Author: Yuri Dudin

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30.07.2023Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan" (Les trois mousquetaires: D'Artagnan, 2023) from Yuri Dudin

As you can guess from the title of the film, this is another adaptation of the famous novel by Dumas. And their number has long exceeded a hundred in the entire previous history of cinema (according to Wikipedia, about 150)....

05.07.2023Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "Fist of the Condor" (2023) by Yuri Dudin

“Fist of the Condor” is the fifth joint film between director Ernesto Diaz Espinosa and one of the most charismatic movie fighters of our time, Marco Sarror. By the way, Espinosa's sixth film is planned with Scott Adkins...

23.11.2022Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "Hydra" (Hydra, 2019) from Yuri Dudin

INTRODUCTION Hydra is a low-budget action film that is a project that means a lot to its creators and has much more to offer than many big-budget films. This action movie marks the director's...

16.11.2022Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday, 2022" by Yuri Dudin

"Casualty: A Hitman's Holiday" is a continuation of the fairly successful film adaptation of the British comic book of the same name, directed by Jesse Johnson. This time, novice filmmakers - the brothers George Kirby - took the helm of directing...

27.10.2022Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "Blind War" (2022) by Yuri Dudin

"Blind War" is one of the few films where Andy On got the main role in some century. But it had been asking for a long time given such and such data! What does this role have to do with - positive...

19.10.2022Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "Fists of Vengeance" (2022) by Yuri Dudin

"Fists of Vengeance" is a full-length film from the streaming platform Netflix, based on the series "Assassins of Wu" (2019) starring Iko Uwais. Of the lesser-known actors, he keeps company...

17.10.2022Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "White Elephant" (2022) by Yuri Dudin

This is a new crime thriller from one of the most prolific B-movie directors of our time: former stuntman and screenwriter - Briton Jesse Johnson ("Triple Threat", "Casualty", "Collectors", "British Psycho"). Except...

06.10.2022Yuri Dudin

Review of the film “Faster than a Bullet” (Bullet Train, 2022) from Yuri Dudin

There is very little that can motivate me to write a review and, as a rule, it happens in two cases: either the film is too good or the film is too bad... Judging by the ratings on IMDB and...

25.01.2022Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "Ave Maria" (Hell Hath No Fury, 2021) from Yuri Dudin

INTRODUCTION A brief chronology of meeting the director, stuntman, stunt coordinator, screenwriter and artist Jesse Johnson. Jesse Johnson - so much in this sound! Despite the fact that the Briton consistently makes films...

22.12.2021Yuri Dudin

Review of the film “J2: Retribution” (J2: J Retribusi, 2021) from Yuri Dudin

INTRODUCTION The review was written specifically for the project of summing up combat films at FFI Judging by the feedback, most people like this project and, thanks to it, many people will learn about all the released films...

10.12.2021Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "Castle Falls" (Castle Falls, 2021) from Yuri Dudin

No sooner had the rather good “One Shot” with Scott Adkins died down than another film was released with the most hardworking action actor of our time. So, "Castle Falls". SYNOPSIS After decades of neglect, Castle Heights Hospital...

02.12.2021Yuri Dudin

Review of the dilogy "The Fable" by Yuri Dudin

The Fable is currently a duology (2019-2021) with a hint of a sequel, based on a Japanese manga about a killer from Tokyo nicknamed Fable, who has incredible skills that are rumored...

24.11.2020Yuri Dudin

Review of the film “Deliver Us from Evil” (Deliver Us from Evil, 2020) by Yuri Dudin

While the Chinese are trying to emulate Hollywood, they are filming “wuxia films” against green backdrops, getting tangled in stunt ropes, churning out second-rate “Ip Mans” (without Donnie Yen) and “Wong Fei Hoons” according to established patterns,...

23.11.2020Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "Vanguard: Arctic Wolves" (Vanguard, 2020) from Yuri Dudin

The duo of directors Stanley Toone and Jackie Chan gave the audience quite a few masterpieces that can be reviewed periodically: “Police Story 3: Supercop” (1992), “Rumble in the Bronx” (1995), “First Strike” (1995), “Chinese Policeman” ...

26.10.2020Yuri Dudin

Review of the series "Gangs of London" (2020) by Yuri Dudin

"Gangs of London" is a crime action drama based on the game of the same name. The film adaptation does not pretend to reveal the real relationships between London gangs, and is not as realistic as the series "Peaky Blinders" with which...

07.10.2020Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "Hostage" (Sizeid, 2020) by Yuri Dudin

“Hostage” is the eighth collaboration between director Isaac Florentine and Scott Adkins, who gave the world the undeniable hit about Yuri Boyka and the solid duology “Ninja.” Even though these films are...

15.05.2020Yuri Dudin

Interview with Chris Collins for Kung-Fu Kingdom

Quick question: Have you ever joked about being in the next installment of a popular franchise about the life of a real-life kung fu master, only to have your hilarious prediction come true a few years later...

28.04.2020Yuri Dudin

Review of the film “Tyler Rake: Rescue Operation” (Extraction, 2020) by Yuri Dudin

"Evacuation" or in local translation: "Tyler Rake: Rescue Operation" is an American action film of 2020, shot by great professionals of entertainment cinema, and the first feature film directed by Sam Hargrave - one...

18.11.2019Yuri Dudin

Review of the Commando duology from Yuri Dudin

Since the third film of the successful Bollywood action franchise called “Commando” with Vidyut Jammwal in the lead role is approaching, we decided to remember and analyze the previous two films. Commando (dir. Dilip Ghosh)...

29.10.2018Yuri Dudin

Review of the film "The Diamond Cartel" (aka "The whole world is at our feet", 2017) from Yuri Dudin

“The Diamond Cartel” (originally “The whole world is at our feet” \ Diamond Cartel) is one of the most serious attempts of Kazakh cinema to enter the world film market. What does the colossal mean for this...

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