In the upcoming episode of “The Rookie,” titled “The Squeeze,” viewers are in for a rollercoaster of emotions as a life-altering incident propels a small-town individual to chase his dream of joining the Los Angeles Police Department. Set to air at 9:00 Pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, on ABC, this episode promises to be a poignant exploration of determination, courage, and the pursuit of one’s aspirations.
As the episode unfolds, audiences will witness the protagonist’s journey as he navigates the challenges and obstacles on his path to becoming a police officer in the bustling city of Los Angeles. With his resolve tested and his determination unwavering, he embarks on a quest to make a difference in his community and fulfill his lifelong dream of serving and protecting others.
“The Squeeze” is sure to tug at the heartstrings of viewers as they follow along on this inspiring and transformative journey.
As the episode unfolds, audiences will witness the protagonist’s journey as he navigates the challenges and obstacles on his path to becoming a police officer in the bustling city of Los Angeles. With his resolve tested and his determination unwavering, he embarks on a quest to make a difference in his community and fulfill his lifelong dream of serving and protecting others.
“The Squeeze” is sure to tug at the heartstrings of viewers as they follow along on this inspiring and transformative journey.
- 5/7/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Moritz Mohr’s Boy Kills World is what happens when you toss The Hunger Games, Mortal Kombat, Happy!, and Crank into a blender. While that sounds rad, the slurry of upbeat action and nonsense plot tangles is much more baffling in execution. Mohr’s vision borrows heavily from button-mashy videogames and dystopian graphic novels, blending Cyberpunk futurism with real-world dictatorship commentaries. There’s a message about fascism and rebellion somewhere in Mohr’s madcap martial arts violence, but it’s lost under the piles of enemy corpses. Boy Kills World never knows the movie it wants to be past a killing spree, as the story makes one poor choice after the next, like a genre satire that becomes what it tries to parody.
Bill Skarsgård stars as the deaf-mute “Boy,” who speaks to us through internal narrations voiced by H. Jon Benjamin. Skarsgård’s protagonist has a singular mission: kill...
Bill Skarsgård stars as the deaf-mute “Boy,” who speaks to us through internal narrations voiced by H. Jon Benjamin. Skarsgård’s protagonist has a singular mission: kill...
- 4/23/2024
- by Matt Donato
- DailyDead
All aboard! The Pain Train is leaving the station, and you want to avoid getting stuck riding coach! Lionsgate is giving action fans something to crow about today with the debut of the brutal Kill trailer. Described as India’s goriest and most intensely violent film, Kill is like David Leitch’s Bullet Train on steroids, if those steroids were taking steroids!
Nikhil Nagesh Bhat directs Kill from a script he wrote with Ayesha Syed. The plot revolves around a passenger on a train to New Delhi. The train soon becomes a combat battleground as a pair of commandos face an army of invading bandits. What was supposed to be a leisurely trek turns into a claustrophobic bloodbath, with death and destruction filling every car along a fast-moving train.
The feature, directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, made its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival to critical acclaim. Here’s...
Nikhil Nagesh Bhat directs Kill from a script he wrote with Ayesha Syed. The plot revolves around a passenger on a train to New Delhi. The train soon becomes a combat battleground as a pair of commandos face an army of invading bandits. What was supposed to be a leisurely trek turns into a claustrophobic bloodbath, with death and destruction filling every car along a fast-moving train.
The feature, directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, made its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival to critical acclaim. Here’s...
- 4/4/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
The ever-busy Japanese character actor Tadanobu Asano — currently having a moment as one of the stars of Disney’s hit samurai series Shōgun — has joined the cast of Thai director Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s upcoming culinary thriller Morte Cucina. The actor and director last collaborated two decades ago on the romantic crime film Last Life in the Universe (2003), which was Thailand’s official submission to the Oscars that year and won Asano the best actor award at the Venice Film Festival.
Set in contemporary Bangkok, Morte Cucina follows a talented young female chef named Sao who has a chance encounter with a man who sexually abused her when she was a teen. “Using her talents in the kitchen, Sao sets her plan of revenge in motion — achieving a rather unexpected result,” the film’s logline reads.
The project’s producers are keeping the nature of Asano’s role under wraps for now,...
Set in contemporary Bangkok, Morte Cucina follows a talented young female chef named Sao who has a chance encounter with a man who sexually abused her when she was a teen. “Using her talents in the kitchen, Sao sets her plan of revenge in motion — achieving a rather unexpected result,” the film’s logline reads.
The project’s producers are keeping the nature of Asano’s role under wraps for now,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
XYZ Films knows a good thing when they see it, and that’s why the studio preemptively purchased the U.S. rights to Skyline: Warpath, a sequel in the Skyline universe starring Iko Uwais and Scott Adkins. Liam O’Donnell (Beyond Skyline) directs the threequel from his own script, with filming taking place in Indonesia. You can check out Uwais and Adkins in the first-look images from Skyline: Warpath above and below.
Joining Uwais and Adkins and cast members are Louis Mandylor, Randall J. Bacon, and Yayan Ruhain.
According to XYZ, the story for Skyline: Warpath picks up five years after Beyond Skyline. The plot “follows Sua (Uwais) as he leads The Resistance against the aliens. When he discovers the powerful alien Radial Gauntlet, he must deal with both the corrupt Eric (Adkins) and the army of alien invaders.”
“Since we first met Iko Uwais, Matthew Chausse and I have been...
Joining Uwais and Adkins and cast members are Louis Mandylor, Randall J. Bacon, and Yayan Ruhain.
According to XYZ, the story for Skyline: Warpath picks up five years after Beyond Skyline. The plot “follows Sua (Uwais) as he leads The Resistance against the aliens. When he discovers the powerful alien Radial Gauntlet, he must deal with both the corrupt Eric (Adkins) and the army of alien invaders.”
“Since we first met Iko Uwais, Matthew Chausse and I have been...
- 1/16/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Stars: Wan DraL, Lesa Cole, Marcus Lawrence, Eliza Kelley, Josh Videna, David Norton, James Couche | Written and Directed by James Couche
“Imagine waking up and the world’s on fire…” Those words open Lost Phoenix, the ambitious indie action film that writer/director/actor James Couche has been working on since 2020, which is also the year the film is set in. They’re spoken by an amnesiac nicknamed Joe (Wan DraL) by his doctor. He’s just emerged from a five-month coma with no idea of who he is.
That proves to be a problem when Ice, acting on a tip that he’s an illegal immigrant, storms his hospital room. While he may not remember his name or be able to prove he’s in the country legally, he has remembered how to fight and promptly proves it.
On the run, he’s taken in by Barbara and hires...
“Imagine waking up and the world’s on fire…” Those words open Lost Phoenix, the ambitious indie action film that writer/director/actor James Couche has been working on since 2020, which is also the year the film is set in. They’re spoken by an amnesiac nicknamed Joe (Wan DraL) by his doctor. He’s just emerged from a five-month coma with no idea of who he is.
That proves to be a problem when Ice, acting on a tip that he’s an illegal immigrant, storms his hospital room. While he may not remember his name or be able to prove he’s in the country legally, he has remembered how to fight and promptly proves it.
On the run, he’s taken in by Barbara and hires...
- 12/29/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Three of Indonesia’s leading studios – MD Pictures, Falcon and Screenplay Films – explained their plans for taking local content international and how they’re juggling between producing for streamers and theatres, in a session at Apos.
Manoj Punjabi, founder of MD Pictures, said his studio switched to producing 90% for the streamers during the pandemic, working with global players as well as Tencent-owned Chinese streamer WeTV. Tencent acquired a 14.6% stake in MD Pictures during the pandemic, which Punjabi said helped the company reach “a different level with more potential for growth”.
However, Punjabi added that Indonesia is still a market where both studios and audiences support local movies in cinemas. Indonesian films had a record-breaking year in 2022 when cinemas reopened, taking a 60% market share, with hits including MD Pictures’ horror drama Kkn Di Desa Penari, which became Indonesia’s highest-grossing film of all time.
Punjabi explained how he waited two years during the pandemic,...
Manoj Punjabi, founder of MD Pictures, said his studio switched to producing 90% for the streamers during the pandemic, working with global players as well as Tencent-owned Chinese streamer WeTV. Tencent acquired a 14.6% stake in MD Pictures during the pandemic, which Punjabi said helped the company reach “a different level with more potential for growth”.
However, Punjabi added that Indonesia is still a market where both studios and audiences support local movies in cinemas. Indonesian films had a record-breaking year in 2022 when cinemas reopened, taking a 60% market share, with hits including MD Pictures’ horror drama Kkn Di Desa Penari, which became Indonesia’s highest-grossing film of all time.
Punjabi explained how he waited two years during the pandemic,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Indonesian genre specialist Timo Tjahjanto has begun production on “The Shadow Strays,” a new action film project.
Tjahjanto is one half of a writing-directing pair with Kimo Stamboel that are colloquially known as the Mo Brothers and previously delivered “Headshot.” However, it was as a solo director that Tjahjanto was signed to a multi-film deal with Netflix in 2022. He delivered his first picture under that arrangement later that year. “The Big 4” debuted in Netflix’s non-English language top ten.
Production of the new title is handled by Frontier Pictures with Wicky V. Olindo and Anne P. Ralie named as producers. The completion date has not been revealed.
Tjahjanto has assembled a kicking ensemble cast, many of whom previously appeared in “The Big 4.” The cast includes Aurora Ribero, Hana Malasan (“Ben & Jody”), Ali Fikri, Adipati Dolken, Kristo Immanuel (“The Big 4”), Andri Mashadi, Taskya Namya (“Waktu Maghrib”), Agra Piliang,...
Tjahjanto is one half of a writing-directing pair with Kimo Stamboel that are colloquially known as the Mo Brothers and previously delivered “Headshot.” However, it was as a solo director that Tjahjanto was signed to a multi-film deal with Netflix in 2022. He delivered his first picture under that arrangement later that year. “The Big 4” debuted in Netflix’s non-English language top ten.
Production of the new title is handled by Frontier Pictures with Wicky V. Olindo and Anne P. Ralie named as producers. The completion date has not been revealed.
Tjahjanto has assembled a kicking ensemble cast, many of whom previously appeared in “The Big 4.” The cast includes Aurora Ribero, Hana Malasan (“Ben & Jody”), Ali Fikri, Adipati Dolken, Kristo Immanuel (“The Big 4”), Andri Mashadi, Taskya Namya (“Waktu Maghrib”), Agra Piliang,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has revealed the first images from “Hunger,” an upcoming Thai drama film in which a woman in her twenties chases her dreams in the unsavory world of fine dining.
The film stars Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, locally known as ‘Aokbab’ and internationally recognized as the star of “Bad Genius,” in the lead role. She plays alongside Gunn Svasti Na Ayudhya (“Diary of Tootsies”) as the sous-chef who gives her a break and Nopachai ‘Peter’ Jayanama as her ingenious and intolerant rival.
Directed by Sitisiri Mongkolsiri and produced by Kongdej Jaturanrasame and Soros Sukhum (“Memoria”) through Song Sound Productions, the show is expected to be uploaded in April.
“Hunger” is part of a wider menu of Thai-language films and series content set out by Netflix late last year. Other Thai contnet in the pipeline included writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries”; veteran director Wisit Sasanatieng (“Tears of the Black...
The film stars Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, locally known as ‘Aokbab’ and internationally recognized as the star of “Bad Genius,” in the lead role. She plays alongside Gunn Svasti Na Ayudhya (“Diary of Tootsies”) as the sous-chef who gives her a break and Nopachai ‘Peter’ Jayanama as her ingenious and intolerant rival.
Directed by Sitisiri Mongkolsiri and produced by Kongdej Jaturanrasame and Soros Sukhum (“Memoria”) through Song Sound Productions, the show is expected to be uploaded in April.
“Hunger” is part of a wider menu of Thai-language films and series content set out by Netflix late last year. Other Thai contnet in the pipeline included writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries”; veteran director Wisit Sasanatieng (“Tears of the Black...
- 2/1/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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The Busan International Film Festival has unveiled a selection of nine series for its On Screen section, a program launched last year that highlights innovative series created by TV producers and streaming platforms.
This year’s selection, which has grown from three titles to nine, will include original series from Disney+, Netflix and Tving, the streaming service run by Korean entertainment giant Cj Enm — all of which will screen as either world premieres or Asia premieres.
Netflix’s Somebody (2022) is the first drama series from veteran Korean filmmaker Jung Ji-woo. A mystery thriller, it follows four women and a man whose lives become entangled through a social media app. Glitch, also a Netflix original comedy-thriller, is the latest collaboration between Korean director Roh Deok, who is known for such works as Very Ordinary Couple (2013), and screenwriter Gin Han-sai, famous for the acclaimed series...
The Busan International Film Festival has unveiled a selection of nine series for its On Screen section, a program launched last year that highlights innovative series created by TV producers and streaming platforms.
This year’s selection, which has grown from three titles to nine, will include original series from Disney+, Netflix and Tving, the streaming service run by Korean entertainment giant Cj Enm — all of which will screen as either world premieres or Asia premieres.
Netflix’s Somebody (2022) is the first drama series from veteran Korean filmmaker Jung Ji-woo. A mystery thriller, it follows four women and a man whose lives become entangled through a social media app. Glitch, also a Netflix original comedy-thriller, is the latest collaboration between Korean director Roh Deok, who is known for such works as Very Ordinary Couple (2013), and screenwriter Gin Han-sai, famous for the acclaimed series...
- 9/13/2022
- by Soomee Park
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Streaming giant staged its first-ever Indonesian slate event.
Netflix has announced its most ambitious slate of upcoming Indonesian films and series from local directors including Timo Tjahjanto, Kamila Andini and Joko Anwar.
The line-up of three features and four series were unveiled at Netflix’s first-ever Indonesian slate event, held in Jakarta, with the local-language original set for release in 2022 and 2023.
First up is feature The Big 4, marking the first action comedy from Timo, who is one half of the Mo Brothers known for their action thrillers Killers and Headshot. In the upcoming film, set for release toward the end of this year,...
Netflix has announced its most ambitious slate of upcoming Indonesian films and series from local directors including Timo Tjahjanto, Kamila Andini and Joko Anwar.
The line-up of three features and four series were unveiled at Netflix’s first-ever Indonesian slate event, held in Jakarta, with the local-language original set for release in 2022 and 2023.
First up is feature The Big 4, marking the first action comedy from Timo, who is one half of the Mo Brothers known for their action thrillers Killers and Headshot. In the upcoming film, set for release toward the end of this year,...
- 9/2/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Netflix has announced its biggest slate of Indonesian projects to date, with seven new films and TV series from leading local talents including Timo Tjahjanto (The Night Comes For Us), Joko Anwar (Impetigore) and Kamila Andini.
Tjahjanto is directing his first action comedy film for Netflix, The Big 4, about a female detective who teams up with a group of assassins to investigate her father’s murder. Known internationally for horror and action films, also including cult favorites Headshot and May The Devil Take You, Tjahjanto has signed a multi-project deal with Netflix.
Anwar, also known internationally for stylish action and horror movies, is working on a sci-fi thriller series, Nightmares And Daydreams, for Netflix. The series has multiple storylines about ordinary people encountering strange phenomena. “Indonesia is so full of unique and extraordinary stories. I’m always excited to have the chance to bring these stories to a wider audience,...
Tjahjanto is directing his first action comedy film for Netflix, The Big 4, about a female detective who teams up with a group of assassins to investigate her father’s murder. Known internationally for horror and action films, also including cult favorites Headshot and May The Devil Take You, Tjahjanto has signed a multi-project deal with Netflix.
Anwar, also known internationally for stylish action and horror movies, is working on a sci-fi thriller series, Nightmares And Daydreams, for Netflix. The series has multiple storylines about ordinary people encountering strange phenomena. “Indonesia is so full of unique and extraordinary stories. I’m always excited to have the chance to bring these stories to a wider audience,...
- 9/2/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
The duo that gave us films like “Macabre“, “Killers” and “Headshot” has split up during the last years, with the former already having “May the Devil Take You” and “The Night Comes for Us” under his belt with considerable success. Thus, it was about time for Kimo Stamboel to present a solo movie, with “Dreadout”, a production that is based on the homonymous Indonesian, survival horror video game.
“Dreadout” is screening at Fantasia 2019
Linda is a high school girl, who has been tormented by the memory of an incident that took place ten years ago in an apartment room, where a cult leader forced a mother to read a blank parchment, which opened the portal to hell and ended up with her dead. Ten years later, Linda is poor and has to work part-time in a convenience store, but is quite popular on social media, due to her looks. When...
“Dreadout” is screening at Fantasia 2019
Linda is a high school girl, who has been tormented by the memory of an incident that took place ten years ago in an apartment room, where a cult leader forced a mother to read a blank parchment, which opened the portal to hell and ended up with her dead. Ten years later, Linda is poor and has to work part-time in a convenience store, but is quite popular on social media, due to her looks. When...
- 7/20/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
As one half of the hot Indonesian filmmaking duo, the Mo Brothers, along with Timo Tjahjanto, Kimo Stamboel has credits including the Bloody Disgusting release, Macabre, as well as Killers, co-produced by Nikkatsu, and Headshot, which premiered in Toronto 2016. Next up is the sci-fi horror Dreadout: Tower of Hell, based on an Indonesian smash hit indie video game that arrives in FrightFest UK […]...
- 7/10/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
With all the previous martial arts movies from countries like Thailand and Indonesia, it seems like the cradle of the genre has moved a little bit to the west of Asia. Cambodian “Jailbreak” comes to establish the fact.
“Jailbreak” screened at Fantasia International Film Festival
Three Cambodian policemen, Dara, Tharoth, Sucheat and a French one, Jean Paul, accompanying a mobster known as Playboy, who is considered the leader of the notorious Butterfly gang, to a high security prison. The mission seems easy enough, but the four policemen find themselves caught in a jailbreak, orchestrated by Madame Butterfly, the real leader of the gang, in order to prevent Playboy from giving information to the autjhorities. Now the four of them have to fight for their lives against Bolo, who has become the leader of the jailbreak, scores of inmates, and two prisoners who are considered monsters, Suicide and Cannibal, while Madame...
“Jailbreak” screened at Fantasia International Film Festival
Three Cambodian policemen, Dara, Tharoth, Sucheat and a French one, Jean Paul, accompanying a mobster known as Playboy, who is considered the leader of the notorious Butterfly gang, to a high security prison. The mission seems easy enough, but the four policemen find themselves caught in a jailbreak, orchestrated by Madame Butterfly, the real leader of the gang, in order to prevent Playboy from giving information to the autjhorities. Now the four of them have to fight for their lives against Bolo, who has become the leader of the jailbreak, scores of inmates, and two prisoners who are considered monsters, Suicide and Cannibal, while Madame...
- 7/9/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Festival favourites tend to have a reputation for not doing well at the Indian box-office, as they come with a preconceived notion of being artsy and catering to a niche audience. “Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota”, however, has a lot going for it that could entice a larger, mainstream audience. For starters, its promos make it seem like a superhero or a martial arts film, unlike any Bollywood has seen thus far. Secondly, it features a fresh, young cast in film that’s infused with nostalgic retro sounds and look. Finally, it is the sophomore directorial feature from writer/director Vasan Bala, who, along with Anurag Kashyap, wrote the excellent character study that was the serial killer film “Raman Raghav 2.0”. The film had its premiere in the Midnight Madness section at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018, winning the People’s Choice Award.
“Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota” is screening...
“Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota” is screening...
- 6/6/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Four of the most renowned genre filmmakers in the Southeast Asian region – Eric Khoo from Singapore, Joko Anwar from Indonesia, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang from Thailand, and Ho Yuhang from Malaysia – come together in this session to discuss the creation and their involvement in the HBO Asia series “Folklore“. How does folklore inspire and inform horror in each of the directors’ works? What are the research processes and responsibilities of representing their cultures in an internationalised genre film market?
Description
A Fear of Monsters: Folklore and Horror in Cinema
9 June 2019
3 – 4.30pm
Oldham Theatre. Free admission with registration
Speakers:
Eric Khoo (Singapore), director of “Folklore: Nobody“
Joko Anwar (Indonesia), director of “Folklore: A Mother’s Love“
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thailand), director of “Folklore: Pob“
Ho Yuhang (Malaysia), director of “Folklore: Toyol“
Moderator:
Wardah Mohammad, Management Assistant Officer (Outreach) at Nus Museum
Wardah Mohamad (b. 1991) graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2011. Since then...
Description
A Fear of Monsters: Folklore and Horror in Cinema
9 June 2019
3 – 4.30pm
Oldham Theatre. Free admission with registration
Speakers:
Eric Khoo (Singapore), director of “Folklore: Nobody“
Joko Anwar (Indonesia), director of “Folklore: A Mother’s Love“
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thailand), director of “Folklore: Pob“
Ho Yuhang (Malaysia), director of “Folklore: Toyol“
Moderator:
Wardah Mohammad, Management Assistant Officer (Outreach) at Nus Museum
Wardah Mohamad (b. 1991) graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2011. Since then...
- 6/1/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Zahir Omar’s directorial debut feature “Fly by Night” takes us to a familiar territory of a genre cinema, but in a less threadbare setting of Kuala Lumpur’s underworld. Visually engaging, with a good job of the ensemble cast, it puts the viewer in a proper mood straightaway: catchy blues tunes flow, and the camera gives us a dynamic ride through the nighttime streets of the city, illuminated by the neon lights of the opening credits.
“Fly By Night” is screening atUdine Far East Film Festival
Tailo is the head of a low-key extortion gang. He drives a taxi and, along with his fellow cabbies: younger brother Sailo (Fabian Loo) and his best pal Gwailo, he fishes for potential targets. Kuala Lumpur airport is their hunting ground. Michelle (Ruby Yap), Sailo’s wife, who works at a taxi booking counter, filters potential well-off victims, and Gwailo takes them to the right vehicle.
“Fly By Night” is screening atUdine Far East Film Festival
Tailo is the head of a low-key extortion gang. He drives a taxi and, along with his fellow cabbies: younger brother Sailo (Fabian Loo) and his best pal Gwailo, he fishes for potential targets. Kuala Lumpur airport is their hunting ground. Michelle (Ruby Yap), Sailo’s wife, who works at a taxi booking counter, filters potential well-off victims, and Gwailo takes them to the right vehicle.
- 4/30/2019
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
Pen-ek Ratanaruang is a name already recognized and respected inside Asian cinema culture. His filmography has gone from less to more, and lately, his level has remained at a very appreciable level. Samui Song is the new film that he directs after “Headshot” from 2011, and “Samui Song” maintains the good stylized quality that film had. It has been 6 years of patient waiting for us to see a new movie of his, but to be honest, it was worth it.
“Samui Song” screened at San Diego Asian Film Festival
Pen-ek Ratanaruang is sometimes known for mixing different genres, like in “6ixtynin9” or in Last “Life in the Universe”, where he mixes drama with comedy. Here, Pen-ek Ratanaruang is more focused and tells the story in a stylized noirish way with some thriller elements, as it occurred with his previous film “Headshot”.
Samui Song is about Viyada (or Vi), a well-known soap...
“Samui Song” screened at San Diego Asian Film Festival
Pen-ek Ratanaruang is sometimes known for mixing different genres, like in “6ixtynin9” or in Last “Life in the Universe”, where he mixes drama with comedy. Here, Pen-ek Ratanaruang is more focused and tells the story in a stylized noirish way with some thriller elements, as it occurred with his previous film “Headshot”.
Samui Song is about Viyada (or Vi), a well-known soap...
- 4/2/2019
- by Pedro Morata
- AsianMoviePulse
England born director Jesse V. Johnson has completed production on his most recent production “Triple Threat”. The film boasts an iconic international casts of action stars and professional martial artists. The cast includes standouts among Asian action film fans in Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais.
The film will be showcased in a one night release event on March 19, 2019, and will be followed by a release in select theaters and VOD on March 22. A trailer for the film can be viewed below.
Synopsis
A down-and-out team of mercenaries must take on a group of professional assassins and stop them before they kill their target: a billionaire’s daughter intent on bringing down a major crime syndicate. This breakneck thriller teams over half a dozen of the world’s biggest action stars for the martial arts event film of the year. (Well Go USA)...
The film will be showcased in a one night release event on March 19, 2019, and will be followed by a release in select theaters and VOD on March 22. A trailer for the film can be viewed below.
Synopsis
A down-and-out team of mercenaries must take on a group of professional assassins and stop them before they kill their target: a billionaire’s daughter intent on bringing down a major crime syndicate. This breakneck thriller teams over half a dozen of the world’s biggest action stars for the martial arts event film of the year. (Well Go USA)...
- 2/16/2019
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
After the Best Asian Asian Films of 2018, we felt that we should also compile more specific lists about the best of the year, since there were a lot of great 2018 films that were left out, inevitably. The first list in that regard includes the Best Action Films of 2018, in a collection of movies, which, in contrary to the aforementioned, where most entries were from Japan, has much more diversity, since the only country that is represented thrice is China, which probably has to do with the legacy Hk action films have left.
Some films are not genuine entries of the category, like “One Two Jaga” for example. which is a social drama at least as much as an action movie, but in every case, there was enough to justify the inclusion in the category, at least partially.
Without further ado, here are the Best Asian action films of 2018, in random order.
Some films are not genuine entries of the category, like “One Two Jaga” for example. which is a social drama at least as much as an action movie, but in every case, there was enough to justify the inclusion in the category, at least partially.
Without further ado, here are the Best Asian action films of 2018, in random order.
- 12/20/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Indonesian director Kimo Stamboel is working on his most recent project “DreadOut”. The director makes his second solo directorial debut outside of the “Mo Brothers” who made a name for themselves within horror and action with films such as “Killers“, “Macabre“, and “Headshot”. The film is based off of the cult indie horror game of the same name, developed by Digital Happiness in Bandung, Indonesia.
A teaser for the film has been released by Goodhouse along with cast information. We are awaiting more details and full plot synopsis. It is yet to be seen how closely the film will follow the content with the game as director Kimo Stramboel commented that the film will be aimed towards a more teenage audience and he wants to ensure the concepts within the game transfer well to the big screen, while respecting both mediums. Given the directors talents “Dreadout” has the potential to...
A teaser for the film has been released by Goodhouse along with cast information. We are awaiting more details and full plot synopsis. It is yet to be seen how closely the film will follow the content with the game as director Kimo Stramboel commented that the film will be aimed towards a more teenage audience and he wants to ensure the concepts within the game transfer well to the big screen, while respecting both mediums. Given the directors talents “Dreadout” has the potential to...
- 12/18/2018
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Currently one of the hottest directors working in Asia, director Timo Tjahjanto has offered a slew of explosive and engaging efforts that are placing him at the forefront of international success. Not only has the man broken away being part of ‘The Mo Brothers’ with Kimo Stamboel, Timo followed up his previous action highlight ‘The Night Comes For Us’ with his standout horror film ‘Sebelum Iblis Menjemput,’ or streaming on Netflix under the title ‘May the Devil Take You.’
Fearing for her father, Alfie arrives at the hospital to meet him only to find her stepsiblings Maya, Ruben (Samo Rafael), Nara, (Hadijah Shahab) and their mother Laksmi there as well. As they engage in their usual bickering, the group is forced by circumstances beyond their control to investigate his house in order to find out what happened to him. Almost immediately, they realize that their father awakened a great evil...
Fearing for her father, Alfie arrives at the hospital to meet him only to find her stepsiblings Maya, Ruben (Samo Rafael), Nara, (Hadijah Shahab) and their mother Laksmi there as well. As they engage in their usual bickering, the group is forced by circumstances beyond their control to investigate his house in order to find out what happened to him. Almost immediately, they realize that their father awakened a great evil...
- 12/10/2018
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
As one half of the hot Indonesian filmmaking duo, the Mo Brothers, along with Timo Tjahjanto, Kimo Stamboel has credits including the Bloody Disgusting release, Macabre, as well as Killers, co-produced by Nikkatsu, and Headshot, which premiered in Toronto 2016. Next up is the sci-fi horror Dreadout: Tower of Hell, based on an Indonesian smash hit indie video game. Dreadout is about a group of […]...
- 12/10/2018
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
As one half of the hot Indonesian filmmaking duo, the Mo Brothers, along with Timo Tjahjanto, Kimo Stamboel has credits including the Bloody Disgusting release, Macabre, as well as Killers, co-produced by Nikkatsu, and Headshot, which premiered in Toronto 2016. Next up is the sci-fi horror Dreadout, based on an Indonesian smash hit indie video game. Dreadout is about a group of […]...
- 12/3/2018
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Nam Ron (alias of Shahili Bin Abdan) was born in 1969 in Kangar, Malaysia. He graduated from the Department of Theatre in the National Arts Academy in 1994, and has since worked in theatre, television and film as a director, writer and actor. His reputation was launched by the play Misi (co-written with Faisal Tehrani), followed by many successful stage performances. He has worked with most reknowned Malaysian filmmakers such as Dain Said, Yasmin Ahmad, James Lee, Tan Chui Mui, acting in main, supporting roles not mentioning many cameo appearances. His directorial debut, “Gedebe” was a loose adaptation of “Julius Caesar” set in the underground Malaysian music scene. In his film works Nam Ron skillfully combines genres cinema with sharp social commentary.
Though he made his acting debut on television in 2000, Bront Palarae, who is a Malaysian of Pakistani-Malay-Thai descent, first gained fame by portraying two characters in Cinta Tsunami, a television series in 2005. Since then,...
Though he made his acting debut on television in 2000, Bront Palarae, who is a Malaysian of Pakistani-Malay-Thai descent, first gained fame by portraying two characters in Cinta Tsunami, a television series in 2005. Since then,...
- 12/3/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Pen-ek Ratanaruang is a name already recognized and respected inside Asian cinema culture. His filmography has gone from less to more, and lately, the quality of his work has reached a very appreciable level. “Samui Song” is the new film that he directs after “Headshot” from 2011, and he definitely maintains the good stylized quality that one had. It has been 6 years of patient waiting for us to see a new movie of his, but to be honest, it was worth it.
Samui Song is screening at Five Flavours
Pen-ek Ratanaruang is sometimes known for mixing different genres, like in “6ixtynin9” or in “Last Life in the Universe”, where he mixes drama with comedy. Here, he is more focused and tells the story in a stylized noirish way with some thriller elements, as it occurred with his previous film “Headshot”.
Samui Song is about Viyada (or Vi), a well-known soap opera...
Samui Song is screening at Five Flavours
Pen-ek Ratanaruang is sometimes known for mixing different genres, like in “6ixtynin9” or in “Last Life in the Universe”, where he mixes drama with comedy. Here, he is more focused and tells the story in a stylized noirish way with some thriller elements, as it occurred with his previous film “Headshot”.
Samui Song is about Viyada (or Vi), a well-known soap opera...
- 11/20/2018
- by Pedro Morata
- AsianMoviePulse
Earlier this year we saw there release of an Indonesian western in Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (trailer) and now we have another western from an unlikely country: Singapore.
Buffalo Boys is the directorial debut of Mike Wiluan, an actor and producer behind Crazy Rich Asians, Hitman: Agent 47 and Headshot.
The movie unfolds in 19th century Java. When the sultan is murdered by Dutch soldiers, the sultan's brother and two infant sons manage to escape to America's Wild West. Years later, the boys return to Indonesia to avenge their father's death.
The trailer for Buffalo Boys plays like an al...
Buffalo Boys is the directorial debut of Mike Wiluan, an actor and producer behind Crazy Rich Asians, Hitman: Agent 47 and Headshot.
The movie unfolds in 19th century Java. When the sultan is murdered by Dutch soldiers, the sultan's brother and two infant sons manage to escape to America's Wild West. Years later, the boys return to Indonesia to avenge their father's death.
The trailer for Buffalo Boys plays like an al...
- 11/14/2018
- QuietEarth.us
In an interview I had with Timo Tjahjanto in 2017, in a question about the appeal of violence on screen, he stated: “Violence speaks to me easily, and I think way too easy, to the point that I find myself often fighting hard for self-restraint. I think that’s where Kimo usually comes to play, he is the guy that put breaks on my violence-throttle”. Well, let’s just say that Kimo is nowhere to be found in this movie.
At the height of its power, the South East Asian Triad controls 80% of Asia’s smuggling activities. Utilizing the notorious Golden Triangle as the main hub, the Triad profits heavily from illegal drugs, weapons and human trafficking. To keep the channels free from chaos and outside disturbance, the Triad leaders created a small formation of elite delegates called the Six Seas, which allowed them free reign to perform extreme measures, all...
At the height of its power, the South East Asian Triad controls 80% of Asia’s smuggling activities. Utilizing the notorious Golden Triangle as the main hub, the Triad profits heavily from illegal drugs, weapons and human trafficking. To keep the channels free from chaos and outside disturbance, the Triad leaders created a small formation of elite delegates called the Six Seas, which allowed them free reign to perform extreme measures, all...
- 10/23/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Action fans could hardly wish for anything more than what’s served up in “The Night Comes for Us,” a Jakarta-set Triad crime epic boasting some of the most inventive, gory, and dazzlingly choreographed screen violence in recent memory. Confidently executed by Indonesian writer-director Timo Tjahjanto, whose credits as one half of the Mo Brothers team include “Killers” and “Headshot,” this cartoonish cavalcade of carnage potently reunites “The Raid” stars Joe Taslim and Iko Uwais as former friends on a corpse-strewn collision course. Though confusing at times and a little too much of a good thing at two hours, “Night” should satisfy the target audience via Netflix, where it launches Oct. 19.
An extremely energetic workout on the familiar tale of a criminal who turns his back on the mob following a crisis of conscience, “Night” sets things up with text information about “The Six Seas,” an elite squad of Triad enforcers.
An extremely energetic workout on the familiar tale of a criminal who turns his back on the mob following a crisis of conscience, “Night” sets things up with text information about “The Six Seas,” an elite squad of Triad enforcers.
- 10/19/2018
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
“You can’t kill what’s already dead,” someone gurgles towards the end of Timo Tjahjanto’s “The Night Comes for Us,” and while that assessment may be true, the recent onslaught of bone-crunching Indonesian action films has made it painfully, relentlessly, nauseatingly clear that you can do pretty much anything to what’s about to die. You can shoot it. You can stab it. You can impale it with a spare cow femur that you find lying on the floor of a butcher shop. And — most important of all — you can mix-and-match those methods (and hundreds more just like them) to your heart’s delight, over and over again, until the props department finally runs out of fake blood.
In a grimy beat-em-up like “The Night Comes for Us,” where fake blood appears to account for something like 80% of the shooting budget, that can take a mighty long time.
In a grimy beat-em-up like “The Night Comes for Us,” where fake blood appears to account for something like 80% of the shooting budget, that can take a mighty long time.
- 10/18/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
When considering writer-director Timo Tjahjanto’s new film, it will be difficult to omit two words: The Raid. Similarities between the two certainly have their veracity, with overlapping stars and head-cracking choreography at the forefront of these comparisons. Akin to The Raid 2 in particular, Tjahjanto blends emotion and scale with close-quarter savagery to craft an experience both exhilarating and exhausting. Yet The Night Comes For Us manages to carve its own brutal path, leaving in its wake a pile of bodies and a measure of emotional heft that stand as its own achievement.
Ito (Joe Taslim) is a member of an elite Triad force known as The Six Seas. When tasked with massacring a small village for respect, Ito has a change of heart in the form of a young girl. Surrounded by the fresh corpses of her parents, she represents a glimpse of a new life, one Ito cannot resist pursuing.
Ito (Joe Taslim) is a member of an elite Triad force known as The Six Seas. When tasked with massacring a small village for respect, Ito has a change of heart in the form of a young girl. Surrounded by the fresh corpses of her parents, she represents a glimpse of a new life, one Ito cannot resist pursuing.
- 10/17/2018
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Indonesian director Timo Tjahjanto has completed production on his latest production “The Night Comes for Us”. The action film will reunite actors Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim, who previously worked together on the cult hit “The Raid: Redemption.”
The film premiers on Netflix on October 19th, 2018. A trailer for the film has been released by Netflix.
Synopsis
After sparing a girl’s life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters. (Netflix)...
The film premiers on Netflix on October 19th, 2018. A trailer for the film has been released by Netflix.
Synopsis
After sparing a girl’s life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters. (Netflix)...
- 10/13/2018
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Netflix has dropped a trailer for a hardcore Indonesian action thriller called The Night Comes For Us and it looks like one hell of a bloody and badass flick! It also reunites Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim who starred in The Raid together. Here’s the synopsis:
The Night Comes For Us follows Ito (Taslim), a former triad enforcer, and his mission to protect a young girl while trying to escape his former gang after his mysterious disappearance setting off a violent battle on the streets of Jakarta.
I’m sold! I love a good action movie and this one is going to deliver complete awesomeness to hardcore action movie fans! I can’t wait to watch it!
The Night Comes For Us was directed by Timo Tjahjanto and it premieres on Netflix on October 19.
The Night Comes For Us follows Ito (Taslim), a former triad enforcer, and his mission to protect a young girl while trying to escape his former gang after his mysterious disappearance setting off a violent battle on the streets of Jakarta.
I’m sold! I love a good action movie and this one is going to deliver complete awesomeness to hardcore action movie fans! I can’t wait to watch it!
The Night Comes For Us was directed by Timo Tjahjanto and it premieres on Netflix on October 19.
- 10/10/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Gareth Evans might have killed any hope for “The Raid 3,” but if you’re a fan of those films, and just of high-octane martial arts films, in general, then Netflix has you covered with “The Night Comes for Us.”
Read More: Gareth Evans Shoots Down The Possibility Of ‘The Raid 3’: “It Didn’t Really Appeal To Me”
In the trailer for the newest action film to hit Netflix, actors Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim, both best known for their work in “The Raid,” team up for a new action film where they find themselves on opposite sides thanks to a little girl.
Continue reading ‘The Night Comes For Us’ Trailer: ‘The Raid’ Stars Iko Uwais & Joe Taslim Star In New Film From ‘Headshot’ Director at The Playlist.
Read More: Gareth Evans Shoots Down The Possibility Of ‘The Raid 3’: “It Didn’t Really Appeal To Me”
In the trailer for the newest action film to hit Netflix, actors Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim, both best known for their work in “The Raid,” team up for a new action film where they find themselves on opposite sides thanks to a little girl.
Continue reading ‘The Night Comes For Us’ Trailer: ‘The Raid’ Stars Iko Uwais & Joe Taslim Star In New Film From ‘Headshot’ Director at The Playlist.
- 10/10/2018
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
"Maybe... just maybe... I can change my fate." Netflix has unleashed a badass official trailer for The Night Comes For Us, the new action film from Indonesian filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto. This action extravaganza has been playing huge at genre festivals and it's been earning rave reviews from everyone who has experienced it so far. The film is about a gangland enforcer named Ito, played by Joe Taslim, who decides to return home and leave the Tried but ends up in the most dangerous fight of his life. Co-starring Iko Uwais from The Raid, plus Julie Estelle, Sunny Pang, Zack Lee, Shareefa Daanish. I just saw this in Sitges and it's awesome - the most insane, violent, jaw-dropping action film I've seen in a long time. Not much I've seen is this good. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Timo Tjahjanto's The Night Comes For Us, direct from ...
- 10/10/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Global streaming service, Netflix will give a release to Indonesian action film “The Night Comes for Us,” later this month. The film stars Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim, who both starred in previous Indonesian breakout action film “The Raid.”
“The Night” had its theatrical premiere last month at the Fantastic Film Festival (aka Fantastic Fest) in Austin, Texas. Netflix will release it worldwide from Oct. 19.
The story follows a former triad enforcer, and his mission to protect a young girl, while simultaneously trying to escape his former gang after his mysterious disappearance sets off a violent battle on the streets of Jakarta. Direction is by Timo Tjahjanto, one half of the upscale genre film duo known as the Mo Brothers.
The film is produced by Xyz and Merantau Films, which were both involved in “The Raid.” Other cast members include Zack Lee (“The Raid 2”), Sunny Pang (“Headshot”) and Julie Estelle.
“The Night” had its theatrical premiere last month at the Fantastic Film Festival (aka Fantastic Fest) in Austin, Texas. Netflix will release it worldwide from Oct. 19.
The story follows a former triad enforcer, and his mission to protect a young girl, while simultaneously trying to escape his former gang after his mysterious disappearance sets off a violent battle on the streets of Jakarta. Direction is by Timo Tjahjanto, one half of the upscale genre film duo known as the Mo Brothers.
The film is produced by Xyz and Merantau Films, which were both involved in “The Raid.” Other cast members include Zack Lee (“The Raid 2”), Sunny Pang (“Headshot”) and Julie Estelle.
- 10/2/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
2018 has been a game-changing year for Netflix’s original film output, and its October release slate hammers that home in a big way. After months of festival hype, the streaming giant’s subscribers will finally get to see a handful of the very best movies the company has released thus far. From Tamara Jenkins’ tender and hilarious “Private Life,” to Sandi Tan’s unclassifiable meta-doc “Shirkers,” Sara Colangelo’s unnerving remake of “The Kindergarten Teacher” (featuring a career-best performance by Maggie Gyllenhaal), and Timo Tjahjanto’s brutal Indonesian beat-em-up “The Night Comes for Us,” Netflix is earning your $10.99 this month.
And that’s not all: In addition to that eclectic mix of exciting new films, the service is also bolstering their roster with a few certified classics, from the iconic ’90s comedy “Empire Records” to Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in America” (a film that some say was...
And that’s not all: In addition to that eclectic mix of exciting new films, the service is also bolstering their roster with a few certified classics, from the iconic ’90s comedy “Empire Records” to Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in America” (a film that some say was...
- 10/1/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Singaporean filmmaker Gavin Lim debuts with a Grindhouse extravaganza starring Sunny Pang (“Headshot”) as a man confronted with his darkest nature instincts.
Diamond Dogs screened at /Slash Festival
Johnny is diagnosed with deadly cancer. With no money for treatment, he is given the option to sign up for a special medical experiment. Little does the deaf protagonist know, that he is becoming the guinea pig for a deadly underground firm, that is testing illegal substance for the military. Locked up and pumped up with injections, Johnny is no longer a human, but a cruel killing machine, proving his abilities in set-up cage fights. The only motivation to escape this hell is his daughter. After the loss of her mother, they stick together as a team. But when the facility threatens her life, Johnny is going berserk.
“Diamond Dogs” is a ride. Shot on a low budget and originally planned as a romance,...
Diamond Dogs screened at /Slash Festival
Johnny is diagnosed with deadly cancer. With no money for treatment, he is given the option to sign up for a special medical experiment. Little does the deaf protagonist know, that he is becoming the guinea pig for a deadly underground firm, that is testing illegal substance for the military. Locked up and pumped up with injections, Johnny is no longer a human, but a cruel killing machine, proving his abilities in set-up cage fights. The only motivation to escape this hell is his daughter. After the loss of her mother, they stick together as a team. But when the facility threatens her life, Johnny is going berserk.
“Diamond Dogs” is a ride. Shot on a low budget and originally planned as a romance,...
- 9/28/2018
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
When writer/director Timo Tjahjanto introduced The Night Comes For Us to an eager Fantastic Fest crowd, he promised “a truckload” of dead bodies would stack tall in his “Asian-on-Asian” Triad brutalizer. Carcasses maimed, mangled, and beaten to pulpy piles of mush by a cast of The Raid and Headshot veterans. Maybe a Ford F-150 sized […]
The post ‘The Night Comes for Us’ Review: A Bloody, Action-Packed, Punch-a-Minute Thriller [Fantastic Fest] appeared first on /Film.
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- 9/25/2018
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
As one half of the hot Indonesian filmmaking duo, the Mo Brothers, along with Timo Tjahjanto, Kimo Stamboel has credits including the Bloody Disgusting release, Macabre, as well as Killers, co-produced by Nikkatsu, and Headshot, which premiered in Toronto 2016. Next up is the sci-fi horror Dreadout, based on an Indonesian smash hit indie video game. Dreadout is about a group of […]...
- 9/24/2018
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Jim Taihuttu writing and directing Toronto market title.
Xyz Films, New Amsterdam and writer-director Jim Taihuttu have reunited after crime drama Wolf on Indonesia-set period war thriller The East, which Xyz has introduced to international buyers in Tiff.
Sander Verdonk and Julius Ponten are producing for New Amsterdam Film Company out of The Netherlands, alongside Benoit Roland for Belgium’s Wrong Men, and Shanty Harmayn of Salto Films in Indonesia.
Xyz Films serve as executive producers, international sales agent, and jointly represent Us rights with ICM Partners. Indonesia holds a special significance for Xyz Films, who were behind The Raid films,...
Xyz Films, New Amsterdam and writer-director Jim Taihuttu have reunited after crime drama Wolf on Indonesia-set period war thriller The East, which Xyz has introduced to international buyers in Tiff.
Sander Verdonk and Julius Ponten are producing for New Amsterdam Film Company out of The Netherlands, alongside Benoit Roland for Belgium’s Wrong Men, and Shanty Harmayn of Salto Films in Indonesia.
Xyz Films serve as executive producers, international sales agent, and jointly represent Us rights with ICM Partners. Indonesia holds a special significance for Xyz Films, who were behind The Raid films,...
- 9/8/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sunny Pang is a character actor. He is also an accomplished martial artist, action director, and fight choreographer. As a martial arts trainer, he led his team to a gold medal finish in 1995 in the Nam Hua Pai Free Sparring Competition in Singapore. He has appeared in numerous short films and TV serials (including the highly successful “Code of Law” on Singapore’s MediaCorp Ch5 in the recurring role of Insp Nick Han).
He has an impressive list of movie credits that include Call If You Need Me (2009), One Last Dance (2006), The Maid (2005), Perth (2004), Petaling Street Warrior (2012), The Collector (2012), Hantu Di Vietnam (2013), Ranh Giới Trắng Đen (Black & White) (2014), Pukulan Maut (2014) and Re:solve (2014), Siew Lup (2016) and Headshot (2016) Most notably, Sunny was nominated for Best Performance at the 2009 Singapore Film Awards for his leading role in the feature film Lucky 7.
Sunny will collaborate once again with Headshot 2016 Directors Timo Tjahjanto...
He has an impressive list of movie credits that include Call If You Need Me (2009), One Last Dance (2006), The Maid (2005), Perth (2004), Petaling Street Warrior (2012), The Collector (2012), Hantu Di Vietnam (2013), Ranh Giới Trắng Đen (Black & White) (2014), Pukulan Maut (2014) and Re:solve (2014), Siew Lup (2016) and Headshot (2016) Most notably, Sunny was nominated for Best Performance at the 2009 Singapore Film Awards for his leading role in the feature film Lucky 7.
Sunny will collaborate once again with Headshot 2016 Directors Timo Tjahjanto...
- 8/5/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
In one of the latest tendencies in Asian cinema, production companies from S. Korea and Japan have begun penetrating the Indonesian market, financing local filmmakers to shoot big budget productions (for the country’s standards that is). Cj Entertainment financed Joko Anwar’s “Satan Slaves” for example, while in this case, Nikkatsu funded Mike Wiluan, producer of films like “Headshot” and “Macabre”, to shoot a Western with an Indonesian flavor. The result was this particular movie.
“Buffalo Boys” is screening at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival
In 1860, Arana, Jamar and Suwo return to Indonesia after fleeing to America decades ago, following the massacre of sultan Hamza by Captain Van Trach, during an Indonesian uprising against the Dutch. The sole purpose of the three is to exact revenge from Van Trach. During their search, they stumble upon a group attacking Kiona and her grandfather, and proceed on saving the two.
“Buffalo Boys” is screening at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival
In 1860, Arana, Jamar and Suwo return to Indonesia after fleeing to America decades ago, following the massacre of sultan Hamza by Captain Van Trach, during an Indonesian uprising against the Dutch. The sole purpose of the three is to exact revenge from Van Trach. During their search, they stumble upon a group attacking Kiona and her grandfather, and proceed on saving the two.
- 7/16/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
’Dreadout: Tower Of Hell’ is scheduled to start shooting in July 2018.
Japanese studio Nikkatsu Corp has reached a deal with Korea’s Cj E&M to handle worldwide sales on Indonesian filmmaker Kimo Stamboel’s sci-fi horror Dreadout: Tower Of Hell.
Scheduled to start shooting in July 2018, the film is based on an Indonesian smash hit indie video game about a group of students who head to the site of a mysterious cult murder in a bid to become popular on social media.
Cj E&M, which is an active producer of Indonesian films, is co-producing with Stamboel’s production outfit goodhous.
Japanese studio Nikkatsu Corp has reached a deal with Korea’s Cj E&M to handle worldwide sales on Indonesian filmmaker Kimo Stamboel’s sci-fi horror Dreadout: Tower Of Hell.
Scheduled to start shooting in July 2018, the film is based on an Indonesian smash hit indie video game about a group of students who head to the site of a mysterious cult murder in a bid to become popular on social media.
Cj E&M, which is an active producer of Indonesian films, is co-producing with Stamboel’s production outfit goodhous.
- 5/9/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
It was just last month that we shared the first teaser for Mike Wiluan's upcoming Indonesian western Buffalo Boys and that has now been followed by a full theatrical trailer to serve up far more of the film's storyline and showcase some impressive action. A producer on Beyond Skyline, Dead Mine, Headshot and Macabre, Wiluan steps in to the director's chair for the first time himself here with a story set during the Dutch occupation and the return of a pair of brothers - the son's of a slain sultan - returned from a life in exile to avenge their family. It's a big story that demands a broad canvas and things are looking awfully fun in this new trailer. Take a look below!...
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- 4/21/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Veteran Singaporean actor and stunt performer Sunny Pang turned heads around the world opposite Iko Uwais as the main villain in 2016's Headshot and will soon be seen alongside Uwais again - along with The Raid's Joe Taslim - in upcoming effort The Night Comes For Us. But first? First he reunites with Malaysian helmer James Lee, who directed Pang in 2012 effort The Collector, for the fabulous titled Kill-Fist. Sunny Pang plays Zhang a down and out insurance sales rep, in the midst of a divorce, fighting for the custody of his daughter are being lured into an underground fighting game where winners earns cash depending on their rankings. At the same time Pastor John (Alan Yun) struggling to take care of his wife...
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- 4/21/2018
- Screen Anarchy
While you may not know his name, if you're a fan of recent genre films out of South East Asia you are almost certainly familiar with the work of Mike Wiluan. Wiluan has been busy as a producer over the last decade with credits on the Mo Brothers Macabre, action horror picture Dead Mine, scifi action picture Beyond Skyline and recent Iko Uwais starrer Headshot. And Wiluan makes the move to directing now with Indonesian western Buffalo Boys. Shot with the spirit of action-adventure serial throwbacks - think along the lines of the Brendan Fraser starring Mummy films - Buffalo Boys is set during the Dutch occupation of Indonesia with a pair of brothers raised in exile returning home to seek revenge and justice for...
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- 3/16/2018
- Screen Anarchy
The film is the debut feature of Zahir Omar.
Hong Kong-based sales agent Good Move Media has picked up international rights to Malaysian heist drama Fly By Night (working title), starring Sunny Pang, Jack Tan and Fabian Loo.
The debut feature of Zahir Omar, who previously directed two short films that screened at Rotterdam, the film brings together several talents from Malaysia’s rising independent film scene.
Produced by Perin Petrus and Leonard Tee, a long-time collaborator of Tsai Ming Liang, it was co-scripted by Dain Said (Interchange), Ivan Yeo and Frederick Bailey.
Low Keong, who regularly worked with the late Yasmin Ahmad, is also on board as cinematographer. Among the cast, Sunny Pang is known for his role in the Mo Brothers’ action thriller Headshot, while Jack Tan recently starred in award-winning arthouse drama Shuttle Life.
Currently in post-production, the film follows a group of taxi drivers and small-time extortionists, who are forced...
Hong Kong-based sales agent Good Move Media has picked up international rights to Malaysian heist drama Fly By Night (working title), starring Sunny Pang, Jack Tan and Fabian Loo.
The debut feature of Zahir Omar, who previously directed two short films that screened at Rotterdam, the film brings together several talents from Malaysia’s rising independent film scene.
Produced by Perin Petrus and Leonard Tee, a long-time collaborator of Tsai Ming Liang, it was co-scripted by Dain Said (Interchange), Ivan Yeo and Frederick Bailey.
Low Keong, who regularly worked with the late Yasmin Ahmad, is also on board as cinematographer. Among the cast, Sunny Pang is known for his role in the Mo Brothers’ action thriller Headshot, while Jack Tan recently starred in award-winning arthouse drama Shuttle Life.
Currently in post-production, the film follows a group of taxi drivers and small-time extortionists, who are forced...
- 2/18/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
The film is the debut feature of Zahir Omar.
Hong Kong-based sales agent Good Move Media has picked up international rights to Malaysian heist drama Fly By Night (working title), starring Sunny Pang, Jack Tan and Fabian Loo.
The debut feature of Zahir Omar, who previously directed two short films that screened at Rotterdam, the film brings together several talents from Malaysia’s rising independent film scene.
Produced by Perin Petrus and Leonard Tee, a long-time collaborator of Tsai Ming Liang, it was co-scripted by Dain Said (Interchange), Ivan Yeo and Frederick Bailey.
Low Keong, who regularly worked with the late Yasmin Ahmad, is also on board as cinematographer. Among the cast, Sunny Pang is known for his role in the Mo Brothers’ action thriller Headshot, while Jack Tan recently starred in award-winning arthouse drama Shuttle Life.
Currently in post-production, the film follows a group of taxi drivers and small-time extortionists, who are forced...
Hong Kong-based sales agent Good Move Media has picked up international rights to Malaysian heist drama Fly By Night (working title), starring Sunny Pang, Jack Tan and Fabian Loo.
The debut feature of Zahir Omar, who previously directed two short films that screened at Rotterdam, the film brings together several talents from Malaysia’s rising independent film scene.
Produced by Perin Petrus and Leonard Tee, a long-time collaborator of Tsai Ming Liang, it was co-scripted by Dain Said (Interchange), Ivan Yeo and Frederick Bailey.
Low Keong, who regularly worked with the late Yasmin Ahmad, is also on board as cinematographer. Among the cast, Sunny Pang is known for his role in the Mo Brothers’ action thriller Headshot, while Jack Tan recently starred in award-winning arthouse drama Shuttle Life.
Currently in post-production, the film follows a group of taxi drivers and small-time extortionists, who are forced...
- 2/18/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
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