tony chu

FOOD FIGHTING IN BROOKLYN: An Evening With Tony Chu

I’m currently reeling over a two-year gripe about a fan film as I’m writing this (and possibly as you’re reading this). However, I still have other things to do and as I continue to recover from my short-term rest from the night before, I wanted to share my latest experience this month with another individual I’ve come to love and respect over my years as a martial arts film fan and supporter of independent film and stunts. This gratitude comes in the wake of having met another member of legendary stunt group, Zero Gravity, by the name of Tony Chu. He currently resides in San Francisco with his wife and newborn daughter and while having experience and often collaborating from time to time with other stunt performers to film things, he’s a photographer by trade, and you can learn more about his work via his official website, TonyChuPhotography.com where he’s […]

Vlad Rimburg Presents: TONY'S WRATH

Lee B. Golden III

The cast and crew of TONY’S WRATH, Photo: Heng It Up Photography The past few years have seen a graceful resurgence for actor, photographer and stuntman, Tony Chu. Rooted as a pioneer of online independent action cinema by way of his longstanding platform, Zero Gravity, 2014 marks Chu‘s return to the fray, having already filmed a few pieces with online independent filmmaker, Vlad Rimburg who just unveiled his latest ensemble experimental short, Tony’s Wrath. Of course, not to be undone by any predecessors, Rimburg himself is a sixteen-year purveyor of independent action and stuntwork, and one of the most prominent and well-respected filmmakers by a number of big-name martial arts action stars and A-list Hollywood stunt coordinators. Using this to his advantage, Rimburg originally pursued up to over fifty people in a group message via social media. With busy schedules looming among many, up to twenty five people people became […]

Caitlin Dechelle Hammers Away In A New Fan Fight Tribute To THE RAID 2!

Lee B. Golden III

Fans of martial arts action cinema like myself and independent filmmaker Vlad Rimburg represent a majority of people eagerly awaiting the official March 28 release date of writer and director Gareth Evans’s new epic crime thriller, The Raid 2. However, on Tuesday evening, Rimburg took to his channel to offer an inspired look at actress Julie Estelle’s portrayal of the iconic character, Hammer Girl, in a new, brutal, bloody and spectacularly violent fan short by CZ12 co-star and action actress Caitlin Dechelle. Rehearsed last week in the course of two days and filmed only several days ago, the Hammer Girl fan fight marks Rimburg‘s second project with Dechelle since a chance meeting in 2012 during a photo shoot with photographer and performer Tony Chu. That photo shoot eventually led to their first collaboration later that year for the two-part ensemble action piece, Part 2: Chapter A, and the two had […]

A Storm Is Brewing For Noah Fleder’s New Channel, FORCE STORM ENTERTAINMENT!

Lee B. Golden III

If you have been tuning into Film Combat Syndicate, chances are you have had the good fortune of coming across some of the best independently made martial arts action short films and test fights to make our way in recent years and months. More importantly, action fans, particularly fans geared toward science fiction might have even caught The Stunt People’s own Eric Jacobus with his crowdpleasing Star Wars Go Pro lightsaber Vader Strikes project. Well, here and now in 2014, the trend continues with different players and a different vision as actor and martial artist Noah Fleder initiates the newest Indiegogo campaign for his own Star Wars fan-driven action channel, Force Storm Entertainment. Fleder briefly spoke to Film Combat Syndicate late last year about his new project as things were still in development at the time. “I grew up as a HUGE Star Wars fan all starting with the ORIGINAL film […]

It's A One-Handed, Face-Breaking, Knuckle-Bleeding Bashfest In The New Brutal Action Short, RIGHT-HANDED

Lee B. Golden III

Coming off of a busy summer of online action hits like the explosive miniseries, The Hunt, this week’s latest gem comes courtesy of independent filmmaker and action director Vlad Rimburg‘s new online miniseries, Right-Handed. Based on an original concept by actor and professional screenfighter Gui DaSilva, the project was a year in the making, taking Rimburg into a vision that is quite different than most of us have seen over the years, briefly bringing indie action performer Tyler Williams on board with DaSilva and actor and fellow veteran indie action star Tony Chu. As always, Rimburg single-handedly (see what I did there?) gets the job done delivering innovative fight choreography with DaSilva and Chu, shown in the blisteringly powerhouse performances by the two actors. Today’s release also grants the gift of seeing Chu back in action, being a member of the premiere action team that started the worldwide culture of […]