“Mexicali” Theatrical Poster
Director: Luke LaFontaine
Cast: Bren Foster, Tania Raymonde, Plutarco Haza, Kris Van Damme, Louis Mandylor
Running Time: 99 min.
By Z Ravas
Mexicali is a movie that knows precisely what its audience wants and decides to give it to them without delay. It’s been two short years since Bren Foster broke out on the international action scene with Life After Fighting, and the filmmakers behind Mexicali understand that fans are likely curious if that movie was a one-off or if Foster will continue to cement his status as a rising star in the martial arts world; therefore, Mexicali opens with Foster in the ring for not one, not two, not three, but four fights in a row. Befitting a movie with a former stuntman in the director’s chair, the fight choreography here is top notch, and Foster very quickly proves that Life After Fighting was no fluke, as the man seems incapable of not going Beast Mode whenever a scene calls for him to throw a punch or kick.
Needless to say, the wait for Bren Foster’s follow-up to Life After Fighting was worth it. Mexicali arrives from Luke LaFontaine, the aforementioned former stuntman and second unit director with past credits on many Direct to Video action efforts like Jesse V. Johnson’s Savage Dog and The Mercenary. It’s likely no coincidence, then, that Jesse V. Johnson wrote the script Continue reading
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