Here's a little treat for martial arts fans from Germany. We have been very outspoken supporters of German martial arts performer Mathis Landwehr in these pages over the years. The man impressed large with his ultra low budget feature production Kampfensage then again in the much glossier short Kingz before being hired on as a key stunt performer on V For Vendetta, at which point I truly expected Landwehr's international career to take off. The man has everything you could ask for in an action star - natural on screen charisma, the sort of looks that'll pull women into the theaters as well as men and enormous physical skills. But the international offers didn't really materialize and Landwehr is still working away in Germany.
Which may not be a bad thing.
You see, in 2006 Landwehr took on a major part in a direct to video German movie that went out...
Which may not be a bad thing.
You see, in 2006 Landwehr took on a major part in a direct to video German movie that went out...
- 8/15/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Who do you call when your 737 is hijacked by terrorists on its way to Germany? Well, you could call the police. That’d be an idea. But, really, anybody can do that and all the police have on their side are guns. No, no I think that for any god fearing soul out there it would be much better to call the Pope. And the Pope? He calls Lasko ...
Heh ... while posting about German martial arts flick Guerilla’s Blood earlier today I got to wondering about German martial artist Mathis Landwehr and what he’s up to these days. The young fighter and stunt man was the first to put German martial arts on the map thanks to his indie feature Kampfansage and he has since gone on to work as a key stunt double on both V For Vendetta and Speed Racer but he hasn’t been seen...
Heh ... while posting about German martial arts flick Guerilla’s Blood earlier today I got to wondering about German martial artist Mathis Landwehr and what he’s up to these days. The young fighter and stunt man was the first to put German martial arts on the map thanks to his indie feature Kampfansage and he has since gone on to work as a key stunt double on both V For Vendetta and Speed Racer but he hasn’t been seen...
- 4/1/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
COLOGNE, Germany -- Germany's long-running advertising slump is forcing local action genre producers to set their sights on the world markets if they want to survive. The country's stunt and action producers have gained a reputation internationally for action sequences in locally produced cop shows and TV movies such as Alarm for Cobra and The Blood of the Templers. Now German action producers say the economy is dictating that they expand into English-language productions. A German made-for-TV movie, Good Girl, Bad Girl, which wrapped production in Cologne last week, is a perfect example of the trend. It was shot in English with British actors Graham McTavish, Nick Brimble and Michael Culver alongside German TV stars Julia Stinshoff and Hendrik Duryn. The drama is part of the production group Action Concept's growing slate of English-language actioners, which also includes Dark Ride, a Speed-style chaser featuring Charmed star Drew Fuller, and martial arts title Lasko, starring Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy).
- 9/12/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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