Alas, we traditionally do not keep up with news from the world of combat cinematography and action films. For example, action films "Drived" и "24 hours to live" have already come out, and we are just going to tell you about them. Well, what if you missed them for some reason?
52-year-old Frank Grillo has been acting in films since the early 90s, but over the past few years the actor has become more active, focusing on films of the action genre. This year alone, Grillo made his mark in the Chinese military action film by Jackie Wu Jing "War of the Wolves 2" and continuation of the MMA series "Kingdom". A fantastic action movie will be released before the end of the year. "Skyline 2" starring Frank. But we want to say a few words about the action thriller "Drived" (Wheelman).
The film is a cable channel original. Netflix. At the director's helm of the project is Jeremy Rush, who had previously worked only with short films.
Grillo played a driver working for criminal gangs robbing banks. However, after a mysterious call during one such robbery, the main character is forced to flee from his pursuers in a car with stolen money.
In addition to Frank Grillo, the action film featured Caitlin Carmichael (TV series "Dexter") Garrett Dillahunt ("Fanatic"), Wendy Moniz (“The Protector”) and other actors.
The film is already on Netflix 22 September 2017 years. In addition, “Vodyla” is already online. So watch the film and tell us in the comments how it was?
Apparently, the fashion for dark action films with a star in the leading role and with an emphasis on competent production of varying degrees of quality is becoming popular. Behind "Hostage" with Liam Nisan, "The Great Leveler" with Denzel Washington and "Jack Reacher" with Tom Cruise followed by such films as the duology "John Wick" with Keanu Reeves, "Explosive Blonde" with Charlize Theron and "Security guard" with Antonio Banderas. It seems to us that the new action movie "24 hours to live" (24 Hours To Live) is one of those.
The film was directed Brian Smrz, who was previously noted for the action movie "Hero Wanted" (2007)
Here's a synopsis of the film: Travis is a former elite soldier, devastated and crushed by the recent death of his wife and young son. However, Travis's old friend offers him a deal he can't refuse. Travis becomes a hitman for a private military contractor, Red Mountain. However, on one of the missions, Travis himself is killed by an experienced Interpol agent. But Red Mountain specialists, using mysterious technologies, resurrect the killer so that in the 24 hours allotted to him to live, he can complete the task.
Played the main role in the film Ethan Hawk (“Gattaca”, “Training Day”). The rest of the cast includes: Rutger Hauer ("Blade Runner") Paul Anderson (TV series Peaky Blinders), Xu Qing (“Hot Spot”) and others.
The film “24 Hours to Live,” which, by the way, is produced by the same people who gave us “John Wick,” has gone into theaters 26 2017 October, the.
We want to finish the selection with a trailer for the long-awaited series "Jean-Claude Van Johnson", the pilot of which aired on the Amazon cable channel last year.
Self-ironic project Jean-Claude Van Damme and channel Amazon is still curious and expected both by fans of the icon of combat cinema of the 80s and 90s, and simply interested fans of the series.
If you don't understand what we're talking about here, then you should read about this series and be sure to familiarize yourself with the first episode, which can be easily found online. Still directing the series Peter Atencio (TV series “The Last Man on Earth”).
The events of the series will continue the story of the pilot episode, where the forgotten action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme returns not only to filming, but also to his main work - espionage.
In addition to JCVD, the following took part in the series: Kat Foster (TV series "Bad Teacher"), Phylicia Rashid (“Creed: The Rocky Legacy”) and other actors.
There are a lot of names among stuntmen Daniel Bernhard, Emiliena De Falco (understudy JCVD), Kirk A. Jenkins и Heidi Moneymaker.
The series start is set for 15 декабря 2017 года on the Amazon channel. In the meantime, we offer you a teaser and trailer for viewing.
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Tags: 24 Hours To Live, Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Netflix, Wheelman, Brian Smrz, Jeremy Rush, Daniel Bernhard, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ethan Hawk, Kirk A. Jenkins, Kat Foster, Peter Atencio, Rutger Hauer, soap opera, Xu Qing, Frank Grillo, Heidi Moneymaker, Emilien De Falco
Thanks for the news about the series "Jean-Claude Van Johnson". I thought it had already been cancelled, I’ve been waiting a year.
It’s also interesting how the filming of the film with Taka Sakaguchi is going - Reborn, it seems.
Nikita Sapozhnikov,
Yes, it seems like they wrote about Reborn not so long ago -> https://fight-films.info/trejlery-filmov-pererozhdenie-strana-sinobi-i-vzlety-i-padeniya-konec-neba/
Danil Chupakhin,
Thank you! I didn’t even see this news.
There are no fights in "Driving", so it's not entirely on topic. The trailer with Hawk was simply amazing, it looks bomb!
Indeed, the trailer with Hawk is supereeeeer, now the film is in the must-watch category.