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PLAN B: SCHEISS AÜF PLAN A Review: Reel Deal Action’s In-House Feature Debut Is A Paragon Of Martial Arts Action Cinema Excellence [Re-Print/Re-Edit]

My first venture into German martial arts action cinema was a groundbreaking low-budget 2005 feature from Johannes Jaeger titled Kampfansage: Der Letzte Schuler. It was a narrative extension from an earlier shortfilm – one among many which opened my eyes at the time to Europe’s talent pool of online film and stunt creatives in the early two-thousandsies, and it has been a continuing pleasure to see this millieu flourish and evolve from its humble beginnings, eventually sprouting groups like Reel Deal Action as early as 2012. Picturing firmly in this troupe are members Can Aydin, Cha-Lee Yoon, Phong Giang, Mike Moeller and Tanay Genco Ulgen, all of whom have since seen their careers grow and spawn greatness, and even a little acclaim to boot. It’s much deserved and anyone who has seen their projects online knows this as a matter of irrefutable fact whilst taking into account the progress we’ve […]

PLAN B: SCHEISS AUF PLAN A – Berlin Hails With Hong Kong Action In The First Official Trailer

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Getting a martial arts action picture off the ground these days is not easy. What helps, of course, is the initiative, talent and the necessary support base to further substantiate the demand for such a film and thankfully, it’s the kind of support that the folks over at German martial arts, stunt and film production group, Reel Deal Action, have been able to accumulate in the well over five-year period in which its members have been upscaling in the industry. Thus, having proved their worth in the feature arena (Skyfall, Big Game, Hitman: Agent 47, xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage) and with an array of action-packed shortfilms available online – some of which have earned a fair amount of acclaim among netizens and within the festival circuit (Evil Twin, Behind Every Great Man, Bad Choice), actors Can Aydin, Cha-Lee Yoon and Phong Giang are finally front and center as they […]

Reel Deal Action Comedy, PLAN B: SCHEISS AUF PLAN A, Lands Trailer And Summer Release Dates

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The good folks over at Reel Deal Action have officially announced the trailer and release date for their debut upcoming martial arts action comedy, officially titled Plan B: Scheiss Auf Plan A. The title itself is interesting and if you know what it means in relation to the material, you can pretty much appreciate the linguistic asethetic behind it. It’s a nice entry into the film’s comedic millieu as it’s staged in Berlin with action trio Can Aydin, Cha-Lee Yoon and Phong Giang starring as a group of aspiring action stars who walk into the wrong place at the wrong time for an audition. In turn, one of theirs is taken hostage by an evil crime boss who obligates the others on a life-or-death mission to tread Berlin’s seedy underworld in search of a missing safe. The film boasts a humble nod to blockbuster Hollywood action stardom as modeled by […]

PLAN B: Get A New Look At Reel Deal Action In The Upcoming Martial Arts Comedy

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Believe it or not, you are only about a week from seeing the first official bits from the promotion of the forthcoming martial arts action comedy, Plan B. The film hails from the inner workings of Germany-based Reel Deal Action who produced their debut movie as the first feature film following years of successes in stunt work on films like Hitman: Agent 47, Big Game and xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage. From directors Ufuk Genc and Michael Popescu and starring martial arts exponents Can Aydin, Phong Giang and Cha-Lee Yoon as a group of aspiring action stars who become captive to a gangster’s search for a missing safe, and the treacherous journey throughout Berlin to find it. Actor and dancer U-Gin Boateng plays manager to our action trio with appearances by Florian Kleine, Iron Sky actress Julie Dietze, actors Laurent Daniels and Gideon Burkhardt, and features K1 fighter Aristote […]

Reel Deal Action's Feature Debut Gets An Official Title!

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It’s a slow, but steady pace for the current post-production of the new martial arts caper comedy, once under the working title, 4 Gewinnt, from debut directors Ufuk Genc and Michael Popescu. The film marks the latest collaboration between post production studio, CineChromatix, Papermoon Films and German martial arts action performance and film troupe, Reel Deal Action, in a feature debut that sets its sights on delivering a promised tale of unyielding friendship, coupled with spectacular pound-for-pound comedy and raw martial arts action to boot, and all within the city of Berlin as its backdrop. A current sampling of this amazing footage can be found in an electrifying six-minute promo reel at German-language media broadcasting platform, Mitteldeutscher Rundfun, by CLICKING HERE. In the meantime, Film Combat Syndicate can exclusively report that Plan B will be the official title of the movie upon its release. Screenwriter Rafael Garciolo provided the script […]

ONCE UPON A TIME IN BERLIN: German Martial Arts Film Group, Reel Deal Action, Sets Their 2015 Feature Debut

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At any other point in time before the new millennium, you may have been right in simply assuming that the martial arts action genre wouldn’t have had much fervor with the internet. Of course, time proved quite the opposite with a vast number of independent groups sprouting online for a community that has evidently gone global. Germany, for one, has surely seen its share of that effect with its own native talents, namely folks like Can Aydin, Phong Giang and award-winning stunt performer Cha-Lee Yoon – just three of the principle stuntmen combining years of experience to form their own team, Reel Deal Action, as of just several years ago. Since then, they’ve continually left a memorable mark in the world of independent action, most recently winning Fight Of The Year over at Martial Arts Movie Junkie for their 2013 hit, The Messenger, prior to going global with their latest award-winning […]