Fighter trailer

From Twitch and /Film, a trailer for Natasha Arthy's Fighter, which, based on their descriptions, can best be described as a Danish coming-of-age film with Crouching-Tiger-esque action sequences.




I had never heard of the film until I came across it over on Slash, so I did a little poking around after my initial interest. First and foremost, star Semra Turan is actually a martial arts expert, which is always a plus. The plot addition of a love story is a little disappointing--a straight up, but serious/dramatic take on a martial arts film would be immensely refreshing at this point, and especially one with a female lead. Either way, Fighter looks to be definitely above-grade, and the trailer, which Twitch calls, "misleading but awesome" does look to be about that. I'll keep my eyes out for the DVD release.

Also--here's the poster:

"Man, I don't drop character 'till I done the DVD commentary"

A little late, but definitely worth posting:

Update on action clips

Just to update, I'm currently stockpiling additional action clips for my eventual return to the video-sharing stage. I haven't decided whether to find some alternative host or to take YouTube head on and throw the whole shebang at them. Either way, The Action Reaction will strike back, by the holidays if not earlier. You have my word on this.

Consider it a present.


I'll catch up on some pertinent news pretty soon here, but in the meantime, check this out.


As well as this incredibly hot photo of Yancy Butler:




Now that's what I want for Christmas.

Van Damme and Seagal are "bizarre"

MTV's Josh Horowitz has gathered together his most bizarre interview moments of the last year. Each clip is pretty fun, especially the ones with our two favorite B-actioners. Check it out here:

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

YouTube channel shut down

Well it was bound to happen eventually. My corresponding YouTube page and ultimately the main appeal for this blog has been shut down. I don't know if I'll start up a new one or what. Perhaps I could make it completely in code or just anonymous--I don't know how good or how automated YouTube is at snuffing out videos. Maybe I could switch to an alternative video service. Whatever. I had a bunch of great additions planned for this weekend too! What a waste. I'll figure it out over the next week.




SAYS

FUCK YOU!


I'll be back.

Van Damme talks to FanDamme

This is not really news, but just something which I find pretty 'damme' cool. FanDamme is reporting that Jean-Claude himself has contacted them with praise for their website:

A few days ago a personal friend of Jean-Claude van Damme showed him this website. So Van Damme did try to contact me, as webmaster of this site. Last Monday I called Van Damme, but on that moment he had another phonecall, so I talked only a few little words with his son Kristopher. Yesterday I tried again and now JCVD answered the phone by himself. He appreciated the work that was done to create this site and told me it had a professional look.

Sure, there's lot of official sites that keep in touch with their stars, but there's something to be said when a star reaches out to the 'unofficial' realm like this. J.C.V.D. is coming to my base of operations, Minneapolis, MN, in about a week and though I've been exceptionally lazy with getting out to see films this is one I will surely not pass up! And neither should you!

Photo Credit: Rowthree

Che trailer

Though it's not quite on the level of an action movie, it certainly does look epic, and good. Really good, in fact. It looks like Steven Soderbergh's and Benicio Del Toro's best work since Traffic. Plus it features Franka Potente? I'm guessing this is going to be a must-see. Check the trailer out here:

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li photos

/Film has some new photos from Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. See them here:
















As someone in the Slash comments section noted, I thought the original, JCVD-helmed Street Fighter was actually a lot of fun, despite its bad repuation (and that's not even because I'm a Van Damme fan). And as Peter Sciretta proclaimed, the photos look like they were taken with a cheap camera on a TV set or something. Cheap cheap cheap. And through I'm a sucker for action-movie tool Andrzej Bartkowiak and his films, this just doesn't look promising. I'll probably catch it sometime, but I doubt I'll be paying $8-10 dollars to do it.

Let the awesomeness rock you:

By land, by sea, there will be Speed again!

Coming supposedly from one of their 'sources,' AICN is reporting that a third entry in the Speed franchise might be in the works. The source is quoted as saying, "There's a scriptment floating around that reintroduces Jack Traven. So the studios are hoping to get Keanu back on board." Oddly enough, this is after some news earlier this year about Dennis Hopper (headless, apparently) being set to return for a third Speed.

Well, I'm all for it if they bring back Sandra. Might as well seeing that they're planning on bringing Hopper's Howard Payne back from the dead. Rope in Keanu and we've got a full-fledged reunion on our hands! Maybe Jason Patric can show up too. Personally, I think the film should be called 3-Speed and be about a runaway bicycle. Let Dennis Hopper do his 'crazy' thing, give Keanu a few Bill and Ted's references, and have Sandra hold an M60 on the grounds of pure hotness alone and I'm there, no doubt.

Pure awesomeness:

The Dark Campaign; I Believe in the Dark Knight

Take a few minutes to check this out. Dark Campaign is "an unofficial grassroots effort to support The Dark Knight for the 2008 Academy Awards." Through I hate to use the phrase, many "film snobs" a la Hollywood Elsewhere (not indicting Jeff Wells here) are trying to cut this modest and sincere piece of fandom down. Well, I say forget them. The Dark Knight was and still is the best film of 2008, and is surely in the top ten of the decade among the likes of There Will Be Blood, Children of Men, Traffic, and so on. If, as the Joker says, "All it takes is a little push," then let's give it the push it needs, and make the Oscars something legit for once.




Damn straight.