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DEATH TOUCH: Troy Sandford To Make His Martial Arts Action Feature Directing Debut [EXCLUSIVE]

What you’re seeing below in this article and the thumbnail is the preliminary artwork actor, stunt multi-hyphenate and filmmaker Troy Sandford (Ip Man 4: The Finale) has allowed us to share, announcing his feature directing debut, Death Touch. Sanford, who is based in Beijing with his own self-titled stunt unit, Troy’s Team, is partnering with Australia’s Rhythmic Films. Here is what we can report on the story and plot: “Death Touch centers on a peaceful son who is forced to battle his father and siblings when his unborn child threatens to upend the family’s immortality.” FCSyndicate can reveal little else about the film and who is involved while pre-production continues, but I am told the film will look to roll cameras sometime this year. Also, I can share what Sanford has to say about the projects and his hopes going forward. “With the tone of Daredevil, the emotional element of […]

THE HIT LIST: September 11, 2017

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My weekend was slow, but unnecessarily relaxing. Part of it included getting the prizes ready from our recent Blu-Ray giveaways for Iron Protector and The Prison and the latter contest ends in a matter of hours… I’m JUST saying… By the by, the Hit List is back and fashioning another round of great stunt reels and some of today’s best in independent online action. Caitlin Hutson jumpstarts the week with her latest parkour reel followed by actor Tien Hoang brandishing some sharp weaponry in his new training demo. Rounding out this segment are reels courtesy of Aaron Hawley, Kaiser Tin-U, Lloyd Pitts, Justin Yu, Chase Penny and Spidey Turner, and choreography reels by Indonesia-based Ultimate Stunt Fighter, and Atlanta’s own J.A. Crooms. Enjoy! The weekend didn’t bring much to offer in promotional materials, but I’m pretty certain Zack Snyder had that covered by Monday. The man helping to bring DC’s […]

THE HIT LIST – October 24, 2016

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This week’s Hit List was another down-the-wire bit with a few late entries. On another note I’m currently saving my evening energy for a thing I’m doing in the next few weeks and with any luck I’ll even get to write about it, so keep an eye on my Facebook page for more content. In the meantime, we’re back with another installment of The Hit List and it’s got all the action, stunt work and thrills you crave! Actor and filmmaker Eric Jacobus lends his gameface to viewers once more as a fighting game character, here and now as Bayman from Dead Or Alive in a new movelist performance compilation. The playlist finishes things up from there with an arsenal of thrilling stuntwork by Amy Sturdivant, Lin He Rong, Johan Lindqvist, Jared Losano, Marissa Labog, Jason Mello, Jason Durham, Bayland Kippenkroeger, Chad Crumley, bicycle traceur Tim Knoll courtesy of filmmaker […]

THE HIT LIST – August 29, 2016

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It’s been a quiet weekend, folks. So, it’s good to be back and sharing some content for this week’s installment of the Hit List, packed with new feat and jewels of action to celebrate, along with a sweet little webseries jewel to boot. Kicking things off in sharp form is a fresh new reel from stunt player Chris Yong, followed by the high-flying/falling Jenna Hellmuth, the tumbling and freerunning feats of Remi Bakkar, the electric fight and might of stuntwoman Katie Eischen, and seasoned hardball stuntplayer and avid Southeast Asian foodie, Philippe Vonlathen! Rounding out the playlist is a new reel from multi-faceted performing artist and Film Combat Syndicate favorite, actress Jessica Wolff and Wushu impressario Bryan Cartago, along with a quick martial arts-packed demo by Dylan Rampulla, the walking inferno that is Frederik Blom, T. Ryan Mooney with a sampler of some of his practice feats in pre-viz action […]