“Black Creek: Retribution” Teaser Poster
Cult martial arts action screen icon Cynthia Rothrock (The Blonde Fury, No Retreat No Surrender II, Righting Wrongs) is returning to the wild west in Black Creek: Retribution, the sequel to her 2024 western/martial arts action movie, Black Creek.
This time around, Luke LaFontaine (Mexicali) is stepping in to direct, taking over from Shannon Lanier (Black Creek). LaFontaine is a former stuntman and second unit director with credits on action films like Jesse V. Johnson’s Savage Dog and The Mercenary, and he recently directed Bren Foster (Life After Fighting) in this year’s Mexicali, a standout entry in the direct to video action market.
Set in 1891 Arizona, Black Creek: Retribution follows a gritty frontier sheriff (Rothrock) waging a bloody war against a murderous cult leader who slaughtered her deputy. To hunt them down, she forces an unlikely alliance with Apache warriors, a grizzled outlaw, and a U.S. Marshal, bringing her own brand of justice to a lawless territory.
The first film featured an all-star cast that included the late Richard Norton (Mr. Nice Guy, Millionaires Express), Don “The Dragon” Wilson (Death Fighter, Diamond Cartel), Keith Cooke (King of the Kickboxers), Benny “The Jet” Urquidez (Wheels on Meals, Dragons Forever), Keith Vitali (Bloodmoon, Wheels on Meals), R. Marcos Taylor (Straight Outta Compton, Baby Driver) and Patrick Kilpatrick (Minority Report).
The sequel continues its all star tradition, with attached talent including Kurt McKinney (No Retreat, No Surrender), Jose Manuel (Fist of the Condor), Mike Moeller (One Million K(l)icks), and several others yet to be announced. Also attached are Anthony Giovanni (Room 236) Elias and returning Black Creek actress, Brandy Futch.
Alongside his appearance in Black Creek: Retribution, martial arts sensation Mike Moeller (One Million K(l)icks, Ultimate Justice, Atomic Eden) returns to oversee action and fight choreography.
Filmmaker Michael Baumgarten, who is perhaps best known for directing 2015’s The Martial Arts Kid, is co-producing alongside Rothrock herself.
The core production for the film is fully funded for Fall 2026 filming, but support is still being offered to elevate the project, so visit Black Creek: Retribution’s Kickstarter if you’d like to be a part of the team.
🔥 Footnote: The first Black Creek was the 3rd most successfully funded action film OF ALL TIME. Not even Kanye West can top that (there’s a dad joke for you).
We’ll keep you updated on Black Creek: Retribution as we learn more. Until then, check out the Trailer to the original film, which is currently available on Digital:
The Kickstarter campaign offered people a chance to be in fight scenes! I wish I had thousands of dollars!
This is awesome! The Kickstarter campaign still has 18 days to go and it looks like there are only 2 on-camera speaking roles left and 3 fight scenes with Cynthia Rothrock you can get.
Would like to be in this movie with you is this all right with you and can you please tell Don the dragon and everybody I said hi if you don’t mind
Hi John, I’m afraid none of us here at COF are in the movie, however if you’d like to appear there are still backer rewards available via the Kickstarter campaign for you to feature in a fight scene or be a featured extra (unfortunately the speaking role reward is already sold out).
Kevin Sorbo, Olivier Gruner, and Billy Blanks are not in Black Creek – please correct. The actual cast is on the film’s official IMDb here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27078378/
Cynthia Rothrock (China O’Brien)
Richard Norton (City Hunter)
Keith Cooke (Mortal Combat)
Don ‘The Dragin’ Wilson (Ring of Fire)
Patrick Kilpatrick (Minority Report)
R. Marcus Taylor (Straight Outta Compton)
Benny ‘The Jet’ Urquidez (Grosse Pointe Blank)
Keith Vitali (American Kickboxer)
Thanks for the update!
Wow, I guess I have no choice but to check this one out!
It’s a fun trailer! The movie looks a little heavy handed with the digital blood and explosions, but otherwise embraces the B-movie goodness most people appreciate. It will be nice to see the martial arts stars of yesteryear getting a chance to shine again and do something more enjoyable than The Last Kumite.
Kevin Sorbo? Nope. Immediate skip
Yeah, no, I hear ya. I liked Hercules as much as the next kid, but no, thank you.
“DISAPPOINTED!!!”
Sorbo may be a scumbag, but if he were in this movie, it wouldn’t have amounted to any more than a few lines like in Boone The Bounty Hunter. It’s good news if he’s not part of the cast.
Sorbo is not in the film. The actual cast is on the film’s IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27078378/
Updated!
I wish I had nice things to say about this film.
I was rooting for its success. When the Kickstarter campaign offered roles in the movie, I thought it would be exciting to be part of it. But after renting Black Creek, I just kept experiencing disappointment seemingly every 2 minutes.
First of all, this movie should have been fun, but it kept an inappropriate melancholy tone throughout with very little humor. This is the wrong movie to channel Unforgiven.
The movie employs a ton of undercranking, drop frame editing, and bad green screen effects, and it does the action no favors. Benny Urquidez and Keith Vitali show up to have a fight, and I don’t expect them to perform at the level of Wheels on Meals, but even without the bad camera effects, they looked stiff and didn’t flow. When looking at Mike Moeller’s work on and off camera, this is not reflective of it.
Keith Cooke shows up portraying some near braindead country bumpkin, and only does 3 martial arts moves. For what should have been a fun trip down memory lane, not seeing the cast of martial artists in the best possible way was a real let down, especially considering that this movie was by people who know their value.
There are a few decent moments, and it was a change to see Cynthia Rothrock yell out “motherfucker” and show off that she still has the moves, but I wish this project came out better.
I missed this when it was originally posted.
Some of those points you make are discouraging, but I will soon see for myself. Honestly, it really shouldn’t come as a surprise given the output of everyone involved (let’s face it, NONE of them have made a decent film – alone, together, etc – since the 90s). Wouldn’t expect it now. Footnote: The Martial Arts Kid (Wilson, Rothrock) was actually decent, given its full context.
It’ll take a special director/choreographer to bring the screen magic out of these martial arts stars of the 90s. Mike Moeller is definitely a talent to behold, but maybe his best work doesn’t translate in his work as a choreographer (he looks good, but he can’t make other people look good?).
Disc is on its way.
I would say White Tiger with Cynthia and Don was pretty decent. Although not being in a good movie in a long time isn’t an excuse for a collaboration like this to turn out disappointing. I would expect this movie to be bad if it was by a typical DTV crew, but a passion project where the cast was seemingly in control gave me higher expectations.