasn’t yet arrived, and so I’m going without looking at stunt coordinator Jude Poyer‘s latest reel as it kicks off this edition of The Hit List, although I’m certain you’ll enjoy it. The remainder of stunt and demo reel entries come courtesy of Molly Miller, Michel Quach, Matt de Souza, David Lenz, Grace Dougall, Gregory Balzi, Dylan Hintz, Gaetan Caillot, Katrina Leigh Waters, Mandalin Dragan, Dan Carter, Stephen Bodi, Veera Seppälä, Yann Brouet, Genís Lama, Haruki Yoshida, Hayley Wright, Veto Swarm and Kristoffer Jørgensen, and Pirates Project out of Japan. Jude Poyer – Reel Power Stunts 2020 from Jude Poyer on Vimeo. A quick note before we continue: The […]

THE HIT LIST: May 4, 2020

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The last several days have been a bit of a drag but I’m looking toward easing myself back into posting norms, and as always, The Hit List is a good motivator! Renae Moneymaker is here to help get the party started with her latest reel to begin the playlist below, followed by Alexey Minaev, Thomas P.R. Watson, Cyril Tellier, Kaitlin Abendroth, Mykola Galagan, Daniele Balconi, Céline Richard, Micaiah Chau, Silvio Gamboa, Fatih Ugurlu, Xanthia Marinelli, Andy Taylor, Kenny Lorenzetti, and Kyro Wavebourne, followed by an awesome parkour medley from Gurpreet Rawat, and an extensive look into the work of stunt coordinator Lauro Chartrand. Moving along with a little something to promote is the first official poster for Dogma, from Wuji Films. The project is a personal proclamation from Manitoba-based Joshua Zacharias and Bronson Cameron, and tells an inspired throwback story about a young Chinese American forced to deal with enemies […]

THE HIT LIST: April 20, 2020

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Indeed, much of the country is still shut down, and will be for the foreseeable future provided people know how to follow procedure and stay indoors. That’s all there is to it, really. Stay in, grab a snack, and hit up our homepage for the latest installment of The Hit List and enjoy some action-packed indie shorts and stunt gems from around the world. Natalie Padilla is here to help get the party started with her latest reel to begin the playlist below, followed by Luke Tumber, Angela Kosteska, Dean Gould, Sofian Francis, Myroslava Hybets, Conor Hegarty, Jennifer Mitchell, Park Sung-ho, Ben Sanchez, Ashley Becciani, Kamy Bruder, Anya Vlasova, Kevin Ku, Cameron Tubbs, Emily Wilson and Patrick Millin, and a quartet of stellar reels by Hitz International, Nomad Stunts, Rick Avery and a nostaligic medley of new and old beats by EMC Revolution. Without any particular promotional bits to watch, […]

THE HIT LIST: April 6, 2020

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As stifling as it is to see life grind to a halt thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s been certainly beneficial the numerous performers and content creators out there who’ve otherwise been able to complete backlogged shortfilm projects. It’s also inspiring to see more folks hosting performers and projects on their own platforms to support other artists, and with the newest installment of The Hit List here, I’m happy to do my part. Up first is the usual round of stunt reels, this time featuring Tricia Guarin, Ron Smoorenburg, Phillip Dang, Ivy Haralson, Chris Cortez, Maurice Chan, Joelle Comeau, Devin Regan, Byon Tae-woo, Julia Morizawa, Sergey Ryabtsev, Woody Almazan, Marina Mazepa, Kyle Dean Bolt, Julia Elizabeth, Justin Cabanting, Kenji Shimohira, Nailah Johnson, Mark Stas, Sasha Simic, Tally Rodin, traceur LJ McDonald, and a fantastic performers’ love letter to sword in a montage of projects edited together by Aaron Toney. The […]

THE HIT LIST: March 9, 2020

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I hope everyone’s weekend was good! I got to see a cool little sci-fi thriller via screener and review it, and I’m eagerly looking forward to the coverage for a few projects I’ve had my eye over the weekend as well. In the meantime, The Hit List is live once again and with the usual exciting playlists of stunt reels from top and ascending performers like the following: Khalid Ghajji, Lee Chesley, Maxime Coulon, Ben Sanchez, Emily Newman, Chris Quan Yong, Carrie Bernans, Mario Flippi, Ivy Haralson, James Gamban II, Elizabeth Blackwell, Branden Arnold, Ilyana Eberhardt, Gaetan Caillot, Taylor Krasne, Wesley Lambert, Danielle Valhala, Scott Kirkbride, Cameron Tubbs, Aristoteli Zherdi, Chelsea Goldsmith, Skylar Mowatt, Jennifer Mitchell, Tracy Woode Jr., Cole Eckert, Kaanchana Kerr, Victor Chong, Julia Frith, and stunt coordinator William Washington. Trailers ars abound and firstly comes from Dom Fred Films and martial artist and actor Max Repossi with […]

THE HIT LIST: February 10, 2020

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I’m having a whirlwind weekend as you’re reading this so let’s get past the formalities and right to this week’s installment of The Hit List! We kick off with another selection of explosive stunt and action demos featuring the following: Nana Miya, Rachel Shier, Sain Ferhad, Phi Nguyen, Alex Suarez, Justin Carney, Jean-Paul Ly, Linn Solem, Samantha Perez, Ronnie Shalvis, Thomas Lorber, Miroslav Notch Karel, Kujo Ashanti, Pai-Sen Wang, Brenda Castillo, Antonia Timbol, Justin Chang, Luke Davis, Marley Webster, Kyle Sutherland, Bobby Hernandez, Krystle Martin, Paige Rhea Allison, Djamel Bride, Jonty Green, Emilien Bergeret, Jacob Ellis, Mollie Wilson, Kate Bera, Sam Symons and Thai stunt coordinator Jakkrit Kanokpodjananon. It’s been a while since I talked about R.L. Scott and I think we’ll be hearing from him a little more this year beyond what he’s got happening. That entails the official trailer for Jade Rising from Scott’s Wonder Studios and Silver […]

THE HIT LIST: December 9, 2019

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With 2019 winding down, there’s only one more Hit List to go after this, and I am thoroughly impressed to see such amazing work going into the holidays. Nilly Masa Cetin is first in our usual jam-packed stunt reel playlist to kick off the December 9 installment and I certainly hope to see more of her on YouTube going forward. Paul Pedersen continues the playlist with his own reel followed by entries from Jonathan Henry, Rié Yoshida, Daniel Rivera, Caleb Evans, Mizziel Serra, Kevin Ku, Liam Bailey, Bronwyn Akhurst, Jordan Thoma, Dillon Burns, Lauren Pugh, Jason Lee Bell, Alex Bankier, Cami Wickenhauer, Justin Sysum and Yann Brouet, with a spectacular choreography and performance reel by Nop Brothers – Daren and David, and an extensive, highly warranted display of cinematic action, stunts and stunt coordination by Filipino heavy hitter Sonny Sison. The trailers are definitely where it’s at and first up, […]

THE HIT LIST: November 25, 2019

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I had the explicit delight of reviewing a film this weekend called Gold Coast Lounge which opens locally in Ghana in January. That’s really all there was to my weekend except the usual offering of life’s headaches. I also got to put together this week’s installment of the Hit List and it’s the first of the final three for 2019, so I hope everyone out there will make it rain going into the holidays! Chelsea Goldsmith kicks off the usual raft of stunt and action reels followed by Alexis Meyenberg, Entony Ruscetta, Coledyn Garrow, Gelsey Laurie, Jeff Budner, Jason O’Halloran, Jorge Pereyra, Melissa Lara, Antoine Piquet, Tyler Tackett, Paxton Pregel, Fran Williams, Justin Fillings, Dizzle Korey, Kai Ferris, Bethany Curry, Simeon Freeman and Vic Plajas. The reel concludes with entries for stunt rigger Brett Copes, and fight coordinators Malay Kim and Dan Rizzuto. Trailers for Godefroy Ryckewaert’s The Collector, and […]

THE HIT LIST: November 11, 2019

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I would’ve posted an Instagram teaser on Sunday evening for the Hit List, but I definitely needed time to recuperate from Saturday evening. Needless to say, it was a blast from the Far East. Now it’s time to blast back into another installment of The Hit List, starting with a new round of stunt reels from today’s working professionals and up-and-comers: Christine Trinh, Rebecca Ferguson, Martin Wan, Nicklas Hansson, Omar Zaki, Judd Wild, Wilson Sze, Jeska Pike, Jessie Simpson, Ed Heavey, Mariam Macip, Alexandra Hansler, Line Phe, Michelle Andrews, Erin Haus, Jesse Haus and Garrett Dumas. Rounding out the playlist are stunt Ann Arbor’s own Ring Of Steel Action Theatre in Michigan, and reels by stunt coordinators Ian Eyre and T.J. White. In about two weeks we’ll be sharing a teaser for an upcoming Mortal Kombat fanfilm from the fantastic minds over at Barilliant Action. For now, I get to […]

THE HIT LIST: October 28, 2019

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I’m anxious for the next several weeks and what the possibilities may bring. In the meantime, we’re back again with another installment of The Hit List, packed with amazing stuntreels and online action short gems from around the web. We kick off the stunt playlist with Ron Smoorenberg, living a life of action with every move per his mantra. Other entries include Lauren Nguyen, Daniel Locicero, Allen Quindiagan, Chris Cortez, ‘Enelē Ma’afu Tauteoli, Damion Tanzer, Dan Pelchat, Kate Cochran, Donald Brooks, Hayden Lam, Mykola Galagan, Skylar Mowatt, Valisa Tate, Patrick King, Patrick Ptasinsky, Lexter Santana, Elisa Sargent and Tristan O’Connell, followed by reels from stunt coordinator Martin K.R. Zetterlund, Mongol Stunts, and a lengthy opus from stunt and fight coordinator Dan Rizzuto. For promo bits, tomorrow will see the release of some Jordan Cann action with Timothy Colon in Elysian Showdown, and we have the brief teaser up next to […]

THE HIT LIST: October 14, 2019

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I’ve got a lot on my plate going forward in the next few months. Hopefully life doesn’t swallow me whole by then and if I’m fortunate, perhaps I’ll share the details later this year. At current, however, my focus is on maintaining the usual normal day-to-day here, and as always, that includes another round of formidable stunt reels and shorts for The Hit List. First up is a tasty raft of stunt performance and choreography demo reels by Brendon Huor, Somnang Mao Chay, Joshua Romeo, Kimberly Shannon, Bobby James, Jordan Arrendondo, Lauren Nguyen, Seth Frase, Herdlyn Evans, Shane Minerich, Kamy Bruder, Puranjay Samson, Aline Mayne, Kyle Wong, Benni Grams, Judit Sziva and Shaun Charney. Feel free to catch up on the most recent crowdfunders for Patrick Lim’s A Father’s Son and the upcoming one-night event for Slayer: The Repentless Killogy. In the meantime, Alfred Hsing’s latest trailer for lifestyle webseries, […]

THE HIT LIST: September 16, 2019

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The next installment of the Hit List is here for the week of September 16. I actually have to put my five-a-day together after this at some point so this will be a bit rough going between tasks, but hopefully I’ll manage. For now, Helena Laliberte kicks off this week’s rounds of stunts for The Hit List. Following that are entries featuring a raft of current and up-and-coming stunt performers like Talin Chat, Derek Henning, Gelsey Laurie, Paul Wilk, Eric Fuchs, Evelyn Osrio Vaccaro, Gabe Rios, Brian In, Beverly Provost, Parker Durant, Chase Del Rosario, Chelsea Goldsmith, Adam Sewell, Edward Bossert, Chloe Bruce, Chris Jones, Noah Batenhorst, Louise Fisk, Jamar Flower, Malcolm Washington and Brynn Knickle, with action legend Robert Samuels and a stellar new reel by David No. We’re junping into the fights and films column of The Hit List and for this, we begin with a small raft […]

THE HIT LIST: September 2, 2019

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Saturday was my “rest day” so to speak. The evening that followed was amazing, while I spent the bulk of my Sunday fighting my desire to slack off. I think I won? Maybe? Anyway, another two weeks have past and so it must be, another installment of The Hit List has arrived home to more servings of amazing feats of stunt and independent film fighting and performance from some of today’s strongest talents. Evelyn Osorio Vaccaro and Paul Varacchi tune us in to their new reels for the week prior to a playlist a la YouTube comprising entries from Somnang Chay, Chuck Johnson, Hai Le, Dominic Cancelliere, Nadia Lorencz, Chien Escalera Duong, David Miller, Shawn Robidoux, Bryan Vigier, Nina Nightingale, Trenton Rostedt, Ricky Coston, Kara Petersen, Patrick Stayer, Eric Fuchs and Connor Cross, followed by extended reels from Cassandra Ebner, Christine Hillary Lee, and action and stunt choreography reels by […]

THE HIT LIST: July 23, 2019

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I have a good amount of work to do for the next few weeks. To say the least it all started with a terrible start to my weekend but, it’s the 22nd, which means it’s time for another installment of The Hit List. So…let’s crack this open, shall we? We’re starting off with a Vimeo upload of Iesha Auyeung’s new stunt reel, followed by an explosive new playlist of stunt reels by Sean Kohnke, Megan Reneau, Brian A. Prince, Chad Gurrero, Allen Quindiagan, Yessenia Cossio, Lloyd Bowen, Jay Kwon, Robert Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Chase Armitage, Kyal Scott, Micaiah Chau, Kelly Phelan, Robby Robertson, T. Ryan Mooney, Josh Andrews, Juan Abdias, Dianna Castronuovo, Barrett Coates, Julien Meynier, Jim Punnett and Kyla Hymas, all followed by an extended, excellent demo reel from Franz Spilhaus and his Pyranha Stunt Team. Nothing to dole out in trailer content, so we’re going straight to the […]

THE HIT LIST: July 8, 2019

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It’s right about that time again with another two weeks gone, and another Hit List installment jam-packed with stunt professional and indie-action how-do-you-do’s! Erin Haus leads the way with her latest stunt reel in the first playlist, followed by reels from the usual raft of today’s talented and up-and-coming stunt performers: Will Greenburg, Robert Steven Brown, Nilo Ghajar-Williams, Brandon Ly, Lexie Kay, Lucas Leong, Geoffrey Boggs, Jennifer Mitchell, Austin Durden, Jordi Webber, Stacie Rathbone, Jacob Garcia, Luis Moco, Claire Hoogenboom, Tim Rook, Brynne Knickle, Alex Stines, Heather Burridge, Hunter Smith, Adair Moran, Thibault Chiron, Stephanie Baur, Alex Winters, Joseph Oreste, Natalie Goldwin, Andrew DiBartolomeo, Ronald Lu, Fiza Fukazawa, Shawn Daniels, Jason Elwood Hanna, Ayami Sakaeda, Frederic Jean, renowned fight coordinator Art Camacho and stunt coordinator Jimmy Christiansen. No trailer stuff here for the moment. Instead, we have the latest announcement from online film fighting tutour, fight choreographer and Hollywood stunt […]