undisputed 3: redemption

New Stills And A Synopsis Surface For BOYKA: UNDISPUTED IV

Many a debate have been had in the last five years over the fate of a fourth installment of Undisputed, a series of films that has since spawned from a Hollywood prison boxing drama to a franchise of films that have entrenched explicit fandom within the niche for actor and action star Scott Adkins in the role of devout modern day mixed martial arts warrior, Uri Boyka. Suffice it to say, the Undisputed franchise has taken a life of its own in the martial arts genre, and while piracy nearly threatened the hopes of a fourth film, it was finally made official in late 2013 with cameras rolling nearly a year and a half later in Bulgaria for Boyka: Undisputed IV. Yes, results are coming, and I wouldn’t hold my breath for this one until at least a 2016 release as with the nature of independent cimema. Director Isaac Florentine […]

THE LATIN DRAGON SPEAKS: An Interview With REDEEMER Star Marko Zaror!

Lee B. Golden III

It’s been well over a decade since Chilean martial artist and stuntman Marko Zaror transitioned his career, thus landing in our sights with his debut role in the action-packed feature, Kiltro. Billed as the first South American film of its kind, it helped put Zaror and its director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza on the map toward greatness as the two forged a path through film that would ultimately see them become festival favorites by and large. Nowadays, Zaror‘s fourth film with Espinoza, Redeemer, is on the cusp of releasing to North American audiences next month, and it’s a real pleasure to still see films like this exist for the big screen, even as films like these are allocated to limited targeted metropolitan theater chains and VoD/digital platforms. Zaror and action stars like him don’t get the mainstream treatment that Hollywood once gave to the genre in the 1990’s when movie goers […]