British director Daniel Graham, which featured only two dramas "Opus Zero" (2017) and "Grand Duke of Corsica" (2020) made a sports drama about the famous English underground boxer Jem Belcher.
Screenwriter and actor Matt Hookings ("The Birth of Boxing") wrote the history of the English boxing champion of 1800-1805. The original title of the film is "Prize Fighter: The Life of Jem Belcher" (Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher), but at the Russian box office the picture was renamed "Fighter: King of the Ring".
Synopsis: the story of the life and development of the legendary professional boxer Jem Belcher. In the era of the birth of boxing, he quickly burst onto the sports Olympus. Despite his ups and downs, he became one of the most charismatic and beloved world champions.
The main roles went to himself Matt Hookings ("Winter Ridge", "Grand Duke of Corsica") and Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”, “A Beautiful Mind”). The rest of the ensemble includes: Ray Winstone ("Cold Mountain") Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Jodhi May (“The Last of the Mohicans”) and others.
"Fighter: King of the Ring" is one of the few Western projects that appeared in Russian cinemas after the introduction of sanctions. The film has already been released 30 June 2022 year.
The next trailer also belongs to a sports drama, only with a slightly higher budget. We're talking about a movie called "Fighting machine" (The Fight Machine).
The film was directed by a niche filmmaker Andrew Thomas Hungt, which may be familiar to our readers from the film about underground fights "Spare parts" (in Russian distribution the film was renamed “Survivor. Blood and metal"). He adapted the novel by writer Craig Davidson into the screenplay. "Fighter".
The film will tell the story of two characters whose destinies intersect. Paul Harris, being the son of a winery owner, leads a secluded life, because he has everything he needs. But everything changes dramatically when Harris is severely beaten in a pub. On the other hand, Rob Tully is a natural boxer, training with his father and uncle and wanting to rise from low status to serious people. The paths of both heroes lead them to the Barn - a place where underground battles are held without rules.
The main roles in the film went to Greg Hovanessian (“Deadly Inferno”) and Dempsey Bryke (TV series “Vampire Wars”), they are accompanied by: Bianca Melchior ("Evil spirit"), Noah Damby ("Detroit - City of Rock") Greg Bryk (“RED”), Ted Atherton (TV series "The Expanse"), big guy John Ambrose (TV series “Kingdom”) and venerable Hollywood actors Natasha Henstridge (The Species trilogy) and Michael Ironside ("Remember all").
At the moment "Fighting machine" goes to film festivals, collecting positive reviews. The official release date is still unknown. But you can watch the trailer.
Let's finish today's selection with a trailer for the long-awaited science fiction action film that appeared online. "Samaritan" (Samaritan) with Sylvester Stallone starring.
The film is considered a long-term project as its production started about three years ago. As a result, the director's action movie Julius Avery (“Young Blood”, “Overlord”) acquired by the platform for display Amazon Prime Video.
Synopsis: 20 years have passed since an epic battle in which the superhero Samaritan destroyed a supervillain and went missing. Two decades later, a boy from the outskirts meets an old man living in the house opposite. The boy soon realizes that the elderly man is the same missing superhero, and the reason for his disappearance turns out to be truly shocking.
Screen duet Sylvester Stallone (Rambo franchise) composed by young Javon Walton (TV series “The Umbrella Academy”), the rest of the cast includes the following actors: Pilu Asbaek (TV series “Game of Thrones”), Martin Starr ("Cute boy"), Dasha Polanco (“The Irishman”) and others.
It is noteworthy that the second director and stunt coordinator was a well-known martial artist and stuntman JJ Perry with the help of stuntmen Troy Robinson и Justina Yu. Local hand-to-hand combat was carried out by no less talented Michael Lehr, and in the camp of stuntmen we noticed names David Conk, Alexa Hasioki, Jerry Quilla, Nika Pelekaya и Tony Sre.
"Samaritan" will appear on the Amazon Prime platform 26 August 2022 year.
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Tags: Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher, samaritan, The Fight Machine, Alex Hasioka, Bianca Melchior, Greg Hovanessian, Dempsey Bryke, Justin Yu, JJ Perry, Jerry Quill, John Ambrose, Julius Avery, David Conk, Michael Ironside, Michael Lehr, Martin Starr, Marton Csokas, Matt Hookings, Natasha Henstridge, Nick Pelekai, Pilu Asbaek, Russell Crowe, Ray Winstone, Sylvester Stallone, sports drama, Tony Sre, Troy Robinson, Andrew Thomas Hungt
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The film is not bad, but the recent "City Hungter" is better in terms of action.
To be honest, there is no particular principle... when there is more time, an “old man” is added, when there is less time...
Not a bad idea. But I don’t understand something, on what basis are profiles added? And legends...