Ferguson shares the stage with young son Ronny Ferguson, along with a cast that includes Ismalone himself, as well as Julaluck Ismalone who plays his on-screen wife. Also starring are Conan Stevens, Yothin Udomsanti, Guido Kessler, Jawed Elb, and Tim Man. Indican Pictures has the North American rights to the film which could release on October 14, 2014.
It’s been several years since production wrapped and followed with post-production for the upcoming fantasy martial arts revenge thriller, Mystic Blade. The film marks a feature debut for action auteur and stuntman David Ismalome with award-winning martial artist and mentor, actor, stuntman producer and screenwriter Don Ferguson in his first lead role since the two began their respective journeys as competitive martial artists in Thailand where they would soon cross paths on the set of the 2003 action hit, Ong Bak, ultimately becoming long term friends and collaborators with its lead actor, Tony Jaa.
With both Ferguson and Ismalone working their way up the ladder with notable respective film credits like The Twins’ Effect (2003), The Protector 1 and 2 (2005/2013), The Great Challenge (2004), Muay Thai Chaiya (2007) and The Fifth Commandment (2008), their efforts now bring them on the forefront of film with their newest independent collaborative contribution together which is finally getting its first bit of release news with dates to be announced in September for North America and Thailand. Indican Pictures has provided the latest trailer for the film which you can now check out below the following synopsis.
Sam is a killer by trade, one of a group of merciless men known as the Shadow Syndicate whose business is delivering fate for a price. But when Sam is asked to erase the line between honor and evil, he turns his back on the Shadows knowing this will make him a wanted man. After years of hiding in the hills of Thailand, Sam falls in love with a beautiful Thai girl named Mali and fathers a son named Shiro. Sam and his family live a simple and happy life fishing and living off the land. But he can’t run away from the past and soon finds out what happens when you cross the Shadow Syndicate.
Sam and his wife are left for dead on a violent and bloody night. They think they have taken everything from him until cries from Shiro bring Sam back to the world of the living. Now with something worth fighting for and a thirst for vengeance; Sam forges a mystical blade from the ashes of his one great love. Sam and Shiro embark on a journey across the globe to track down these evil men one by one to have their revenge.
Mystic Blade stars Ferguson and Ismalone with actress Julaluck Ismalone also serving as producer, and also stars the actor’s real-life son, Ronny Ferguson, with Yothin Udomsanti and martial arts sensation Tim Man rounding out the cast. Watch the trailer and keep an eye peeled for more news ahead.
Film Combat Syndicate has had the pleasure of hosting some truly stunning work from the folks over at cinematic action performance and choreography team, EMC Monkeys in the past year, and it’s really a small list in comparison to the amount of achievements they have made since their earlier years in activity long before this site existed. A lot of that work includes a list of admirable performances by fellow member Malay Kim, who has brand new reel out which features both old and new projects that are coming online very soon.
The team has left a major mark on the industry for fans online over the last few years, particularly with one of thier most successful videos to date attributed to the hit game, Sleeping Dogs in 2012, in which by an act of otherwise random chance, a segment of choreography became the center of attention upon the recent release of director Isaac Florentine’s latest hit film, Ninja: Shadow Of A Tear. Of course, the comparison was noticeable in similarity, but nonetheless, the team is taking it all in stride, and hopes to spark a meeting of minds one great day with the film’s pivotal action director and rising star in choreography, Tim Man.
Just think of the possibilities, kids.
Kim has a few more videos lined up that will be coming out real soon this year, including two upcoming tributes to the latest Donnie Yen cop thriller, Special ID with fellow actor and Fight Factory performer Michael Lehr, and the classic SNK fighting game, King Of Fighters, as well as an upcoming Power Rangers fan film titled Unmorphed, and Lethal Weapon 6 – a follow up to their 2012 Nerf-weaponized action vid, Lethal Weapon 5.
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While we await the fate of Sidney Lexy Plaut’s Dark Samurai and Thomas Eikrem’s Le Accelerator, actor and rising action star David Sakurai has also been busy on his next project with writing and producing partner, filmmaker Shaky Gonzalez titled Echoes Of A Ronin. Twitchfilm broke the story on Wednesday with new photos from the upcoming shortfilm which wrapped just last month after about a month’s shoot.
In a year chock-loaded with promise of martial arts action talent, actor and action director Tim Man (Bangkok Knockout, Ninja 2) is one to look out for in the months and years to come. Man joins an all Italian production with a cast that includes Alessandro Paci, Eugenia Storm, Annarita Del Piano, Manuel De Nicolò and Cristina Basso, and starring Massimo Ceccherini in the upcoming May 23, 2013 Italy theatrical release from Village Entertainment titled, Una Vita Da Sogno (English translation: One Life To Dream).
Before completing Ninja 2, however, and determined to continue evolving as filmmakers, Achabbahke, Smoorenburg and Tang collaborated last year with actor and Ninja 2 cast member Yuhkoh Matsuguchi on a shortfilm of their own called MARKSMEN. The short was directed by Tang, and also starring Smoorenburg along with Achabbahke who also served as stunt and fight coordinator.