Last year, Amazon’s original pilot for Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Jean Claude Van Johnson, an action/comedy that’s along the lines of Van Damme’s semi-reality themed JCVD (2008), was picked up as a full season by Amazon. Now, a newly released Full Trailer for its continuation has made its way online. JCVD (Kill ’em All) is a global martial arts and film sensation…and, operating under the simple alias of ‘Johnson,” the most dangerous undercover operative in the world. Unhappily retired, … Continue reading →

Well, if you are among those cinephiles who possess an intense desire to watch the movies which are full of action instead of the romantic or the dramatic ones then you definitely love the whole concept of ‘adrenaline rush’. Right? Yes! It might be true that for others ‘action’ means only ‘violence’. But, you know it very well that it is much more than that, turning the fightings and punchings … Continue reading →

From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Silenced and Miss Granny comes The Fortress (aka Namhansanseong), the newest feature from South Korean director Hwang Dong-Hyuk (My Father). Based on the novel by Kim Hoon, this epic thriller stars Lee Byung-Hun (Master), Kim Yun-Seok (The Chaser) and Park Hae-Il (The Host). In 1636, the Qing dynasty attacks Joseon. King Injo (Park) and his retainers, including Choi Myung-Kil (Lee) and Kim Sang-Hun (Kim), hide in the mountain fortress city of Namhansanseong. … Continue reading →

Hong Kong actor Chapman To (Infernal Affairs, Men Suddenly in Black) is the director of The Empty Hands (previously known as simply Karate), an upcoming martial arts-themed film (read our review) that will be led by singer turned actress, Stephy Tang (Let’s Go). According to SD, the film tells the story of a young girl whose only wish is to sell her father’s karate dojo when he dies, but discovers that 51% of the business was left … Continue reading →

Dolph Lundgren (Female Fight Squad) and Scott Adkins (Savage Dog) will be teaming up again for Malevolence, an upcoming thriller to be helmed by Lundgren himself – his first directing gig since 2010’s The Killing Machine. The two action stars previously appeared together in The Expendables 2 (2012), Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) and Legendary (2013). Malevolence revolves around a fighter (Lundgren) who loses his wife and daughter after a deal with the mob goes sour. Now out for revenge, … Continue reading →

Warner and India’s Azure Entertainment (Rocky Handsome) are working on a remake of Andrew Lau’s 2002 gangster flick, Infernal Affairs, which itself was remade in 2006 by Martin Scorsese (The Departed). “We are looking for a director for the Infernal Affairs remake,” Azure CEO Sunir Kheterpal told THR. “We will set the film in contemporary times since the original was set in 2002. And of course, the setting will be in India, compared to the earlier … Continue reading →