Ahead of its US release this Christmas Day, a new trailer has arrived online for the final instalment in the martial arts action drama series Ip Man 4 which sees Donnie Yen once again reprising his role as the legendary Wing Chun grandmaster, in what he’s recently revealed to be his final kung fu film; […]
New trailer for Ip Man 4 starring Donnie Yen
Ahead of its release next month, a new trailer has arrived online for Ip Man 4, the final instalment in the martial arts action drama series which sees Donnie Yen reprising his role as the legendary Wing Chun grandmaster, alongside a cast that also includes Scott Adkins, Vanness Wu, and Kwok-Kwan Chan; watch it here… […]
Revisiting the Universal Soldier Franchise
Tom Jolliffe revisits the Universal Soldier franchise… With a 4K release for the cult classic due soon, as well as the release of director Roland Emmerich’s WWII epic Midway, now seems a good time to revisit the original Universal Soldier, and the eclectic sequels it spawned. Universal Soldier The early 90’s. In the wake of […]
What We’d Like to See in John Wick: Chapter 4
Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to John Wick: Chapter 4 and some things that would be great to see in the next one (John Wick 3 spoilers follow)… With John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum giving Avengers: Endgame a good old fashioned German (actually Belgian) Shepherd nut savaging at the box office on its opening weekend and […]
Too Much Johnson to Handle: How Jesse V. Johnson (with help from Scott Adkins) is keeping old school action alive
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the work of director Jesse V. Johnson… If you’re in the UK right now and you like action films you might have seen a recent double helping of Johnson (that’s my last ‘Johnson’ gag I swear) pop up. Streaming platforms dual dropped a double whammy of Triple Threat and […]
Exclusive Interview – Avengement star Scott Adkins and writer Stu Small
To celebrate the release of the acclaimed, violent and action-packed thriller Avengement, we caught up with leading man Scott Adkins and writer Stu Small at the UK Premiere to discuss the film. In Avengement, while granted leave from prison, Cain Burgess (Adkins) evades his guards and returns to old haunts to take revenge on the […]
Movie Review – Avengement (2019)
Avengement, 2019. Directed by Jesse V. Johnson. Starring Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass, Thomas Turgoose, Nick Moran, Louis Mandylor, Terence Maynard, and Kierston Wareing. SYNOPSIS: An escaped convict seeks revenge on the people that put him in prison, including his own brother. One look at the blurb for Avengement tells you pretty much all you need […]
Why Scott Adkins Should Be the Next Batman
Tom Jolliffe offers his thoughts on the prospect of Scott Adkins as Batman… As widely reported there was recently a leak for an audition video British martial arts action star Scott Adkins made prior to Batfleck’s casting in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Adkins addressed the issue himself. With Affleck now out the picture […]
Poster and trailer for Avengement starring Scott Adkins
Ahead of its release this May, a poster and trailer have arrived online for Jesse V. Johnson’s upcoming action crime thriller Avengement which reunites the director with his Accident Man and The Debt Collector star Scott Adkins and also features a cast that includes Craig Fairbrass, Thomas Turgoose, Nick Moran, Kierston Wareing, Terence Maynard, and […]
Donnie Yen returns in first trailer for Ip Man 4
The first trailer and a poster have arrived online for the biographical action drama sequel Ip Man 4. The film reunites director Wilson Yip with Donnie Yen who is reprising his role as Wing Chun grandmaster Yip Man, alongside a cast that includes Scott Adkins, Vanness Wu, and Kwok-Kwan Chan; take a look here… SEE […]