“Life After Fighting” Theatrical Poster
We just watched Life After Fighting (read our review) last night and were incredibly impressed. Not only does Bren Foster (Infini, The Last Ship) write, direct, produce, AND star in the film, but he designed the action choreography as well. The guy is a beast.
In Life After Fighting, the tranquil existence of Alex Faulkner (Foster), a former martial arts world champion, is shattered when the inexplicable vanishing of two young students from his martial arts school culminates in a shocking revelation that strikes close to his heart. As all avenues of hope seem to dwindle, Faulkner’s determination leads to the rescue of the imprisoned girls, revealing an insidious international child-trafficking ring, which ultimately leads to the fight of his life.
The film also stars Cassie Howarth (2 Graves in the Desert), Annabelle Stephenson (Escape Room) and Luke Ford (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor).
Life After Fighting is currently in select theaters and on demand from Vertical Entertainment.
I’ve heard about this movie in passing, but nobody said it was this hard hitting! Bren Foster’s TKD kicks, Muay Thai knees, and jiujitsu really make him a complete package as an action hero! I’ll have to check out Scott Adkins’ interview with him as well!
I heard about it prior to this article and I am glad it was mentioned. Definitely checking it out soon
Definitely remember you mentioning this one, Ulric.
I rented Life After Fighting on Vudu, and I liked it. Bren Foster moves with such power and grace. I would love to see him in a fight scene with Scott Adkins and Michael Jai White among others.
Some parts of the movie were a little iffy. The villain, Luke Ford does such a bad job at hiding that he’s diabolical, that he might as well have had it written on his shirt. When the daughters of Bren’s coworker get kidnapped, there’s a huge gap in between then and when Bren finally does something about it.
One week passes and he’s just running his school like usual, and even has time to have a well choreographed fight scene with a rival who called him out on TV earlier in the film.
Then 2 weeks pass, and thankfully the traffickers are so bad at their job that their victims are still alive and captive in the same spot. This movie even admits that most trafficking victims are never found after 2 days, and I’m thinking that Bryan Mills would be seething at this.
The finale is full of great fighting. Brent’s combination of kicking and grappling was very crisp and efficient. Although the time it took the one cop to show up after everything was resolved was too long.
Scott Adkin’s interview with Bren Foster was good stuff and was done while Life After Fighting was still in production. It was fascinating to hear about Bren’s accomplishments and how he’s persevered in show business despite not becoming a huge star. This movie seemed like something he’s wanted to make for a long time, and I hope it leads to more and better films!