Give a group of stunt performers a camera, tell them to go play, and “Unlucky Stars” is what they’ll come back with, an unabashed and thoroughly enjoyable love letter to 1980’s Hong Kong action films. Like the movies it pays tribute to, “Unlucky Stars” has a refreshing balance of blazing action, laugh-out-loud comedy, ...
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It's been a long time coming, but "Unlucky Stars" is finally reaching its final approach stage. Directed by Dennis Ruel, a veteran of Eric Jacobus' cadre of stunt performers known as The Stunt People, the film is intended as an homage to 80's Hong Kong action films and going by the trailer, perhaps a preliminary ...
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One of the most heavily anticipated martial arts films of 2015 in the upcoming "Kickboxer: Vengeance", which will serve as a reboot of Jean-Claude Van Damme's 1989 cult classic "Kickboxer". The anticipation for the film is ironic, however, given the fact that the original "Kickboxer" series will itself be releasing a ...
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With the advent of the digital age, some of the most polished and well-orchestrated action films today are finding their way to the masses not in the local multiplex, but on YouTube. More than a few of these have been created by independent filmmaker Eric Jacobus and The Stunt People, whose latest jaw-dropping short ...
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Contemporary martial arts action film produced, written and directed by Dennis Law, featuring the national Chinese sport of kickboxing, Sanshou or Sanda. Trailer http://youtu.be/d1vp6anNdvA Cast Wu Jing, often credited as Jacky Wu, stars as “Kong Ko”, a martial arts champion. In real-life, Wu Jing is a former ...
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Kash "The Flash" Gill, four time World Kickboxing Champion, distinguished himself as one of the most dedicated and driven athletes in the field fighting for three decades through the eighties and nineties. Highly respected by his peers and recently inducted into the BBC Hall of Fame, Kash is the first British Asian ...
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Kickboxer DVD cover Beware! This review contains spoilers! Hang on to your seats folks, because The Muscles From Brussels goes full-on Thai in this 1989 martial arts adventure, with the Belgian actor studying the fundamentals of Muay Thai, the national sport of Thailand. In its time, Kickboxer surveyed unchartered ...
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