welcome to sudden death

WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH Heads To The UK On DVD From Dazzler

I’ll be delving into Dallas Jackson’s Welcome To Sudden Death a little more going forward, so stay tuned for future coverage. For now, the film is headed to the U.K. from Dazzler Media and the official trailer and key art are up and running for the film headlined by none other than Michael Jai White, and with DVD pre-orders now online ahead of it’s new release date, now pushed back to March 22. Get ready for a fight-filled re-imagining of the Jean-Claude Van Damme 90’s action classic! Jesse Freeman (Michael Jai White, Arrow, The Dark Knight, Black Dynamite) is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art sports arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap the team’s owner and Jesse’s daughter during opening night. Facing a ticking clock and impossible odds, it’s up to Jesse […]

WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH: Michael Jai White Looks To Score In New Action Thriller Coming September 29

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While action star Michael Jai White’s camraderie with fellow Universal Soldier: The Return star Jean-Claude Van Damme is no secret, what remains to be seen is if White’s latest venture can hold a candle to its predecessor from director Peter Hyams. Enter Dallas Jackson with Welcome To Sudden Death, the latest revisal of a Die Hard-plot that brings White together with actor and comedian Gary Owen with a DVD and Digital release coming September 29. Jesse Freeman (Michael Jai White, Black Dynamite) is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap the team’s owner and Jesse’s daughter during opening night. Facing a ticking clock and impossible odds, it’s up to Jesse to not only save them, but also a full house of fans in this high-charged action […]

WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH: Michael Jai White And Gary Owen Lead ‘Thriller’ Director’s Reboot Of 1995 JCVD Hit For Universal 1440

Lee B. Golden III

Last year’s exiting Los Angeles Film Festival saw the premiere of director Dallas Jackson’s coming-of-age Blumhouse revenge slasher, Thriller. I tried posting a trailer for that one ahead of its screening before it quietly got removed from its channel and I hadn’t seen or heard from that film or its filmmaker since, so I never really got to share a post on it. The film eventually surprised folks with a Netflix release back in April and it’s currently on my watchlist while Jackson retains his career progression into some interesting territory with Welcome To Sudden Death from Universal 1140. It’s now underway in Winnepeg, Canada with a cast that lists martial arts star and actor Michael Jai White and actor and comedian Gary Owen. The film also enlists actor and martial artist Marrese Crump most prolifically known for dueling with Tony Jaa in Tom Yum Goong 2 and who recently […]